Colorado

The largest coal power plant in the western United States may shut down soon due to low natural gas prices, the plant’s operators report.

Whether you agree with marijuana becoming legal or not, in some states, it already has attained legalized status.

In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, Jonathan Lockwood, executive director of Advancing Colorado, joins host H. Sterling Burnett to discuss the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to bar localities from banning hydraulic fracturing.

In November 2016, Colorado voters will decide on a new ballot measure, a state constitutional amendment that would create “ColoradoCare,” a new single-payer, government-run health care system in Colorado. Colorado would be the second state — Vermont was the first — to attempt the creation of a single-payer health care system. Single-payer systems face major obstacles that make implementation difficult, if not impossible.

John and Donny are back! They continue their exploration of think tanks in #37 of the In The Tank Podcast. This weekly podcast features (as always) interviews, debates, and roundtable discussions that explore the work of think tanks across the country. The show is available for download as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast every Friday. Today’s podcast features work from No Labels, The Heartland Institute, the Independence Institute, and the Illinois Policy Institute.