DENVER, Colorado, June 18 -- The American Institute of Architects Colorado issued the following news on June 17, 2025: * * * 2025 Legislative Session Summary Part 2 2025 was a busy year at the State Capitol for AIA Colorado. Despite a significant state budget shortfall, we tracked more legislation than usual affecting the architecture profession. We identified 26 bills of interest to our members and took positions on 12 of them, listed below. We're proud to report that every bill AIA Colorad more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: * * * Best defense: A good 'offensive' * PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) -- Members of 4th Space Operations Squadron multiple U.S. Air Force security forces units and other military units stationed along Colorado's Front Range participated in a military exercise at Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site last week. In the early hours on a cold, rainy Tuesday, security forces members stood ready at Peterson Space Force Base m more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice (Docket No. NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040364) entitled "Intended Repatriation: Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, Golden, CO." The musem intends to repatriate a cultural item. The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, located in Golden, Colorado, plans to repatriate a cultural item defined as an object of cultural patrimony. It has determined that this item has a cultural affiliation with Indian Tribes o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network posted the following news release: * * * Colorado Health Advocates Sound Alarm on Looming Medicaid Cuts Ahead of Critical Congressional Vote * Health advocates from across Colorado expressed concerns Tuesday morning during a virtual press conference hosted by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) over the impact looming Medicaid cuts and changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)  more PR

DENVER, Colorado, June 18 -- The Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions, union representing more than 27,000 state employees, issued the following news on June 17, 2025: * * * COWINS Joins Lawsuit Colorado WINS has been granted Intervenor-Complainant Status in a lawsuit filed by Scott Moss, director of the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics in Colorado's Department of Labor and Employment. Colorado WINS has been granted Intervenor-Complainant Status in a lawsuit filed by S more PR

DENVER, Colorado, June 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Education Commission of the States issued the following report on June 6, 2025, by Mary Dell'Erba and Zeke Perez Jr. entitled "Lessons in Advancing STEAM Education." Here are excerpts: * * * At the start of 2024, the Arts Education Partnership and Education Commission of the States brought together teams from California, Iowa, Minnesota, Oregon and Wisconsin to create a professional learning network focused on advancing preschool through fifth grade  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Democratic HELP Members Demand Hearings on Impacts of Republican Budget Bill on Health Care * Lawmakers: "Failure to hold hearings and a markup on this reconciliation bill before it is considered on the Senate floor would be an abdication of our duty to the American people." WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined every Democratic member of the U.S. Senate Health, Ed more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Nonpartisan Analysis: Gabe Evans Voted to "Make the Rich Richer and the Poor Poorer" [Colorado Sun] * Evans cast the deciding vote to gut Coloradans' health care, food assistance to pay for permanent tax cuts for billionaires The bad headlines keep rolling in for vulnerable Republican Gabe Evans. Coloradans are reading all about a new report from the non-partisan Congressional more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Crank Introduces Wildfire Bill to Improve Weather and Fire Management * WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Jeff Crank (CO-05), alongside Rep. Luz Rivas (CA-29), Rep. Nick Begich (AK-AL), and Rep. Jeff Hurd (CO-03) introduced the Fire Weather Development Act. The Fire Weather Development Act directs the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a program to  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN11982) on June 16, 2025, by natural resources policy specialist Andrew Feickert. Here are excerpts: * * * Responding to Drought in the Colorado River Basin The Colorado River Basin covers more than 246,000 square miles in seven U.S. states and Mexico. Basin waters are governed by multiple documents, known collectively as the Law of the River. The Colorado River Compact of 1922  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 (TNSrpt) -- Resources for the Future issued the following news release: * * * Study Finds Opportunity for Tribally Owned, Utility-Scale Solar Development on Southern Ute Reservation The Southern Ute Indian Tribe's economy relies heavily on natural gas and oil production, including on its reservation in southwestern Colorado. The millions of dollars that the Tribe earns each year through severance taxes, royalty revenues, and other sources provide important public services  more PR

PETERSON AFB, Colorado, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: * * * USSPACECOM Hosts Keystone event * COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - U.S. Space Command hosted the annual National Defense University Keystone event with more than 40 fellows in attendance in Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 8-10, 2025. The Keystone course educates command senior enlisted leaders who are currently serving, or slated to serve, a general or flag-officer level positi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Hickenlooper Calls Republicans' Budget Plan "Fiscal Madness" on Senate Floor * Hickenlooper: "Their lavish tax bill gives more to the top earners while taking away from the Americans with the least." Republicans' national budget will increase prices for Coloradans, gut critical services, and balloon the national debt to bankroll tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy WASHINGTON - Today, U.S more PR