by Mr. Leadville | Oct 2, 2020 | Leadville News
(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Sen. Mike Foote (D).With the tragic passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and her replacement likely confirmed before Election Day, we will soon see a shocking reality: Presidents who lost the popular vote will have appointed a majority...
by Mr. Leadville | Oct 2, 2020 | Leadville News
Rosanna H. Gravely was one of the last of her kind — a female World War II veteran — and on Monday she was buried in her uniform at Fort Logan National Cemetery after a short military funeral. Four people sat on benches as a representative of American Legion Post 103...
by Mr. Leadville | Oct 2, 2020 | Leadville News
Democrat John Hickenlooper famously told a U.S. Senate committee he’d sipped fracking fluid — it was, “almost ritual-like,” he said in 2013 — to prove it’s safe. Now the one-time energy geologist is pitching himself as the more pro-climate candidate in a battle to...
by Mr. Leadville | Oct 2, 2020 | Leadville News
For the second straight year, Colorado voters face a choice on a complicated tax question that could have major implications for generations to come in terms of public services and taxpayers’ wallets. This time, the matter at hand is whether to repeal the Gallagher...
by Mr. Leadville | Oct 2, 2020 | Leadville News
Cigarettes and tobacco products are taxed in Colorado. Vaping devices and vaping fuel are not. A question on the November ballot — Proposition EE — would change that system, increasing the price of cigarettes and all other nicotine and tobacco products gradually over...
by Mr. Leadville | Oct 2, 2020 | Leadville News
A day after a state commission last week approved one-of-a-kind rules for monitoring emissions from Colorado oil and gas sites, another one voiced support for what could be the largest statewide well setbacks in the country. However, the requirement for at least 2,000...