Tag: united states
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Space Command general tells lawmakers Alabama lacks communications capabilities he needs
U.S. Space Command’s top general admitted to a congressional committee that an expensive secure communications network to connect the headquarters to the Pentagon and other installations would have to be built if it moves from Colorado to Huntsville, Ala. While backing the planned move, Space Command’s Gen. James Dickinson, under furious questioning from Colorado Springs…
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Space Command general gets questions on Alabama move, but has few answers for senators
The general atop U.S. Space Command told federal lawmakers Tuesday that he doesn’t know how much it would cost to uproot his headquarters to Alabama or how many of the command’s civilian workers — two-thirds of his staff — would follow it south. During a Senate hearing, Gen. James Dickinson said the command now plans…
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Colorado Springs hotel occupancy increases for first time in 16 months
Colorado Springs hotels sold more rooms than a year earlier last month for the first time in 16 months, but only because the COVID-19 pandemic had already triggered many convention cancellations in March 2020. The 53.9% occupancy rate in March was the highest since October and up from 38.8% in March 2020, the first year-over-year…
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Colorado Springs sales tax collections post biggest gain in 4 years
Colorado Springs sales tax collections surged in March to the biggest gain in more than four years amid booming online sales and housing construction, according to a report from the city’s Finance Department. Revenue from the city’s 2% sales tax surged 18.7% from March 2020 to $14.1 million. That’s the largest percentage increase since December…
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Space Command’s home will be decided by Congress, Lamborn says
When former President Donald Trump awarded the permanent basing of U.S. Space Command headquarters to Alabama, where he had some of his highest approval ratings, in his final week in office, he yanked the command from front-runner Colorado Springs. In so doing, he triggered a pair of government investigations that lawmakers say could ultimately doom…
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Analysis: Readiness report offers troubling assessment as military spending shrinks | Tom Roeder
America is ready to fight on the ground, but a report from the Government Accountability Office this month offers a worrying assessment of the military’s preparedness everywhere else. The report found that “mission readiness” dropped from 2017 to 2019 for air, sea, cyber and space forces. Why that readiness went down isn’t clear in the…
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Democrats add heft to effort to keep Space Command in Colorado Springs
With U.S. Space Command in the balance, a lawmaker perennially voted as the most conservative member of Congress is turning left for help. U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn isn’t switching parties, but the decision in the final days of the Trump administration to move the command and its 1,400 troops to Alabama has been compounded by…
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Colorado sports wagering hits nearly $1.2 billion in eight months
Sports wagering in Colorado jumped to another record in December, pushing the amount bet last year to nearly $1.2 billion, the Colorado Department of Revenue reported Monday. Betting on professional football and basketball, and college basketball added up to more than half of the $284.6 million total in December. Last month’s total was up 23.1%…
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Colorado Springs Switchbacks acquire defender Triston Hodge via transfer
Hopefully, the Trailheads held onto the Trinidad and Tobago flag. The Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC supporters group has flown the home flag of the local United Soccer League Championship club’s players during matches in previous years. Should that tradition continue at new Weidner Field downtown for the 2021 season, the Caribbean country’s red, black and…
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Meet Iman Jodeh, Colorado’s first Muslim and Palestinian-American lawmaker
Rep. Iman Jodeh, D-Aurora, finds being a member of the Colorado House almost surreal. The first Muslim and Palestinian-American elected to the Colorado General Assembly said she never considered running for elected office before it all just fell together. “I’m not used to it yet,” she said in an interview at HiRa Cafe & Patisserie…