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1 week ago | realvail.com | Allen Best |Big Pivots

Colorado has a new data center in Aurora, near I-70 and E-470, that by almost any calculation falls under the heading of “mega.” There is considerable evidence of others planned on land near DIA and perhaps elsewhere (photo/Allen Best). Colorado’s electrical utilities and supporters cried foul a few weeks ago about a bill being prepared for introduction in the final weeks of this legislative session.

1 week ago | realvail.com | Quentin Young

glas Bruce speaks about the Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights during a press conference in 1990 (Screenshot from C-SPAN). Douglas Bruce, author of the Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, on his website offers a prayer for President Donald Trump. “O LORD, We Thy People unite in prayer for your servant, Donald John Trump, still battling eternal threats of Evil and Hate,” it says.

1 week ago | realvail.com | Chase Woodruff

Flanked by some of the state’s most prominent Democratic elected officials, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet officially announced his campaign for Colorado governor Friday at an event in Denver’s City Park (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline). U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet officially announced his campaign for Colorado governor on Friday at an event in Denver’s City Park. “Everything we care about now is at stake in our country,” Bennet said in a short announcement speech.

2 weeks ago | realvail.com | David O. Williams

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) on Monday issued the following press release on work resuming on the U.S. Highway 6, Post Boulevard roundabout project on April 21:The Colorado Department of Transportation’s US Highway 6 and Post Boulevard Roundabout project in Avon will resume work April 21, 2025. This project is a joint venture between CDOT, the Town of Avon, Eagle Vail Metro District, Eagle County and the Federal Highway Administration.

2 weeks ago | realvail.com | David O. Williams

ROLA’s truck by train rail solution in Austria in 2019 (photo courtesy of ROLA blog). Retired Amtrak conductor Brad Swartzwelter has achieved minor celebrity since a story on his truck by train rail bridge idea to get semis off Interstate 70 ran in the Gazette on March 15, with television appearances on the local FOX, ABC and CBS affiliates in Denver and a radio interview on KUNC in northern Colorado. “Frenzy. That seems to be the reaction of everybody I meet nowadays.