Colorado Politics

CBS 7 NewsRobert Guaderramarguaderrama@cbs7.comMay 9, 2012Goldsmith, Texas - The U.S. Secretary of the Interior made a stop in west Texas today to get a better grasp on oil development and the efforts of protecting the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard. Senator John Cornyn who has gone to bat for the oil and gas industry throughout this ordeal issued a statement saying. That he is "hopeful that after today's visit the secretary will see firsthand the...  

Washington, D.C.- Nevada Senator Harry Reid issued the following statement after U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar dedicated the Silver State North Solar Project, the first large-scale solar energy project to be built on public land in Nevada: “I commend Secretary Salazar and the Obama Administration for their commitment to Nevada’s clean energy future by helping to move the Silver State North Solar Project quickly through the...  

THE RESIGNATION of an openly gay spokesman for the US Republican Party presidential candidate Mitt Romney has frustrated some Colorado Republicans and given Democrats a political cudgel.  

Colorado House Republicans quashed a centerpiece of the Democrats' jobs agenda this session — a measure that would've granted bidding preferences to companies that hired state workers.