Content originally published by Summit Daily on February 17th, 2016. With recent concerns regarding crash-resistant helicopter fuel systems, Rep. Jared Polis, a democrat whose district includes Summit County, is pushing to close a legal loophole allowing helicopters to be manufactured without crash-resistant systems. After writing a letter urging the Federal Aviation Administration to more quickly revise safety standards in October, Reps. Polis (CO-02) and Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) took matters fur... Read more

Content originally published by The Denver Post on February 12th, 2016. In a surprise reversal, federal officials said Friday that the Obama administration no longer plans to open a 1,000-bed facility for migrant children at the Federal Center in Lakewood. The change comes less than two months after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it wanted to convert a warehouse at the Federal Center into a temporary home for children who enter the country illegally. The idea was to ... Read more

Content originally published by the Associated Press on February 12th, 2016. Denver (AP) -- The federal government is abandoning plans to open a temporary shelter for unaccompanied immigrant children in suburban Denver, saying it would take too much time and money to get the site ready. An assessment by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that it would cost an estimated $28 million to $37 million and take about a year to transform a warehouse at the sprawling Federal Center i... Read more

Content originally published by 9news on February 11th, 2016. KUSA – A pair of Colorado congressmen plan to introduce legislation Friday that would urge the Federal Aviation Administration to require all newly built helicopters to have crash resistant fuel systems by the end of the year. The news follows a lengthy 9Wants to Know investigation into a fiery Flight for Life crash in Frisco that left a Colorado flight nurse with catastrophic and life-threatening burns on most of his body. Seconds a... Read more

Content originally published by CNN Money on February 10th, 2016. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and Congress don't see eye to eye. Yellen testified for over three hours before the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday and lawmakers heavily criticized the Fed's monetary policy, the state of the economy and even high rates of black unemployment. Yellen returns to Capitol Hill Thursday to testify before the Senate. Here's a few key takeaways from Yellen's first day on Capitol Hill. 1. ... Read more

Content originally published by CNN Money on February 10th, 2016. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and Congress don't see eye to eye. Yellen testified for over three hours before the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday and lawmakers heavily criticized the Fed's monetary policy, the state of the economy and even high rates of black unemployment. Yellen returns to Capitol Hill Thursday to testify before the Senate. Here's a few key takeaways from Yellen's first day on Capitol Hill. 1. ... Read more

Content originally published by the Denver Post on February 5th, 2016. Just this afternoon another reporter from another newspaper said what I was thinking: These Super Bowl bets between elected officials is getting a bit stale. Maybe that’s a product of Denver going to so many Super Bowls, which is a nice problem to have. And, granted, this year more elected officials opted to do some social good, rather than bison, barbecue and beer. The legislature, Democrats working with Republicans, raised... Read more

Content originally published by Space.com on February 4th, 2016. NASA can't afford to put humans on Mars while also pursuing missions to put astronauts back on the moon, according to a panel of experts who testified to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Space yesterday (Feb. 3). "Today the future of NASA's human spaceflight program is far from clear," said Tom Young, former director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "There has been continual debate about should we go to the ... Read more

Content originally published by the Westminster Window on February 1st, 2016. More than 400 area students and parents spent their Saturday morning searching for hidden treasure in the least likely of places: Westminster High School. But instead of a pot of gold, the figurative treasure seekers — teens and their parents, mostly — were searching for information to help them pay for post-secondary education without finding a pile of debt waiting at the end of the graduation line. “There’s a lot of... Read more

Content originally published by BizWest on January 22, 2016. U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., has the right idea. His Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act, last introduced in April, would address a growing problem for the nation’s marijuana businesses: access to banking services for what remains illegal under federal law. Congressional action is the only solution, and we hope Perlmutter reintroduces his bill in 2016. A recent federal court ruling dismissed a lawsuit over establishment of... Read more