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Jul 27, 2021
COLORADO LAW MANDATES ONLINE RESOURCES FOR MEDIA LITERACY
Originally Published by Anne Delaney of The Greeley Tribune Signed in June by Gov. Jared Polis, a new law aims to fight disinformation by...
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Jul 18, 2021
PROGRESS REPORT: STATE WASTE AND RECYCLING POLICIES GAIN NOTABLE TRACTION THIS YEAR
Originally Published by Megan Quinn in Waste Dive State lawmakers have made significant headway on laws about EPR, recycled content...
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Jul 5, 2021
COLORADO GOVERNOR SIGNS GROUNDBREAKING SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BILL INTO LAW
Originally Published by Rex Wilmouth of Environment America COLORADO FIRST TO STRIKE DOWN A STATE PREEMPTION LAW, RESTORING RIGHT OF...
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Jun 13, 2021
COLORADO LAWMAKERS PASS BILL BANNING PLASTIC BAGS, POLYSTYRENE CONTAINERS
Originally Published by Adam Redling of Waste Today UNDER THE LAW, CUSTOMERS WOULD BE CHARGED A 10-CENT FEE AT MOST GROCERY AND RETAIL...
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Jun 1, 2021
POLYSTYRENE CONTAINERS, PLASTIC BAGS ON THEIR WAY OUT IN COLORADO
Originally Published By Ed Sealover In Denver Business Journal After several rewrites, Colorado legislative leaders seem to have settled...
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Jun 1, 2021
COLORADO STATE LAWMAKERS MOVE TO REIN IN POWER OF HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS REGARDING YARD SIGNS......
Originally Published By Shaun Boyd in CBS Denver Homeowners associations would no longer dictate what signs and flags residents can...
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May 27, 2021
COLORADO HOAS WON’T BE ABLE TO RESTRICT WHAT FLAGS OR SIGNS HOMEOWNERS PUT UP UNDER BILL
riginally Published By Saja Hindi In The Denver Post Homeowners’ associations have a lot of power when it comes to what property owners...
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May 25, 2021
MENTAL HEALTH ISN’T OFFICIALLY PART OF COLORADO’S EMERGENCY RESPONSE. LAWMAKERS WANT TO CHANGE THAT.
riginally Published by Faith Miller in Colorado Newsline At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Colorado mobilized its State Emergency...
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May 25, 2021
WE’RE MAKING HEADWAY IN PREPARING FOR WILDFIRE
Originally Published By Linda Rockwell In The Canyon Courier “Not if, but when.” I’ve read this many times about wildfire in Evergreen....
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May 18, 2021
WILDFIRE MITIGATION BEGINS AT HOME
Originally Published by Deb Hurley Brobst In Douglas County News-Press Residents must get serious about preparing for wildfire in the...
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May 16, 2021
HOUSE OKS BILL TO RETAIN TAX EXEMPTION ON PINE BEETLE WOOD
Originally Published By Charles Ashby In The Daily Sentinel The Colorado House approved a bill Wednesday to keep a sales and use tax...
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May 9, 2021
MEDIA LITERACY BILL SURVIVES LENGTHY DEBATE AND REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION
Originally published by Marianne Goodland in Colorado Politics After an eight-day delay, House lawmakers went another two hours Friday on...
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Apr 27, 2021
MEDIA LITERACY BILL MAKES SENSE
Originally Published By Janet Heck Doyle In The Canyon Courier There is a bill wending its way through our state legislature that would...
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Apr 24, 2021
LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW BULLIES TO FACE SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION
Originally Published By Nicole Heins In KKTV11 The House Education committee passed a bill this week that would prevent bullying in...
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Apr 3, 2021
THERE’S A RENEWED PUSH TO BAN PLASTIC BAGS AND STYROFOAM AT COLORADO STORES AND RESTAURANTS
Originally published by Alexander Burness in Greeley Tribune Colorado Democrats will take another crack at banning single-use plastic...
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Mar 30, 2021
LISA CUTTER AND BARBARA MCLACHLAN: IN THIS AGE OF DISINFORMATION, MEDIA LITERACY IS A NECESSARY SKIL
Originally published by By LISA CUTTER and BARBARA MCLACHLAN in Greeley Tribune Social media use has exploded over the past two decades...
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Mar 30, 2021
MARLON REIS: RECYCLING IS A LOCAL-MARKET OPPORTUNITY TO AFFECT GLOBAL CHANGE
Originally published by Marlon Reis, Colorado First Gentleman in Sentinel. Here in Colorado, we are fortunate to enjoy beautiful public...
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Mar 30, 2021
STATE LEGISLATURE CONSIDERS COVID-19 RELIEF BILLS IN SPECIAL SESSION
Originally published by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks, Melissa Reeves to 9NEWS DENVER — The Colorado General Assembly took up nearly three...
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Mar 12, 2021
COLORADO DEMOCRATS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS QUEUE UP STRONGEST RUN YET TO BAN PLASTICS
Originally published by Joey Bunch in Colorado Politics. The idea isn't new, but it's never looked stronger: Democrats at the Colorado...
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Nov 29, 2020
State legislature to take up 8 bills for COVID-19 relief in special session
Originally published by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks in 9News. DENVER — The Colorado General Assembly plans to take up eight bills focused on...
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