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Last week, Rep. Jon Becker, a Fort Morgan Republican, threatened lobbyist Ben Waters with an ethics complaint for lying about Gov. John Hickenlooper opposing...
Jiliane Hixson, who has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting over conservation easement tax credits with the Department of Revenue, left the Statehouse...
Colorado is the only state in the country that outlaws rainwater collection, a popular conservation technique among urban farmers and gardeners that has some...
A fight over tax credits and a conservation easement program has cost many Coloradans their homes, farms and ranches. Some property owners have died...
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...
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...