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Colorado’s congressional and local leaders are responding to a proposed budget reconciliation bill that proposes making more than 250 million acres of public lands eligible for sale.
The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee (SENR) budget reconciliation bill proposed by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), released June 11 and updated June 14, would force the… Read more »
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In the wake of the attacks by U.S. forces against three nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday, many Colorado officials and representatives took to social media in both support and opposition.
The military community is a significant part of Colorado, with six military bases across the state. The F.E. Warren Air Force Base missile field also spans an… Read more »
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U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen hosted a town hall meeting Tuesday at Harrison K-8 School to give updates on what’s happening at the federal level and engage with local voices.
One common theme she has heard across the 7th Congressional District is concern about President Donald Trump’s proposed budget bill, “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which she voted… Read more »
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Colorado is in a tug of war over the personal data, including immigration status, of tens of thousands of people, that the Trump administration could use as it ramps up its deportation efforts.
In early June, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that administers the nation’s health program for low-income Americans, made a… Read more »
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A provision in the Congressional Republicans budget bill, better known as the "one big, beautiful bill" could force the federal government to sell over three million acres of public lands across western states.
Utah Senator Mike Lee, who made the land sale proposal, says these public lands are underused and that selling them would lead to their better… Read more »
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On Friday morning, June 13, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, who represents Colorado, assembled a legislative public lands roundtable attended by the media. It’s objective: to highlight the threat to the West’s public lands contained within President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Budget Bill”, which, having passed the House by a single vote, is now in the… Read more »
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Gov. Jared Polis said Medicaid cuts in the Republican budget bill will throw hundreds of thousands of Coloradans off their health care, drive up costs for everyone and put providers like hospitals and community health at risk.
“It's really important that people understand the impact to people and to our state of what these really draconian health… Read more »
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Democratic members of the Colorado congressional delegation criticized a recent proposal by U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, to allow the federal government to sell off more than 2 million acres of public land. The proposal covers 11 Western states, including Colorado.
Introduced Wednesday, the proposal would target “underused” public lands to sell… Read more »
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Colorado leaders are speaking out after the targeted shootings of two Democratic legislators in Minnesota Saturday.
Melissa Hortman, a former Minnesota House Speaker, and her spouse were killed in their Brooklyn Park home. A second state lawmaker, Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, were shot multiple times in Champlin.
Authorities are searching… Read more »
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Colorado’s U.S. senators are vowing to fight a proposal mandating the sale of millions of acres of public lands, as other elected officials and users of local federal acreage joined them Friday in decrying the idea.
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., said during an online press conference Friday that “no matter your party, auctioning off our children’s and… Read more »
