Legislature

February 28, 2024

Colorado Legislature 2024: Opportunities & Challenges

Each year, the Colorado Legislature comes with its own set of opportunities as well as unique challenges — and this year is no different.
February 8, 2024

Legislative Update: A bill we’re hungy to see passed!

We’re one month into the 2024 Colorado Legislative Session and nearly 350 bills have been introduced so far.
February 2, 2024

West Slope Youth Voice crushes it in their 2024 Lobby Days trip

This past weekend, more than a dozen students from Mesa and Garfield Counties traveled to Denver and helped change the world.
January 25, 2024

Alliance members are headed to the Capitol — Join us!

We’ve set the date! Western Colorado Alliance members will be at the State Capitol in Denver as part of the 2024 People's Lobby Trip on Monday, February 25, and we’d love for you to join us.
January 11, 2024

Let the Session begin!

Yesterday marked the start of the Second Regular session of the 74th Colorado General Assembly! Our legislators wasted no time in getting started, with the introduction […]
January 5, 2024

Colorado’s 2024 legislative season starts next week

Colorado’s 2024 legislative session kicks off next Wednesday, January 10, with the swearing-in of leadership and legislators. As a result, and in preparation for what we […]
November 22, 2023

7 reasons to give thanks for the 2023 Colorado Special Session on tax relief

Just days after the election in early November, Governor Polis called for a special session in Colorado. It began on November 17 and ended November 20, […]
May 31, 2023

The challenge of Western Colorado water

We’re running out of water. For most folks who call Western Colorado home, this isn’t news. We’ve watched with numb terror as Lake Mead’s water level […]
May 30, 2023

Navigating the Capitol’s rapids

The Sneak Line. For those of us who enjoy river sports, we know this term as the route you take on the river to avoid the […]