WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (TNSLrpt) -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued a report estimating the economic impact of recent and proposed U.S. tariff policy changes on the state, concluding that sharply higher tariffs are likely to slow growth, increase consumer costs, and cause budgetary strain throughout Colorado. The assessment, mandated by executive order, models three tariff scenarios, including current policy under which the state's effective tariff rate surged to 21%, sevenfold higher than   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Colorado Adopts Health-based Protections from Cancer-Causing Toxic Air Pollutants * (Denver, CO - September 22, 2025) - On Friday, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission voted unanimously to adopt health-protective benchmarks to protect communities from toxic air pollutants. These new benchmarks consider both cancer and non-cancer-related health risks such as asthma, res  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Grand Canyon Trust and Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service urging the agency to maintain the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (RACR). This plea comes amid discussions surrounding the potential repeal of the rule, which serves to protect designated roadless areas within national forests from development and road expansion. In their letter, the Trust and SUWA emphasize that the RACR is   more

LOVELAND, Colorado, Sept. 23 -- HVS, a consulting, valuation and research firm, issued the following news release: * * * HVS Brokerage & Advisory Closes Sale of Comfort Suites near Texas Medical Center - NRG Stadium HOUSTON, TX: HVS Brokerage & Advisory announces the sale of the 55-key Comfort Suites near Texas Medical Center - NRG Stadium, located at 1055 McNee Road, Houston, Texas 77054. The property, built in 2002, was purchased by MC Hanuman MHM Inc., based in Houston, Texas, from Avalon  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Legislation Opens the Door for Colorado to Join an Independent West-wide Electricity Market Offering Cheaper, More Reliable Clean Electricity * BOULDER, Colo. -- The pathway to a bigger, better regional electricity market has opened in the West, a move that would maximize cost savings for Coloradans and strengthen energy reliability. Legislation passed and signed in Californi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Hickenlooper, Cornyn, Wicker, Strong, Whitesides, Fong Reintroduce Bill to Boost Spaceports * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan, John Hickenlooper, John Cornyn, and Roger Wicker and U.S. Representatives Dale Strong, George Whitesides, and Vince Fong reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Spaceport Project Opportunities for Resilient Transportation (SPACEPORT) Act, whi  more

CENTENNIAL, Colorado, Sept. 22 [Category: Agriculture] -- The National Cattlemen's Beef Association posted the following news release: * * * NCBA Responds to Latest Screwworm Development in Mexico * WASHINGTON (September 22, 2025) - Today, National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) CEO Colin Woodall responded to the announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that a new case of New World screwworm has been detected in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, less than 70 miles from the U.  more

DURANGO, Colorado, Sept. 23 -- The Conservation Lands Foundation issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2025: * * * New Legislation Seeks to Undo Ironwood Forest National Monument Tuesday's introduction of H.R.5393 -- legislation that aims to undo Presidential Proclamation 7320, which established Ironwood Forest National Monument in 2000 -- is the latest in a series of attacks on public land in Arizona. The bill was introduced by Representative Paul Gosar, with Representatives Eli Cr  more