State House District 26 Representative Megan Lukens and Senator Dylan Roberts of Colorado’s 8th District hosted a joint Town Hall meeting at Meeker Public Library on June 28. They fielded questions from RBC residents about wolf reintroduction (both Lukens and Roberts voted against.) Other discussions and questions revolved around water[Read More…]
Tag: Senate District 8
A state budget that meets our needs
I am proud to share that the State Senate and State House just passed our annual state budget – and it is one that is balanced, supported by both parties, and most importantly, addresses some of our communities’ most pressing needs. Every year, the budget process presents an opportunity for[Read More…]
Guest Column: The benefit of public-private partnership
Our mountain and rural communities thrive when we work together. Lacking the resources of the big city, we must all collaborate to solve our most pressing challenges. We’ve been doing this for a long time, and I am confident that this type of problem solving can help us address one[Read More…]
Roberts appointed Chair of Ag and Natural Resources committee
Colorado Senate Majority Leader Dominick Moreno announced Senate committee assignments for the 2023 General Assembly. Senator-elect Dylan Roberts was appointed to serve as the chair of the Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee and as a member of the Judiciary and Local Government & Housing Committees. “I am honored and thankful[Read More…]
SD8 candidates on the issues
The non-partisan group Club 20 hosted debates this month featuring candidates for state and national seats. Last week, we covered Colorado’s Third Congressional District and State House District 26; you can read that story at https://bit.ly/3fjGGOB. This week, we turn to the debate between Colorado State Senate District 8 candidates.[Read More…]
Interview with SD8 candidate Solomon
RBC | “I want to help be the voice and the messenger and the representative in the senate for this northwest corner of Colorado,” said two-time Eagle trustee, business owner and longtime Colorado resident Matt Solomon. He’s running for Colorado’s Senate District 8 against Democrat Dylan Roberts. Solomon cites his[Read More…]
Interview: HD26 Rep. Dylan Roberts
RBC | Colorado state Representative Dylan Roberts is wrapping up his second term serving CO House District 26, formerly consisting of Routt and Eagle Counties prior to redistricting that resulted from the 2020 U.S. Census. Roberts is now running for State Senate District 8 which includes 10 Northwestern Colorado counties[Read More…]
Interview with Karl Hanlon
RBC | Long time northwest Colorado resident and Glenwood Springs-based attorney Karl Hanlon is running for Colorado’s 8th Senate District this election. The district encompasses six counties in northwest Colorado, including Rio Blanco County. Karl Hanlon described SD8 as large and diverse, noting that resort communities like those in Garfield[Read More…]
State senate candidate holds listening session in Meeker
MEEKER | Colorado State Senate District 8 candidate Emily Tracy visited Meeker again Friday afternoon. She was on another swing to talk with voters across this northwest sector of the district, making stops in Steamboat, Hayden, Craig and Glenwood Springs as well as Meeker. The district is composed of[Read More…]
Tracy hopes to represent northwest Colorado in Senate District 8 seat
By Emily Tracy Special to the Herald Times RBC I Who are the people of northwest Colorado? We are motivated, working to keep our rural and small town economies healthy, and striving to make it possible for our children and grandchildren to stay in our communities. We are small business[Read More…]
Tracy…
Following the Club 20 Western Slope candidate forums in Grand Junction Saturday morning, Colorado State Senate District 8 candidate Emily Tracy, D-Breckenridge, and her husband, Del Bush, traveled to Rangely, specifically to check up on the TANK they’d heard so much about. On the right she experiences the Tank with[Read More…]
