Author: Brian Porter

State

Sesquicentennial. What is it and what is planned?
ByBrian Porter September 19, 2025September 19, 2025

As Colorado’s sesquicentennial nears in 2026, members of the state’s Capitol Building Advisory Committee are considering measures to spruce up the capitol and better share the state’s history. U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant officially admitted Colorado to the United States on Aug. 1, 1876, becoming known as the “Centennial State”. John Long Routt became the…

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Outdoors Recreation

Report: Effort to legislate ‘Right to Float’ likely to create more problems
ByBrian Porter September 17, 2025September 18, 2025

There’s no denying the importance of outdoor recreation for Colorado. In 2023, the industry contributed $36.5 billion to Colorado’s gross domestic product and supported more than 400,000 jobs. That year, outdoor recreation created $11.2 billion in local, state and federal tax revenue. Nearly three decades earlier, voters created Great Outdoors Colorado to support the industry…

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