Content originally published by Space News on April 20th, 2016. An April 19 House hearing about potential policy changes that could affect development of small launch vehicles did not result in any consensus on what action, if any, to take on issues that could affect the competitiveness of the industry. The primary focus of the hearing by the House Science Committee’s space subcommittee was a proposal to allow the use of excess intercontinental ballistic missile motors for commercial launches, ... Read more

Content originally published by The Denver Post on April 13th, 2016. Members of Colorado's congressional delegation slammed U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald this week for touting his agency's reform accomplishments during a Denver speech. The VA has overhauled its construction practices, shortened patient-care waiting lists, become more efficient at meeting veterans' needs and made other improvements, McDonald said during a speech Monday. His comments about how the ... Read more

Content originally published by the Highlands Ranch Herald on April 11th, 2016. More than a few bills in the 10-bill Ready to Work package making its way though the Colorado Legislature this session focus on an obvious component of workforce development: education. Similarly, school districts and local colleges continue to seek more ways to work toward developing tomorrow’s employees through promoting easier access to college, career and technical education. Speaking last month on figures showi... Read more

Content originally published by The Denver Post on April 10th, 2016. The beleaguered Veterans Medical Center in Aurora is on track for completion in 2018, VA Secretary Robert McDonald promised Sunday, while a criminal investigation into any wrongdoing there continues. Speaking before nearly 400 people at a United Veterans Committee of Colorado banquet, McDonald explained how the $1.68 billion project that had spiraled out of control was doing well in meeting new deadlines for completion. "Since... Read more

Content originally published by The Colorado Independent on April 7th, 2016. Are we heading toward the point of no return on climate change? That was the first question posed to four Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives, who addressed an audience of nonprofit leaders, green business innovators and community members in Denver Wednesday about the realities of climate legislation in Congress. Sponsored by the Alliance for a Sustainable Colorado, the event was part of a national series ... Read more

Content originally published by The Wall Street Journal on March 31st, 2016. Two years after Colorado fully legalized the sale of marijuana, most banks here still don’t offer services to the businesses involved. Financial institutions are caught between state law that has legalized marijuana and federal law that bans it. Banks’ federal regulators don’t fully recognize such businesses and impose onerous reporting requirements on banks that deal with them. Without bank accounts, the state’s burge... Read more

Content originally published by The Denver Post on March 30th, 2016. The Denver metro area must tackle housing affordability or risk losing millennials to less costly cities, Gov. John Hickenlooper said Wednesday at a local housing forum hosted by Zillow. A good place to start, the governor said, is reforming Colorado's much-debated construction-defects law, which developers say has stymied for-sale condominium projects statewide. "Long term, if we can't figure out how to get more affordable ho... Read more

Content originally published by The PEW Charitable Trusts on March 22nd, 2016. Tim Cullen’s marijuana business brought in millions of dollars last year, but he’s had a hard time finding a bank to take the money. He’s cycled through 14 checking accounts in six years. Recently, he said, a bank shut down all his personal accounts, including college savings for his 3-year-old daughter. Federal law prohibits banks and credit unions from taking marijuana money. So here in Colorado, everyone involved ... Read more

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Content originally published by The Denver Post on March 21st, 2016. Fresh from meetings with top foreign ministers in Cuba, Colorado congressman Ed Perlmutter said Monday that Congress should lift the longstanding embargo the U.S. has imposed on its Cold War adversary. It s time to move on and that embargo should be repealed, said Perlmutter, one of about three dozen members of Congress who traveled to Cuba this week with President Barack Obama. There are real opportunities for America and for... Read more