In less than two years, Colorado has quadrupled the amount of wind-generated electricity. In March we increased Colorado's renewable energy requirement to the second-highest mark in the country: 30% renewables by 2020.

Within 10 years, nearly one-third of the electricity generated by Colorado's largest utilities will come from the wind and the sun. read more »

The numbers don't lie. Almost eight in ten of the uninsured are U.S. citizens. More than 800,000 Coloradoans—17 percent of the population—do not have health coverage, including 175,000 children. Many more are underinsured. Thankfully, at least some measure of health reform has past this year. These numbers may decrease, but the problem remains.

We have to reduce the costs associated with health care. Insurance companies don't care about reducing costs. Instead, they can increase or maintain profits by demanding a higher premium from less people, leaving more and more families without health care coverage. This is not a working marketplace.