Xcel drained its $94M energy efficiency budget after marijuana growers took notice — and wants $34M more
“Unexpectedly high customer interest” led Xcel to pull the plug on a program helping businesses green their operations — for now.
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Can one guy run 15,500 businesses from out of state? Attorney general sues on fraudulent filings
The number of new companies created in Colorado in the past two years may not have set all-time records after all, after officials discovered more than 15,500 fraudulent business filings last year by a man who used a stranger’s home address.
‘We only work for the people’: Dems at capitol cry foul on ballot-measure leverage act
Want to get state lawmakers’ attention? All you need is a few million dollars and an idea big enough to shake up Colorado’s policy landscape.
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Grasshopper infestation in Colorado is among worst in recent history. What are people doing about it?
It was as if Doug Bay’s wish had come true, the day the doves landed.
Colorado short-term rental owners, advocates rally against “heavy-handed regulation” from lawmakers
After several years of work to combat state legislation that would increase regulations and taxation on short-term rentals, owners are actively lobbying policymakers.
Colorado voters will decide whether to overhaul election system, adopt statewide ranked choice voting
Colorado voters will decide in November whether to make a series of major changes to the state’s election system.
Should Colorado’s constitution protect school choice? Voters will decide in November.
Colorado voters will decide whether they want to protect the right to school choice in the state constitution in November after a measure with that goal qualified for the ballot Friday.
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Closed meetings and backroom deals: Could Colorado’s special session test SB 157, lawmakers?
When Colorado lawmakers in March made the first major changes to the state’s open meetings law since the 1990s, top Democrats promised it wouldn’t reduce government transparency.
Study: In Colorado public schools, 1 in 4 students misses at least 10% of school days
More Colorado students regularly showed up to class last school year following record rates of absences during the pandemic, but attendance rates were still higher before COVID, data released Thursday morning by the Colorado Department of Education shows.
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Clear Creek Canyon wildfire grows to 200 acres overnight west of Golden, closes U.S. 6
The Goltra fire burning in Jefferson County west of Golden “grew significantly” overnight to more than 200 acres after starting Tuesday afternoon. Clear Creek Canyon remains closed.
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