![Kathleen Sgamma, President, Western Energy Alliance, sits in front of a small microphone at a Congrssional hearing table.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/02/AP23039682055462.jpg)
Denver-based oil and gas advocate Kathleen Sgamma nominated to head Bureau of Land Management
Sgamma has been a defender of President Trump’s order to ‘unleash’ American energy production.
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By Caitlyn Kim
![Two men, Canterbury and Gibbs, sit side by side in the hearing room.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/02/IMG_3781.jpg)
GOP slams Biden over multiple-use policies, Democrats say ‘heart and soul’ of public land is at stake
“The tech bros at DOGE have no idea how much Americans love their public lands.”
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By Caitlyn Kim
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With half a billion dollars of federal funding for Colorado in limbo, top state officials demand answers
While the state’s attorney general has gone to court to get Colorado’s share of federal funds, three other leaders are trying to go to the source.
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Shakeup at USAFA Board of Visitors as President Trump aims to replace members
The dismissals are expected to only apply to board members appointed by the President, not Colorado lawmakers who also sit on the board.
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By Caitlyn Kim
![Elon Musk speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/02/AP25020765633379.jpg)
What Colorado Congress members think of Musk taking a ‘wood chipper’ to parts of the federal government
Musk and President Trump have bypassed Congress to make unprecedented moves to reshape government. At least one member of Colorado’s delegation loves it.
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By Caitlyn Kim
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President Trump has promised to ‘unleash’ American energy. What could that mean for Colorado?
In a state with a large oil and gas industry, and plenty of wind and solar, the new president’s priorities are being met with both excitement and concern.
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By Caitlyn Kim
![Denver's Clayton and Cole neighborhoods. June 20, 2023.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/06/230620-COLE-CLAYTON-DRONE-CITYSCAPE-SKYLINE-KEVINJBEATY-05.jpg)
Threat of a federal funding freeze sows confusion across Colorado
Phones rang off the hook in federal offices Tuesday as local officials, nonprofits and others tried to figure out if their support would keep coming.
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Rumors of immigration arrests spread across Colorado, but details are unclear
Less than a week into his second term, Colorado communities are still learning how aggressive the Trump administration will be on immigration enforcement.
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By Caitlyn Kim
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Colorado’s Republican House members pushing for state to repeal some of its immigration laws
In a letter to Gov. Jared Polis, the lawmakers single out three policies in particular they say make it harder for local law enforcement to work with immigration officers.
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By Caitlyn Kim
![Trump at a table signing executive orders](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/01/AP25021002553279.jpg)
How some of Trump’s Day One executive orders could touch Colorado
In his first day back on the job, President Donald Trump kicked off his second term with a slew of executive orders and actions.
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By Caitlyn Kim
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Ahead of a snowy, indoor inauguration, Colorado Republicans gather to celebrate in D.C.
Despite a change in the festivities, Coloradans who made the trip are excited about the next four years.
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By Caitlyn Kim
![Jeff Hurd, Gabe Evans and Jeff Crank](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/12/20241115-AP24320602349574.jpg)
New Congress, old normal (for now?)
After all the drama of recent years, the start to the 119th Congress has been, dare we say it, pretty normal?
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![Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Energy](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/01/AP25015571197835.jpg)
At Senate hearing, Energy Secretary pick Chris Wright talks climate change and all-of-the-above energy
The Colorado energy executive called climate change a global issue but stood by past comments on wildfire risk as ‘hype’
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By Caitlyn Kim
![Steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/12/AP24319624163000.jpg)
As the 119th Congress gets to work, Colorado members look to advance national priorities and local interests
Republicans will be focused on reconciliation to get their main priorities accomplished, while Democrats plan to focus on bipartisan issues.
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By Caitlyn Kim
![Heavy equipment and new pipeline in ditch](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/01/AVC-Construction4-from-Bureau-of-Reclamation.jpg)
More federal funding is on tap for the billion dollar pipeline slated to bring safe drinking water to Southern Colorado’s plains
The Bureau of Reclamation on Wednesday announced another $250 million coming in from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the project.
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![Former President Jimmy Carter lies in state at U.S. Capitol](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/01/AP25008824789035.jpg)
As nation mourns Carter, former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb remembers their bond
Webb and his wife first met Carter in 1974 and cut the first check from Colorado for Carter’s nascent presidential campaign.
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By Caitlyn Kim