- Colorado lawmakers Michael Bennet and Joe Neguse are working with others in Congress to keep a 2021 pay raise in place.
- The focus is on helping spouses of military personnel stay employed, even as their families move around.
- Party chair says, if so, the command should go to Alabama, even as there’s no concrete evidence abortion policy is part of the Space Command decision.
- But the proposal could have an uphill climb, with Republicans in a budget-cutting mood.
- The state party is calling its effort Project 546, after Boebert’s 2022 margin of victory over Adam Frisch.
- The Bureau of Land Management is giving $5 million for North Park near Walden and just more than $6 million for the San Luis Valley.
- The debt ceiling bill now goes to President Joe Biden's desk.
- Ken Buck voted no. Lauren Boebert didn't cast a vote.
- The compromise deal between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden doesn't do enough for many hard-right lawmakers.
- The teen said his father was “throwing” him around the house. A responding officer found no grounds for arrest.
- The Alabama congressman who leads the House Armed Services Committee wants to know if politics are at play in the long-delayed final decision.
- Benefits, borrowing and employment could all take a hit.
- Republicans have said they want to claw back unspent pandemic aid. But the question is what counts as "unspent."
- Colorado farmers and ranchers are closely watching a debate in Washington, D.C. right now that will impact their lives, in areas from crop insurance to conservation, and food aid to financial support. The massive Farm Bill comes up for renewal every five years and with representatives on both the House and Senate agricultural committees, Colorado has a seat at the table where the crucial discussions are taking place.
- Food programs are up for renewal in the next Farm Bill, but they could be reshaped first by debt ceiling negotiations.
- Agriculture is big business in Colorado, generating $47 billion annually for the state’s economy and employing more than 195,000 people.
