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How a pair of scissors helps explain the deepest divide in Colorado climate...
A pump jack is pictured east of Dacono on June 24, 2020. (Andy Bosselman for Colorado Newsline)This week, for the first time ever, Colorado lawmakers will formally consider a policy that seems to many...
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Colorado crime rates are falling. Why isn’t that bigger news?
(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Crime rates in Colorado have been on a sustained decline for nearly two years now. If that surprises you, you’re hardly alone, and it’s worth thinking about why. Connecting...
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The dark matter of Colorado’s gridlocked housing politics
(Getty Images)Scientists who study the origins and evolution of the universe have a problem: At an intergalactic scale, the universe as we can see it through our telescopes doesn’t behave like it...
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A short history of Colorado lawmakers’ magical thinking on RTD reform
An RTD train departs the Westminster light-rail station as Gov. Jared Polis and state energy and transportation officials give an update on the state's climate-action "roadmap" on Feb. 26, 2024. (Chase...
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How Colorado’s new oil and gas production fees stack up against other states
Gas wells operate near Interstate 70 in Garfield County near Parachute, June 9, 2023. (William Woody for Colorado Newsline)Colorado’s new fees on oil and gas production will substantially increase the...
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If Kent Thiry’s latest election initiative upends Colorado politics, it would...
Todd Brocesky places an "I voted" sticker on his shirt on Super Tuesday in Denver, March 5, 2024. (Kevin Mohatt for Colorado Newsline)Coloradans are expected to vote this November on a ballot...
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Colorado renters fall behind as lawmakers line up more tax cuts for homeowners
A tower of downtown Denver residences is seen on Feb. 18, 2023. (Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline)Colorado lawmakers are headed back to the state Capitol next week, where they’re expected to pass yet...
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Ranked choice voting movement has Grand Junction roots
Downtown Grand Junction on May 21, 2021. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)In two months, Colorado voters will decide whether to make some of the biggest changes to their election system in the...
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