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In a battle of resumes between Republicans and Democrats in a hotly contested U.S. Senate race, incumbent Cory Gardner trotted out another credential this week. The embattled Republican from Yuma is a congressional champion on conservation, according to an organization once known as Republicans for Environmental Protection. The nonprofit rebranded as ConservAmerica in 2012. “The Congressional…

Democratic State Rep. James Coleman of Denver announced Tuesday he plans to run for Senate District 33. The district encompasses east Denver, including Park Hill and all the way north to Denver International Airport. But Coleman, at least for now, is not alone in that race. The incumbent, Democratic Sen. Angela Williams, filed for re-election…

When it comes to fundraising in Colorado’s crowded Democratic U.S. Senate primary, it’s John Hickenlooper up here and everyone else down there. The popular former two-term governor raised about three times as much as the other seven active primary candidates combined for the quarter that ended Sept. 30, though the two Democrats with legislative wins…

Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is praising a funding increase for renewable energy in Colorado. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy announced Monday that $5.7 million in project funding will be awarded to the renewable energy laboratory in Golden. “This funding is great news for Colorado and our cutting-edge energy research community,” Gardner…

GRAND JUNCTION • The office building with the curved roof that by year’s end could be the headquarters of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is in an area lined with corporate hotels and fast-food restaurants. Less than a mile north of the building sits Grand Junction Regional Airport, and beyond that, in a view…