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The ‘War On Coal’ threatens a sleepy Colorado mining town0
- August 19, 2016
(Craig Station, Moffat County, Colorado. Photo: Michael Sandoval) CRAIG, Colo. — Coal, from extraction to use as a generation source, forms the literal bedrock of Craig. (Welcome to Craig. Photo: Michael Sandoval) The past few years have shaken the once quiet town, as an onslaught of federal government regulations and actions by environmental activists bent
READ MOREWildEarth Guardian effigy appears nears Craig, Colorado0
- August 9, 2016
In their attempt to kill coal in northwest Colorado, the WildEarth Guardians earned the deep ire of many town residents, who came up with creative ways of pushing back against the activist lawfare group. From tossing New Belgium beer from their store shelves when it was discovered the brewery had offered support to WEG in
READ MORESmack down: Bureau of Land Management fracking regulations rejected0
- June 23, 2016
By John Knetemann All the Bureau of Land Management has is a hammer, and everything to them is a nail. Today, Wyoming federal judge Scott Skavdahl rejected the Bureau of Land Management’s new fracking rules published under the name “Oil and Gas; Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands.” According to the Bureau of Land
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Debate Series on Socialized Health Care in Colorado0
- June 9, 2016
Want to learn more about Amendment 69, also known as “ColoradoCare,” which would create a single-payer, socialized health care system in Colorado? Join the Independence Institute as we co-host a debate series on this issue facing voters in November. We will be co-hosting 3 debates with the Steamboat Institute around Colorado featuring Independence Institute health
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Two Decades of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR)0
- May 23, 2016
Over two decades have passed since Colorado voters adopted The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights in 1992. TABOR allows government spending to grow each year at the rate of inflation-plus-population. Government can increase faster whenever voters consent. Likewise, tax rates can be increased whenever voters consent. This Issue Paper analyzes TABOR’s effect on state government spending and taxes by examining three decades: The 1983-92 pre-TABOR decade; the first decade of TABOR, 1993-2002; and the second decade, 2003-12. The final decade included the largest tax increase in Colorado history, enacted as Referendum C in 2005. Decade-2 was also marked by increasing efforts to evade TABOR by defining nearly 60% of the state budget as “exempt” from TABOR.
READ MORECruz Withdrawal Postpones “Natural Born” Issue0
- May 15, 2016
This article first appeared in the Forth Worth Star Telegram. A silver lining to the withdrawal of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, from the presidential race is that we will be spared a battle over whether he met the Constitution’s requirement the president be a “natural born citizen.” The evidence is not all one way, but
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