As Gov. Bill Ritter targets Colorado's energy sector with a controversial tax proposal, industry leaders are alleging that even the threat of passage is causing top producers to leave the state. The effect, they charge, could have a devastating impact on an industry key to helping ensure that Colorado avoids much of the economic turmoil plaguing the rest of the nation.
By Andrew Ripemoff
Well it looks like our favorite controversial lawmaker is at it again. This bombastic loudmouth maverick is spewing out more garbage, becoming an even bigger embarrassment to both his constituents and his party.
I am, of course, talking about Ken Gordon.
For Republicans in the sixth congressional district, this August's party primary is seen as a battle over the ideological soul of this solidly conservative region.
At a Friday meeting hosted by Gov. Bill Ritter, many of Colorado’s top higher education officials expressed concern over Ritter's support of a proposed plan to funnel oil and gas money into scholarships rather than directly into university operating budgets.
Wearing a t-shirt reading “Kindness Regardless,” Lakewood business owner Kim Snyder broke down in tears at the Capitol Thursday afternoon shortly after a state Senate panel postponed indefinitely a bill that sought to limit the use of eminent domain by the Regional Transportation District.
A bipartisan state legislative coalition killed an amendment late Tuesday to this year's School Finance Act that would have taken millions away from the state's charter schools.
