Colorado paid a heavier price economically in its fight against COVID-19 than other states in 2020

They did so without presenting studies to show restaurants were a significant contributor to the spread of COVID-19 cases, she said. For example, capacity was capped at 50, even if a dining space was large enough to handle many more using the 6-foot distancing recommended by the Centers for Disease Control.
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Michael Bennet among four Senate Democrats who have flipped on Keystone XL

Bennet, who was among the Democratic Party's many presidential candidates in the 2020 cycle, voted against the Keystone pipeline Thursday. But even as recently as the 2020 campaign trail, he found himself defending his vote in 2015 to authorize the project.

Rep. Ken Buck to head up GOP leadership on antitrust subcommittee

Fort Morgan Times: U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Windsor, has been selected to serve as the Republican ranking member on the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law in the 117th Congress.

“This is a critically important role in the advancement of antitrust enforcement,” Buck said. “I am humbled by the trust and support instilled in me by Ranking Member Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, Ohio, and my Republican colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee.”

Closed schools are crushing our kids | GUEST COLUMN

You are the state’s chief executive. No more excuses and no more passing the buck to local school districts. No more empty platitudes about what you “hope” will happen. Governor, it is time for you to do whatever it takes to open the schools. Every kid needs to have the option to attend school full time and in-person.

And until the schools are open, I don’t want to hear one more lecture on how Colorado’s COVID response is based on science.

Our kids are being crushed. They are sad, lonely, they are suffering. They are killing themselves. They need to be with their friends. They need sports, theatre, chess club.

Speak up, lead, DO something!

Boebert bill would reverse Biden’s lease ban, other fossil fuel actions

The measure, called the Protecting American Energy Jobs Act, also would nullify an initial 60-day moratorium on new mining plans and oil leasing and drilling on federal lands and in federal waters issued by Biden, and well as his revocation of a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline and his moratorium on oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.