Tag: Colorado

Last year's Gold King Mine spill in Silverton, Colo., sent 3 million gallons of contaminated wastewater into creeks and rivers, sullying the waterways of three Western states. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Energy and Environment

EPA puts site of Colo. mine disaster on Superfund list

John Siciliano · September 7, 2016 7:27 pm

Lily Tang Williams is a Chinese immigrant running as a Libertarian for a U.S. Senate seat in Colorado. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

Libertarian makes debate stage in Colo. Senate race

Daniel Chaitin · September 6, 2016 10:47 pm

$Local control of fracking has been a big issue in Colorado in the last year. (AP Photo)$ Energy and Environment

Anti-fracking measures fail to get on Colorado ballot

Kyle Feldscher · August 29, 2016 4:38 pm

The economic impact of a $15 rate is hard to gauge. A July study by the University of Washington of Seattle's increase to $11 an hour found that the region's low-income workers were marginally worse off because of it. (AP Photo)

Four states to ask voters to raise minimum wage

Sean Higgins · August 28, 2016 4:01 am

EPA spills again in Colorado

Energy and Environment

EPA spills again in Colorado

John Siciliano · August 26, 2016 12:00 pm

Sen. Cory Gardner says festivities should be put on hold until "we have answers." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Energy and Environment

Gardner: Fracking bans pose ‘existential threat’

John Siciliano · August 25, 2016 8:59 pm

$A top oil executive and adviser to Donald Trump said the Republican presidential nominee has changed his mind on his support for local fracking bans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)$ Energy and Environment

Oil CEO says Trump has changed his mind on fracking

Kyle Feldscher · August 24, 2016 3:27 pm

Kellyanne Conway, the GOP nominee's new campaign manager, shot down reports that her candidate is changing his tune on immigration after Donald Trump delayed an immigration speech he was due to give this Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Trump campaign manager downplays immigration shift

Kelly Cohen · August 23, 2016 12:45 pm

12-year-old bullied for supporting Trump, now running a campaign office [VIDEO]

Red Alert Politics

12-year-old bullied for supporting Trump, now running a campaign office [VIDEO]

Ryan Girdusky · August 22, 2016 2:03 pm

Legalization has not made marijuana any less harmful to the brain development of teens and even young adults. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Legalize pot? Just say no.

Washington Examiner · August 22, 2016 4:01 am

Carrie Ann Lucas, center, who opposes the Colorado measure and has a neuromuscular disease that requires her to use a ventilator, said that someone like her would qualify for Colorado's life-ending prescription. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Assisted suicide is a deadly mistake

Washington Examiner · August 20, 2016 4:00 am

Evan McMullin, a former CIA agent, will appear on presidential ballots in four states this fall. (screenshot)

McMullin buys Louisiana ballot access, can he qualify in Oregon?

Anna Giaritelli · August 20, 2016 2:59 am