The Colorado Sun

Ten bills passed in session, earning some bipartisan support, aimed to address variety of water issues

Colorado lawmakers gave the thumbs-up to 10 water measures this year that will bring millions of dollars in new funding to help protect streams, bring oversight to construction activities in wetlands and rivers, make commercial rainwater harvesting easier and support efforts to restore the clarity of Grand Lake.

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Federal land managers are planning Colorado’s next wild horse roundup, ignoring pleas to stop using a helicopter

The latest effort to decrease the wild horse population in Colorado will target the layered beige-and-purple plateaus of Little Book Cliffs, rangeland near Palisade that is home to about 200 mustangs. 

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Colorado lawmakers reach last-minute bipartisan property tax deal that averts cuts to K-12 funding

Colorado’s property tax code would be reimagined — with long-term rate cuts for homeowners and businesses and a local revenue cap — under a fiercely negotiated, last-minute bipartisan bill introduced in the legislature Monday that aims to provide tax relief while protecting funding for K-12 schools. 

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New charges filed against Littleton bus aide, revealing more incidents of alleged abuse to nonverbal students

Prosecutors filed additional charges this week against a former Littleton Public Schools bus aide accused of beating two nonverbal students, revealing more incidents of alleged abuse on their way to and from school.

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