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Everything you need to know about CD4’s special election to replace Ken Buck

Colorado’s Congressional District 4 is poised for aย political showdownย as the race to replace outgoing Representative Ken Buck heats up, especially since March 22nd was his last day. Here’s what you need to know about this critical special election to replace Buck until the actual election happens in November:

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Republican state chair Dave Williams wins top-line in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District primary

Dave Williams, the chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, won top-line designation Saturday in the GOP’s 5th Congressional District primary amid complaints the former state lawmaker has used party resources to promote his campaign and bash a primary opponent.

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This Colorado rancher sees a world where conservation can turn a profit

Their hoofprints fan out in four directions but the elk that overwinter here have scattered. The snow is changing to ice and a brisk wind scours the ground. Maybe the gusts chased them off. Or a memory, stored deep in their DNA, of an elk caught in a barbed wire fence with a coyote eating it.

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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.ย ย 

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

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. Hereโ€™s whatโ€™s in it.

Coloradoโ€™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 Coloradoโ€™s K-12 funding shortfall and limit college tuition increases to 3% for in-state students.

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Nine petitions filed in 4th District to follow Rep. Buck in office, only Boebert’s verified as sufficient so far

Nineteen candidates seeking a place on either a Democratic or Republican ballot in a Congressional District primary made the secretary of state’s Tuesday petition deadline, with thus far only four of those petitions verified as sufficient.

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