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No hot water for lobbyist Ben Waters after ‘miscommunication’

Last week, Rep. Jon Becker, a Fort Morgan Republican, threatened lobbyist Ben Waters with an ethics complaint for lying about Gov. John Hickenlooper opposing...

A fight over independent pharmacies rages in Colorado

Should people in rural communities be allowed to buy medications from the pharmacies of their choice or should they be forced to order their...

Lobbyist Ben Waters may be in hot water for lying to...

Update: April 19, 2016: Rep. Jon Becker met with Gov. John Hickenlooper's office and lobbyist Ben Waters and decided not to file an ethics...

Tears flow over a weakened conservation easement bill

Jiliane Hixson, who has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting over conservation easement tax credits with the Department of Revenue, left the Statehouse...

Could this be the year for rain-water barrels in Colorado?

Colorado is the only state in the country that outlaws rainwater collection, a popular conservation technique among urban farmers and gardeners that has some...

Colorado’s fight over land and water rights hits the Statehouse

Millions of Coloradans and tourists agree they love public lands, which take up more than a third of the state. Thousands of residents depend...

Colorado outlaws rain barrels. Can the ban be lifted?

Put a bucket under your downspout and collect rain running off your roof to water your garden. You’re an outlaw in Colorado. Critics have lambasted...

Dept. of Revenue abuses rural Colorado, say witnesses at Capitol

A fight over tax credits and a conservation easement program has cost many Coloradans their homes, farms and ranches. Some property owners have died...

Nostalgia hit lawmakers as 4-H swarmed the Capitol

4-H district leaders admire the view from the balcony at the Colorado Statehouse. More than 150 4-H members came to the state Capitol, where lawmakers...

Education, land and water use top rural lawmakers’ 2016 bills

Eastern Colorado lawmakers have big plans in 2016 to address their districts' concerns about education, land rights and water storage.   You’ll have to forgive Rep. Jon Becker...
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