Capitol Coverage

Republican State Rep. Bob Gardner, Colorado Springs
Republican lawmakers say theyll try to overturn the Governors executive order that allows state workers to join unions. They say it will lead to strikes and drive up government costs. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
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Federal officials say that in the next decade, about 12 thousand new natural gas wells will be drilled in the San Juan Basin of southwestern Colorado. A two-state task force is developing strategies to keep all the new energy development, plus a growing population, from making air quality in the area worse. The task force’s [...]

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Colorado must reduce greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by the year 2020 under the state’s first ever plan to curb global warming. The Governor’s plan also calls for cleaner cars and carbon offsets for farmers, but says Colorado will not set regional benchmarks with other western states. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
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Severance Tax Reform
The amount of tax money Colorado has collected from the energy industry has grown by 600 percent in the last five years according to state figures. But some communities seeing the biggest impacts from energy development say they’re not getting their fair share of that revenue stream. They say they need help with [...]

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