Tag: gov-local
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El Paso County to join class-action lawsuit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County is joining a class-action lawsuit, seeking to recover about $5,000 from the federal government for payment it doesn’t receive in property taxes on federal land. County commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to opt into the 2017 lawsuit, in which Utah’s Kane County argued…
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El Paso County to join class-action lawsuit
El Paso County is joining a class-action lawsuit, seeking to recover about $5,000 from the federal government for payment it doesn’t receive in property taxes on federal land. County commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to opt into the 2017 lawsuit, in which Utah’s Kane County argued that the United States has underpaid local governments when doling…
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Palmer Lake institutes emergency water restrictions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Palmer Lake residents cannot water their lawns or wash their cars until further notice due to emergency water restrictions. The town’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously Thursday to implement the Stage 2 restrictions because a broken water pump has left one of the town’s wells…
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THE “U” FACTOR | Nearly 300,000 unaffiliated voters cast ballots in the primary
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s unaffiliated voters participated for the first time in last month’s primary election at higher rates than many had anticipated. The backers of the ballot measure that established the state’s semiopen primary are declaring the results a success, while strategists say the record-setting vote totals…
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Marijuana tax-funded pilot program targets teen substance abuse, crime in El Paso, Teller counties
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A trial program that helps first-time youth offenders like 16-year-old Aaron Blair stop using marijuana and learn to deal with personal problems to avoid the criminal justice pipeline is funded by tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales in Colorado. “It’s really helped me talk about…
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Additional $300,000 sought for new hires to bring Colorado Springs into compliance with federal disabilities law
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs officials are asking for an additional $300,000 this year for new hires needed to bring the city into compliance with the 28-year-old Americans with Disabilities Act. Those standards have bedeviled the city for decades. Six months ago, a Colorado Springs veteran and his…
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Citizen legislature vs. child support? Lawmaker’s court hearing points to problems
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Marianne Goodland Colorado Politics Lawmakers elected to the Colorado General Assembly are expected to be part-time. It’s why they’re paid so little ($30,000 a year, currently), and the session only lasts for 120 days per year. The rest of the year, they’re expected to…
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Colorado lags others states on share of federal dollars
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Mark Harden Colorado Politics Colorado gets a smaller share of its state budget from federal dollars than all but a few western states, a new report says. Federal grants accounted for 30.6 percent of Colorado state revenue in fiscal year 2016, according to the…
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Casper Stockham takes on long odds (again) in Denver’s 1st Congressional District
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Republican Casper Stockham is facing the challenge of unseating 11-term Democratic incumbent Diana DeGette as Denver’s representative in Congress. And he knows what he’s getting into. He wasn’t convinced of DeGette’s invincibility in the 1st Congressional District when she got nearly 68 percent against him…
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Pot foe says kids provided a reason to pass CBD bill
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save To say Colorado state Rep. Lois Landgraf loves pot is like setting up a punch line. The Republican from Fountain, however, thinks sick kids are no laughing matter. “I’ve always been against marijuana, but this isn’t that,” she said over the phone one evening about…