Grassroots Democracy

April 23, 2021

Three BIG Legislative wins for the West Slope

As the 2021 legislative session was coming up, our Alliance’s committees were preparing to support three hefty bills, each very different in topic. Generally, while our […]
April 19, 2021

Tell. Gov. Polis: Support the “Animal Shares Act!”

Tell Governor Polis we need his support on “Animal Shares!” Just In! The Colorado Legislature just passed SB21-079 (“Deregulate Meat Sales Direct To Consumers”). It passed […]
April 12, 2021

This Thursday – Rep. McLachlan & Sen. Winter on Media Literacy & Colorado’s Climate Roadmap!

We’re more than halfway through session now and the Capitol is really heating up. With some of the widely supported bills now passed through both chambers, […]
April 7, 2021

Halfway there and lookin’ good

Depending on where you live, you may have woken up this morning to news on who your newly elected city/town council members are, as well as […]
April 2, 2021

“Wait and see!”

The head-spinning 2021 CO legislature As packed and busy as it can be, the state Legislature is more-or-less reliable in its steadfast rhythm, with legislators working […]
April 2, 2021

Meet our new legislative intern, Daniel Haas!

Daniel has joined us as our first legislative intern and has already proven to be a huge boon to our legislative work this year! Daniel is […]
April 2, 2021

An important step for local ranchers

On the Western Slope and across Colorado, ranchers are waiting upwards of two years to get their cattle processed. The bottleneck created by COVID-19 continues to […]
April 2, 2021

A huge win for UVA & the grassroots organizing cycle!

In September of 2018, the Uncompahgre Valley Alliance membership approved a plan to systematically work through the organizing cycle in order to identify an actionable issue […]
March 3, 2021

Three bills for action: Let’s get to work this Thursday!

We’re almost a month into the legislative session now and the bills keep coming. Some highly anticipated bills still have yet to be introduced but we’re […]