Colorado
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyGovernmentPoliticsRegulation
Ode To the Big Meadows, R.I.P.
by Greg Walcher November 13, 2020It is past time for citizens and their elected officials to insist on active management solutions
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This Colorado district doesn’t like the idea of teachers carrying firearms. But the question should be: who cares?
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Environment/Energy
Coloradans’ Votes Don’t Matter to State’s Democratic Leaders
by H. Sterling Burnett April 10, 2019Empowered by their recent sweep of the state Legislature and governor’s mansion, Colorado Democrats are showing their true stripes.
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Budgets/TaxesEnvironment/EnergyRegulation
A Classic Example of Regulatory Overreach
by Barry Poulson April 9, 2019Senate Bill 181 is the latest attempt by special interests to impose stringent regulations on the oil and gas industry. An earlier attempt, Initiative 97, was rejected overwhelmingly by voters.
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One starts to suspect there is a lot of hype, and maybe securities fraud, going on here.
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Climate ChangeFeatured
What Next for U.S. Climate and Energy Policies?
by Paul Driessen November 12, 20182018 elections bring mixed messages and require climate and renewable energy reality check
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Budgets/Taxes
Rediscovering Tax and Regulatory Powers at the Local Level
by Barry Poulson November 1, 2018Colorado is a swing state, and Broomfield County, where I live, has an unusually diverse electorate, with roughly equal shares of Republicans, Democrats, and unaffiliated voters.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedHealth CareLegal AffairsPodcastRegulationTaxes
In The Tank (ep158) – World Poverty Declines Bigly, and Medicaid Expansion Costs Underestimated… Bigly
by Donald Kendal September 21, 2018Donny Kendal and John Nothdurft, with the help of Charlie Katebi, present episode #158 of the In The Tank Podcast. This week’s episode features work from the Cato Institute, the World Bank, The Heartland Institute, the Idaho Freedom Foundation, the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, and Pew Charitable Trusts.
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Environment/EnergyTaxes
Tax Reform Delivers Cheaper Electricity
by H. Sterling Burnett April 19, 2018Tax reform is already producing big benefits for Americans, despite Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (CA) comment declaring the GOP’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act amounted to mere “crumbs” for most Americans.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Colorado Must Keep the Comanche Power Plant Running at Full Steam
by Isaac Orr April 9, 2018Xcel Energy, the leading provider of electricity in Colorado, is attempting to fudge the numbers to justify the closure of units one and two at the coal-powered Comanche Power Plant.
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An environmental organization is asking a court to grant a river status as a “person” with the rights of personhood, thereby launching an attack on judicial fairness, the rule of law, and democracy.
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Constitution
Prosecuting Or Removing ‘Faithless’ Presidential Electors Is Unconstitutional
by Rob Natelson October 24, 2017A 2016 Colorado Democratic presidential elector who pledged to vote for Hillary Clinton is suing because the state removed him from his position after he voted for Ohio Gov. John Kasich instead.
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The promise of the world of tomorrow is just an empty promise long held out as being made good.