Tag: Colorado

Republican John Kasich of Ohio, Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper and Alaska's Bill Walker, an independent, pushed for the two bills during a press conference Friday at the National Press Club. (AP)

Bipartisan governors seek new momentum for Obamacare bills

Robert King · February 23, 2018 6:21 pm

Since last August, officials in Denver have banned communication between police officers and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, unless those ICE agents have a warrant from a federal judge or magistrate. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Ken Buck: Sanctuary city laws are putting heroin traffickers back on our streets

Ken Buck · February 23, 2018 5:01 am

Protesters at the Rally for Gun Reform took to the steps of the old Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)

Students across the country stage walkouts to protest gun violence one week after Florida shooting

Diana Stancy Correll · February 21, 2018 10:59 pm

After all of the controversy over President Trump's decision to shrink Bears Ears National Monument, not one entity has shown up to file a permit application. The remoteness of the area, combined with the reality that few energy-resource deposits exist, provides extraction companies little to no motivation for developing the area. (U.S. Bureau of Land Management via Wikimedia Commons)

Energy and Environment

The mad rush of Bears Ears mining claims that never happened

Matthew Anderson · February 19, 2018 5:01 pm

An official at the Air Force Academy apologized for "microaggressions" after Master Sgt. Zachary Parish wrote Wednesday in a school-wide email on haircut standards: "He was never seen with a gaudy chain around his neck, his pants below his waistline, or with a backwards baseball hat on during public appearances." (U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan / Wikimedia Commons)

Air Force Academy apologizes for ‘microaggressions’ after making Michael Jordan reference in email

Katie Leach · February 17, 2018 8:10 pm

Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., (pictured) and Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., have written a proposal that would provide a pathway to citizenship for so-called Dreamers in exchange for $25 billion for border security and a permanent authorization for employers to voluntarily use the E-Verify system. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

‘Skinny’ immigration plans are piling up in the Senate

Susan Ferrechio · February 14, 2018 7:39 pm

Some Republican state legislators remind us that no one's life is a complete waste — some simply serve as bad examples. One of those bad examples can be found in Colorado. (AP Photo/P. Solomon Banda)

Beltway Confidential

Grover Norquist: Republicans produce nationally, but in Colorado they betray taxpayers locally

Grover Norquist · February 8, 2018 8:35 pm

Public safety vehicles follow the hearse carrying the body of slain El Paso County Sheriff's Deputy Micah Flick, Monday, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Flick was shot and killed while he and other officers were investigating a stolen vehicle earlier Monday. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)

National Security

Third Colorado sheriff’s deputy killed in five weeks

Anna Giaritelli · February 6, 2018 1:37 pm

According to reports, protests outside the venue where Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk was speaking on Friday were largely peaceful until a third group chanting Nazi slogans stormed the area. (Screenshot via Charlie Kirk/Twitter)

Violent clash erupts outside Charlie Kirk speech at Colorado State University

Katie Leach · February 3, 2018 4:37 pm

A man named Michael Whited moved from Alabama to the mountains of Colorado. The Bureau of Land Management, however, has made his life difficult as the BLM refused to take any action to address even the most significant safety hazards caused by its failure to maintain its land properly. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

The worst neighbor you can imagine: the federal government

William Perry Pendley · January 31, 2018 11:53 pm

North American Moving Services recently released a report detailing state-to-state moves during 2017 using Census data. (iStock)

Americans are on the move to freer pastures

Dean Stansel · January 31, 2018 5:01 am

Charles Heidsieck was born into a French family with a long history of marketing champagne.

Beltway Confidential

How ‘Champagne Charlie’ brought bubbly to the US

J. Mark Powell · January 25, 2018 6:08 pm