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Colorado GOP sends pro-Trump mailer attacking chairman’s primary opponent, newspaper

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The Colorado GOP sent out a pro-Trump mailer this week attacking a congressional primary opponent of party chairman Dave Williams, as well as The Gazette newspaper in Colorado Springs, in the latest example of Williams using his party leadership position to benefit or defend himself and his allies. 

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Floating solar array could improve water quality, lower the power bill for Fort Lupton — if a federal grant comes through

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When it came to its water treatment plant Fort Lupton had two concerns: controlling algae in the reservoir next to the plant and the aging diesel generator that backed-up the facility when the electric grid was down.

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Adams County’s oil and gas rules are among the strictest in the state — and the industry is still rapidly growing

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When Keith Huck, an Adams County senior oil and gas inspector, walks onto a well pad he looks, listens and sniffs. There is a lot to keep his eyes, ears and nose busy as the county has become the fastest-growing oil producer in the state.

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Denver Democrat didn’t attend a Colorado House floor debate in person until 45 days into legislative session

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State Rep. Elisabeth Epps attended her first House floor session in person Feb. 23 — 45 days into Colorado’s 120-day legislative session — after asking Democratic leadership in the chamber in mid-January for permission to participate remotely “indefinitely, unfortunately” because she said she’s “experiencing an extended health condition.”

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Colorado conservatives want a property tax cap. The state’s bipartisan tax commission hates the idea.

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In late January, Colorado’s bipartisan tax commission took an informal poll among its 19 members to gauge support for the dozen or so ideas they’d been discussing to deliver tax relief to homeowners.

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Weld Commissioner James exits GOP primary in 8th Congressional District, making Evans more likely to be nominee

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Weld County Commissioner Scott James on Tuesday abruptly exited the Republican primary in Colorado’s highly competitive 8th Congressional District, making it more likely that state Rep. Gabe Evans will be the GOP nominee in the toss-up district come November. 

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