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Link to The Original Article A provision in the Congressional Republicans budget bill, better known as the "one big, beautiful bill" could force the federal government to sell over three million acres of public lands across western states. Utah Senator Mike Lee, who made the land sale proposal, says these public lands are underused and that selling them would lead to their better… Read more »

Link to The Original Article On Friday morning, June 13, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, who represents Colorado, assembled a legislative public lands roundtable attended by the media. It’s objective: to highlight the threat to the West’s public lands contained within President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Budget Bill”, which, having passed the House by a single vote, is now in the… Read more »

Link to The Original Article Gov. Jared Polis said Medicaid cuts in the Republican budget bill will throw hundreds of thousands of Coloradans off their health care, drive up costs for everyone and put providers like hospitals and community health at risk.  “It's really important that people understand the impact to people and to our state of what these really draconian health… Read more »

Link to The Original Article Democratic members of the Colorado congressional delegation criticized a recent proposal by U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, to allow the federal government to sell off more than 2 million acres of public land. The proposal covers 11 Western states, including Colorado. Introduced Wednesday, the proposal would target “underused” public lands to sell… Read more »

Link to The Original Article Colorado leaders are speaking out after the targeted shootings of two Democratic legislators in Minnesota Saturday. Melissa Hortman, a former Minnesota House Speaker, and her spouse were killed in their Brooklyn Park home. A second state lawmaker, Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, were shot multiple times in Champlin.  Authorities are searching… Read more »

Link to The Original Article Colorado’s U.S. senators are vowing to fight a proposal mandating the sale of millions of acres of public lands, as other elected officials and users of local federal acreage joined them Friday in decrying the idea. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., said during an online press conference Friday that “no matter your party, auctioning off our children’s and… Read more »

Link to The Original Article Democratic members of the Colorado congressional delegation criticized a recent proposal by U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, to allow the federal government to sell off more than 2 million acres of public land. The proposal covers 11 Western states, including Colorado. Introduced Wednesday, the proposal would target “underused” public lands to… Read more »

Link to The Original Article Members of Colorado's congressional delegation expressed support for Israel in the wake of the country's attack on Iran's nuclear capability late Thursday, with some calling for the United States to work to deescalate the conflict. The state's two members of their respective chambers' intelligence committees, Democrats U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S.… Read more »

Link to The Original Article The sale of federal public lands in the West is back on the menu as the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources released its portion of the chamber’s budget reconciliation package.  The committee released its text on Wednesday night, which includes a proposal that mandates the sale of between 2 million to 3 million acres… Read more »

Link to The Original Article “This type of stuff happens in dictatorships, not democracies.” That was the conclusion of Democratic Rep. Jason Crow in a post on X highlighting a video of California Sen. Alex Padilla being forcibly removed from a press briefing Thursday by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Padilla interrupted Noem’s press conference and… Read more »