Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Colorado
Colo. Agriculture Dept.: Colorado Soil Health Program Hosts Soil Health Learning Lab at Cedar Springs Farm
DENVER, Colorado, June 12 -- The Colorado Department of Agriculture issued the following news release:
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Colorado Soil Health Program Hosts Soil Health Learning Lab at Cedar Springs Farm
Amid an especially dry year in Western Colorado, a hands-on farm learning tour offered a powerful, real-world lesson in drought resilience to more than 60 producers, conservation partners, and researchers.
On May 21, 2026, the Colorado Department of Agriculture's Colorado Soil Health Program hosted a So
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DeGette Demands Answers as Federal Agents Target Immigrant Children's Legal Advocates
WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release:
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DeGette Demands Answers as Federal Agents Target Immigrant Children's Legal Advocates
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DENVER, CO \- Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement after federal agents from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations and Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General attempted to access the offices and client records of nonprofits providing legal services to
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PNC Financial Services Group Urges OCC to Defend National Bank Powers Against Illinois Fee Law
WASHINGTON, June 15 -- PNC Financial Services Group, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, expressed strong support for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's interim final order preempting the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (IFPA) and the accompanying interim final rule clarifying national banks' authority to impose non-interest fees including interchange fees. In a public comment letter sent to the OCC, PNC emphasized the importance of these actions to safeguard uniform
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Western Governors Seek Hazard Pay Expansion for Prescribed Wildfire Operations
WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Western Governors' Association, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, has expressed strong support to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management for extending Hazardous Duty Pay and Environmental Differential Pay to federal firefighters engaged in prescribed wildfire activities. This call comes as part of the association's commentary on a proposed rule by the agency to add prescribed wildfire as a qualifying activity for differential pay under the General Schedule and Federa
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