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LUNDEEN: No more kicking the can down the (potholed) road

LUNDEEN: No more kicking the can down the (potholed) road

Jan 27, 2020

For years — decades even — Coloradans have called upon the General Assembly to prioritize Colorado’s outdated transportation infrastructure. Our elected officials have for so long kicked this proverbial can down the (potholed) road that the Colorado Department of Transportation now has a backlog of anywhere from $7 billion to $9 billion in projects. To put that in perspective, that’s nearly a fourth of Colorado’s entire budget this year.
Leader Holbert Responds to Governor Polis’ Budget Proposal

Leader Holbert Responds to Governor Polis’ Budget Proposal

Nov 1, 2019

DENVER – Following Governor Jared Polis’ budget briefing this afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Chris Holbert (R-Douglas County) issued the following statement: “Governor Polis seems to have adjusted well from the deficit-spending of Washington D.C. to the budgetary...

Senator Ray Scott Responds to CDPHE Study on Oil and Gas

Senator Ray Scott Responds to CDPHE Study on Oil and Gas

Oct 17, 2019

DENVER - Following the unveiling of a study undertaken by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Senator Ray Scott (R-Grand Junction) issued the following response: “Democrats and environmental groups were somehow able to read through and digest a...

NAUMANN: Colorado’s economic success doesn’t need a nudge from the guv

NAUMANN: Colorado’s economic success doesn’t need a nudge from the guv

Sep 25, 2019

In 1996, a young Colorado entrepreneur had the foresight to take his parents’ greeting card business online and the charming if not annoying e-cards were born. That entrepreneur, Jared Polis, was just 24 years old when that company was sold for over $700 million. Alas, there was no Office of Domain Registration, no Office of Graphic Design, and certainly no Office of the Future of Work — yet the governor still seemed to make it in such a confusing economic environment.
HOLBERT: Protecting our schools requires results, not rhetoric

HOLBERT: Protecting our schools requires results, not rhetoric

Jul 22, 2019

Last week, the Colorado General Assembly held its first meeting of the interim School Safety Committee. On the heels of the STEM School Shooting in May, leadership in both the House and Senate — and on both sides of the aisle — decided to craft the committee in the hopes of identifying ways for the state to assist the 178 local school districts in Colorado secure their schools and provide resources for students dealing with mental health issues.
NAUMANN: GOP’s slowdown saved Colorado from some bad policy

NAUMANN: GOP’s slowdown saved Colorado from some bad policy

May 29, 2019

Rampant with quixotic legislation, procedural gamesmanship, long-winded attorneys, and blizzard buffoonery, this past session of the Colorado General Assembly would have been quite entertaining if not so potentially devastating. As Democrats in the legislature take a victory lap — claiming each and every piece of legislation they nursed across the finish line and onto Gov. Polis’ desk as a “victory” for the working class — they are not-so-subtly declaring that in order for the average citizen to claim this victory, his power as an individual must be surrendered to a government that knows better than he.
NAUMANN: Who fought for teacher pay during the 2019 session?

NAUMANN: Who fought for teacher pay during the 2019 session?

May 28, 2019

If you think back to April of 2018, you may remember a sea of red-shirt-clad teachers, armed with creative signage and megaphones, storming the state Capitol to demand an increase in their salaries. They lobbied lawmakers, sat in the hallways, and sang “We’re Not Gonna Take It” under the Golden Dome.
NAUMANN: In Colorado, Democrats made their decision

NAUMANN: In Colorado, Democrats made their decision

Apr 28, 2019

Former Democratic Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper boasts of our state’s outstanding economic recovery. At the same time, he hems and haws over whether he’s a capitalist or not. But for the Democrats running the state’s government in the post-Hickenlooper era, they have chosen a different path.