Longmont council opposes oil, gas compensation bill

A drilling operation is pictured near Weld County Road 5 and Colo. 66 between Longmont and Mead on Feb. 14. Longmont City Council members voted 5-2 on Tuesday night to state their opposition to a proposed Colorado law that would make local governments liable for paying oil and gas mineral rights holders who lose income because of bans on local hydraulic – or “fracking” – or oil and gas moratoriums.

Police citizenship bill clears Senate

It’s one thing to allow non-citizens help defend the United States outside of the country, but it’s something else entirely to have them enforcing laws on citizens within the nation, Republican senators said Friday. In debating a bill that would require all Colorado law enforcement members to be U.S. citizens, Republicans said that should be a no-brainer basic requirement.

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Gardner: Voted for ed chief on merit

Cabinet pick for U.S. Department of Education secretary Betsy DeVos, a Republican campaign donor, garnered the votes of all but two U.S. Senate Republicans, including Cory Gardner of Colorado, when she was confirmed to her post on Tuesday. “Senator Gardner carefully considers whomever is nominated for a Cabinet position on their merits, and their merits alone,” said spokeswoman Megan Taylor.

Will GOP repeal Obamacare and run?

In a statement reminiscent of the Vietnam War explanation that “we had to destroy the village in order to save it,” Rep. Scott Tipton assured his constituents that “it is clearer than ever that fixing our nation’s health care system will require a full repeal of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act , also known as Obamacare.” If Republicans thought such ideas would resonate with their constituents back home, they must have been shocked at the reception Rep Mike Coffman got when he met with his regularly scheduled one-on-one meetings with constituents at the Aurora Public Library.

Trump poised to reform America’s failed immigration policies

Individuals raise their right hands as they pledge the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony to become United States citizens presented by the Littleton Immigrant Resources Center at the Littleton Center Council Chamber on September 29, 2016. U.S. immigration policy is a joke – a bad joke that President-elect Donald Trump estimates costs our economy $113 billion per year and hurts millions, including both U.S. taxpayers and non – U.S. citizens waiting in line to come here legally.

Reviewing the other night’s travesties

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan reads from a list of states with increasing health insurance premiums during his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 12, 2017 in Washington, DC. Yesterday, January 12, was a shameful day for us in Colorado.

The crazy 2016 political year means Colorado politics will never look the same again

Specialist John Haubert Colorado Army National Guard, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces group, Airborne posts the Colorado Flag on the House floor to start the 2016 Colorado Legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol January 13, 2015. The tumultuous year in politics left an indelible mark in Colorado — one that guarantees the state’s political landscape will never look the same.