Tag: politics
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Rock climbers in Colorado and beyond celebrate shift away from wilderness scrutiny
Rock climbers in Colorado and beyond are marking a victory in what’s been called “a war on wilderness climbing.” That’s how Boulder-based Access Fund described the situation in early 2023, around the time the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service proposed a new policy regarding fixed anchors on crags across federal lands. Fixed anchors —…
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10th Circuit’s chief judge dismisses misconduct complaint against judge for presentations to political group
The chief judge of the federal appeals court based in Denver has dismissed a misconduct complaint against an unidentified judge who admitted to committing an ethics violation by speaking to a “politically affiliated club.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit hears appeals in federal cases arising from Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah, Kansas, New…
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Colorado state legislature election spending sees Democrats on defensive to hold recent gains
Election spending shows Colorado’s state democrats spending to hold onto recent gains rather than going on the offensive, Colorado Politic’s Marianne Goodland says.
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Ranked choice voting on the ballot in Colorado
Prop 131, known as the ranked choice voting measure, will have big impacts on primaries and general elections if passed.
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Protection or overreach? In western Colorado, national monument proposal ignites controversy
Sean Pond was around a small town of his native western Colorado when he spotted a man in a blue ball cap. Above the bill were the words at the center of an ongoing controversy: “PROTECT THE DOLORES.” Pond approached the man. “He said someone at REI just gave it to him and he liked…
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Protection vs. overreach: In western Colorado, national monument proposal ignites controversy
Sean Pond was around a small town of his native western Colorado when he spotted a man in a blue ball cap. Above the bill were the words at the center of an ongoing controversy: “PROTECT THE DOLORES.” Pond approached the man. “He said someone at REI just gave it to him and he liked…
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Continued push for wilderness area expansion in northwest Colorado
A years-long push continues for an expanded wilderness area in northwest Colorado. Early this month in Washington, D.C., during a committee hearing dedicated to public lands, U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper stumped for the Sarvis Creek Wilderness Expansion Act, which would add 6,817 acres to the designated area currently encompassing 44,556 acres of Routt National Forest.…
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Is a new ‘Independents Day’ dawning in Colorado? | Vince Bzdek
Some day in the not-too-distant future, Americans may look back at this moment in history and single out Colorado as the place a new birth of “independents” occurred. Colorado Springs was, in fact, featured in a national political magazine recently as one of the epicenters of a movement by voters away from political parties. “If…
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An eighth-grader gives us a glimpse of a brighter politics ahead | Vince Bzdek
I saw the best speech of the 2024 election season so far last week, and it was given by a pint-sized eighth-grader from a tiny school in Buena Vista. “A huge problem in the state of Colorado is that students are unenthusiastic about their education, as shown by the fact that 31% of students are…