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The Coloradoan reports that U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet announced the grant on Tuesday. It will help add a tolled express lane in each direction between Fort Collins and Loveland, bringing the total number of lanes to six.
Colorado House Democratic leader Crisanta Duran will tell the story of Colorado, women and Latinos at the Democratic National Convention between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday. And although she received only a week's notice to prepare the biggest speech of her political career so far, Duran's past aligns well with the campaign of presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton.
As Democrats prepare to nominate the country's first progressive Democratic woman for president, Hillary Clinton, two progressive Colorado women vying for the national stage won't be in Philadelphia. Morgan Carroll is running against Republican Mike Coffeman for a seat in the U.S. House, and Gail Schwartz is running against Scott Tipton in District 3. Rather than court national party operatives and donors, Morgan Carroll, who is running against Republican Mike Coffman in U.S. House District 6, as well as Gail Schwartz, vying to unseat Scott Tipton in District 3, will be home campaigning, their representatives said.
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and the chairman of the state GOP are among the politicians touring Colorado Saturday on what they're calling a "Unity Tour" to promote Glenn.
Sarah Chase-McRorie, daughter of Pat Chase of Brush, recently was elected to serve as president of the Colorado Women s Bar Association. Twelve-year-long Brush resident Pat Chase, a retiree from her former position at the Morgan County Department of Health and Human Services, is beaming with pride of late and for good reason.
Colorado's Republican Senate primary campaign goes to the voters Tuesday, with the winner taking on Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet. The waning days featured an effort by Colorado Springs businessman Robert Blaha to discredit fellow conservative Darryl Glenn's commitment to Donald Trump, the party's presumptive presidential nominee.
Following a day-long sit-in protest on the floor of the House of Representatives over gun control, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette brought the battle back home to Colorado for a rally on the steps of the Denver City and County Building on Sunday. "Every time there's a shooting, we have a moment of silence in Congress, and I pray for the victims and their families," DeGette said.
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In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, water flows through a series of sediment retention ponds built to reduce heavy metal and chemical contaminants from the Gold King Mine wastewater accident, in the spillway downstream from the mine, outside Silverton, Colo. New Mexico is suing the state of Colorado, saying its neighbor to the north should be held responsible for the contamination caused by the 2015 Gold King Mine spill as well as decades of toxic drainage from mines near the headwaters of the Animas River.
The head of the Federal Railroad Administration got an earful Friday from a couple dozen northern Colorado elected leaders who have had their fill of trains blasting their horns at all hours of the day and night. Mayors and council members from Fort Collins, Greeley and Longmont, among others, asked FRA Administrator Sarah Feinberg for ways to lessen the impact of the agency's 2005 train horn rule , which requires engineers to sound a four-blast pattern at all crossings.
Colorado's 2016 primary ballot will feature six Republican challengers to Democratic Senator Michael Bennet , as well as a write-in primary challenger to Second Congressioal District Democrat Jared Polis. Other candidates will be vying for State Board of Education and CU Regent, but none in Boulder County.