Author: John Schroyer
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SUNRISE: Monument man, Edward Bryant, to be officially sentenced
A former Monument man will be officially sentenced Friday after pleading guilty last month to five felony counts in connection with a decade-long ruse to conceal the disappearance of two missing adopted boys while collecting more than $150,000 in welfare checks. Edward Bryant, 58, agreed to a 30-year sentence in the April 19 plea deal.…
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Lamborn calls for inventory of all federal real estate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Congress came to Colorado Springs on Thursday morning, when U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn held a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources to talk about land management. Six experts from various agencies…
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Lamborn calls for inventory of all federal real estate
Congress came to Colorado Springs on Thursday morning, when U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn held a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources to talk about land management. Six experts from various agencies and areas delivered testimony to Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, who was the only one of the 48 subcommittee members in attendance…
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Debate continues to rage over fracking, energy regulations
DENVER — The state Capitol was jam-packed with oil and gas policy discussion on Wednesday, including a pair of legislative bills and a lengthy Congressional hearing led by Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn. Though the bills and federal rules all are longshots in their own ways, they represent the ongoing federal, state and local battles…
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Bill would give hiring preference to veterans
Voters will likely be able to give veterans a leg up this year at the ballot box. An impending referred measure from the Legislature would alter the state Constitution and require state departments to give more hiring preference to former troops. The bill was approved unanimously by the state Senate on Tuesday, and is expected…
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Bill would set limit on pot while driving
Marijuana smokers – those doing so both legally and illegally – should think twice before getting behind the wheel under the terms of a bill at the Legislature that is poised to become law. The measure, by Sen. Steve King, R-Grand Junction, would create a new standard for the THC blood content of drivers arrested…
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Measure would give tuition break to some military kids
Colorado lawmakers worked Monday on a bipartisan bill that would give kids in some military families a break on college tuition.Under the proposed law, some dependents in military families would be eligible for in-state college tuition, even if they don’t graduate from high school in Colorado. The measure could save military families as much as…
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Measure would give tuition break to some military kids
Colorado lawmakers worked Monday on a bipartisan bill that would give kids in some military families a break on college tuition.Under the proposed law, some dependents in military families would be eligible for in-state college tuition, even if they don’t graduate from high school in Colorado. The measure could save military families as much as…
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Lamborn swimming to stay above primary fray
Many of U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn’s campaigns been cutthroat affairs. He’s had to fend off a number of his fellow Republicans over the years, and beat out five others in a bloody race when he first won his congressional seat in 2006.He’s dealing with yet another primary this year and he says this one isn’t…
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Colorado history comes alive at new museum
The History Colorado Center is decidedly more fun than a lot of other history museums. Its founders, in fact, don’t even want it thought of as a museum — more like a family fun center with tales about the state’s past. The Center, which replaces the Colorado History Museum in downtown Denver, has rides, games,…