Colorado City Based Twin City Water Works Ordered to Pay $390,683 in Back Taxes
Twin City Water Work, Inc., a Utah non-profit corporation that does business in Colorado City, Arizona, recently plead guilty to a class 6 undesignated Felony of Attempted Knowing Failure to File Tax...
View ArticleKansas Community Banker to Receive Award from Graduate School of Banking at...
The Graduate School of Banking at Colorado (GSBC) is pleased to announce L. Kent Needham, Chairman, President and CEO of First Security Bank in Overbrook, Kan., as the 26th recipient of the James C....
View ArticleTipton Votes to Protect Ratepayers, States from Harmful Impacts of EPA Power...
Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO) voted to pass bipartisan legislation giving states protection from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule on existing power plants should a state’s...
View ArticleRepublicans and Democrats Back Bill to Level the Playing Field for Renewable...
U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Jerry Moran are leading a bipartisan effort to reintroduce tax code legislation aimed at leveling the playing field for renewable energy investment. The Master Limited...
View ArticleTipton’s Wildfire Prevention Amendment Attached to Interior Bill in House
The U.S. House of Representatives adopted an amendment offered by Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO) that would redirect $20 million from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) administrative account...
View ArticleBennet Statement on Supreme Court’s Housing Discrimination Ruling
Washington, DC - Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision to uphold a key law that helps fight housing discrimination
View ArticleGov. Hickenlooper announces Boards and Commissions appointments
Gov. John Hickenlooper today announced several Boards and Commissions appointments to the Board of Real Estate Appraisers, the Denver Metropolitan Area Regional Air Quality Council, the Early Childhood...
View ArticleDOI Distributes More Than $30 Million in PILT Payments to Colorado Counties
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet applauded the Department of Interior's announcement that $30,946,187 in Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) disbursements have been issued to Colorado counties. The...
View ArticleTipton Statement on SCOTUS Decision Striking Down EPA’s Power Plant Regs
Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO) issued this statement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule on existing power plants
View ArticleATTORNEY GENERAL CYNTHIA H. COFFMAN JOINS MULTISTATE LAWSUIT TO STOP FURTHER...
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia H. Coffman along with twelve other Western states and state agencies filed a lawsuit seeking to vacate U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules defining the...
View ArticleCOLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL CYNTHIA H. COFFMAN ISSUES ALERT TO CONSUMERS ON...
A popular telephone scam targeting older citizens has taken a threatening new twist. The grandparent scam is often perpetrated when an older adult is called by someone pretending to be a grandchild or...
View ArticleGov. Hickenlooper statement on final fair housing rule from HUD
HUD’s rule equips communities that receive HUD funding with data and tools to help them meet long-standing fair housing obligations in their use of HUD funds. HUD will also provide additional guidance...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Upholds Colorado’s Renewable Portfolio Standard
In a precedent-setting decision, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appealshas upheld the constitutionality of Colorado’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), ruling that the state’s RPS does not impose...
View ArticlePerlmutter’s Bipartisan Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act...
U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) passed bipartisan legislation requiring federal banking regulators to jointly study the appropriate capital treatment of Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSRs) under Basel III...
View ArticleCourt decides Colorado renewable energy law constitutional
In a precedent-setting decision, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of Colorado’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) yesterday, ruling that the state’s RPS does not impose...
View ArticleCottonwood Creek, Inc. to pay $170,000 for Clean Water Act violations at oil...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with Enid, Oklahoma-based Cottonwood Creek, Inc. in which the company has agreed to pay a $170,000 penalty to resolve alleged...
View ArticlePerlmutter Honored As A Friend Of The National Parks
U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) received the Friend of the National Parks Award for his dedication to protecting and enhancing America’s national parks. The award, presented by the nonpartisan...
View ArticleHouse Passes Tipton’s Water Rights Protection Measure
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Western Water and American Food Security Act (H.R. 2898) which includes Congressman Scott Tipton’s (R-CO) Water Rights Protection Act. The...
View ArticleIndoor air quality to be tested in low-income, energy retrofitted Denver area...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the University of Colorado Boulder $1 million to evaluate the impacts of climate change, including increased wildfires, on indoor air quality and...
View ArticleBill To Strip VA Of Construction Authority Moves Forward
A bill to strip the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from managing construction projects over $100 million cleared an important legislative hurdle today, passing the House Veterans Affairs...
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