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Colorado businesses responsible for funding statewide recycling program left in the dark, advocates say

As Colorado initiates the rollout of a statewide recycling program, business advocates are warning lawmakers that companies are facing hefty fees they may not be aware of and implementing the initiative may not be realistic heading into 2026, not to mention its price tag amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars.  

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Colorado environmental groups file three ballot measures to limit oil and gas industry 

The truce is off. Let the negotiations begin again.

Leading Colorado environmental groups filed language Thursday for three sweeping ballot measures aimed at limiting the oil and gas industry in the state, openly declaring them a blocking effort to as many as a half-dozen equally sweeping proposals supported by oil interests.

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Colorado panel finalizes budget plan that boosts K-12, higher education and health care. Here’s what’s in it.

Colorado’s state budget panel early Friday morning approved a spending plan for next fiscal year that would invest heavily in state workers and medical services, eliminate Colorado’s K-12 funding shortfall and limit college tuition increases to 3% for in-state students.

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