EPA proposes stricter standards for soot pollution
Risking an election-year backlash from Republicans, the Obama administration is proposing new air quality standards to lower the amount of soot that can be released into the air. The move, to be announced Friday, is likely to win support from environmental groups and public health advocates but exposes the president to potential criticism from congressional [...]
Colorado Springs hasn’t paid much attention to business signs in years, but that didn’t stop Larry Barrett from counting the potentially illegal signs in one small area south of downtown.
Continue reading …Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper says that like most governors, he prefers state regulation of oil and gas drilling to federal regulation. “Most governors are going to argue that it should be a state responsibility,” Hickenlooper said Wednesday at a news conference during the energy consulting firm IHS CERA’s annual executive conference in Houston. “We can [...]
Continue reading …Small business owners say their main concern is weak customer demand – not the regulatory environment. Owners polled said the number one thing that would lead to creating jobs – eliminate incentives to move jobs overseas. Reducing regulations came in fifth place. Small business owners see government standards as an important tool to level the [...]
Continue reading …Election-year tension and redrawn legislative districts could make the 2012 session of the Colorado General Assembly more contentious than usual.
Continue reading …Colorado’s medical-marijuana regulators are renting office space from a lawyer whose clients include pot sellers the agency is charged with overseeing. The Denver Post reports that the state Department of Revenue’s Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division will pay attorney H. Alan Dill nearly $1.3 million in rent over the five-year term of the lease, which was [...]
Continue reading …Changes to Colorado’s title insurance statutes that remove hidden fees from the process went into effect earlier this month. ‘When purchasing a home, having title insurance in good order helps buyers be sure there are no problems with the home’s title, and that the seller really owns the property,” said Colorado Insurance Commissioner Marcy Morrison. “The [...]
Continue reading …As giant banks such as Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America prepare to pay substantial year-end bonuses to their employees, we can expect a firestorm of angry complaints from the public, accompanied by calls for tighter regulation and/or punitive taxation. It’s easy to argue that the big banks are predators, not producers. Far [...]
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