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- [Another Case of "Government Failure:" Lefty Lakewood Ignores Anti-Noise Laws](https://i2i.org/another-case-of-government-failure-lefty-lakewood-ignores-anti-noise-laws/)
- [SCOTUS Curbs EPA: The Sackett Case](https://i2i.org/scotus-curbs-epa-the-sackett-case/)
- [The Supreme Court’s New Decision on ‘Taking Property’](https://i2i.org/the-supreme-courts-new-decision-on-taking-property/)
- [Merit Academy: A Story of Perseverance](https://i2i.org/merit-academy-a-story-of-perseverance/)
- [Senate Bill 135: New Fiscal Note Makes Bad Legislation Worse](https://i2i.org/senate-bill-135-new-fiscal-note-makes-bad-legislation-worse/)
- [Colorado Joins the Southwest Power Pool. Now What?](https://i2i.org/colorado-joins-the-southwest-power-pool-now-what/)
- [](https://i2i.org/24460-2/)
- [Colorado’s ‘Oil and Gas Wars’ Back with a Vengeance](https://i2i.org/colorados-oil-and-gas-wars-back-with-a-vengeance/)
- [Colorado Progressives Shift Budget Blame to TABOR and Taxpayers](https://i2i.org/colorado-progressives-shift-budget-blame-to-tabor-and-taxpayers/)
- [Senate Bill 135: Blank Check Forgives Chronic Colorado Overspending](https://i2i.org/senate-bill-135-blank-check-forgives-chronic-colorado-overspending/)
- [The “Armed Persons” Snafu in the Montana Constitution](https://i2i.org/the-armed-persons-snafu-in-the-montana-constitution/)
- [Xcel Says It Can’t Shut Down its Coal Plants by 2030. Believe Them.](https://i2i.org/xcel-says-cant-shut-coal-plants-believe-them/)
- [Fast Facts About Colorado’s Electricity Sector in 2025](https://i2i.org/fast-facts-about-colorados-electricity-sector-in-2025/)
- [Testimony on Bill to Implement Consumer-Regulated Electricity](https://i2i.org/testimony-on-bill-to-implement-consumer-regulated-electricity/)
- [Energy & Environmental Policy Center’s Testimony on Bill to Exempt Residential Customers from Clean Heat Plan Emissions Standards](https://i2i.org/energy-environmental-policy-centers-testimony-on-bill-to-exempt-residential-customers-from-clean-heat-plan-emissions-standards/)
- [Nash Herman's Testimony on SB26-135](https://i2i.org/nash-hermans-testimony-on-sb26-135/)
- [Justice Gorsuch’s Take on the Major Questions Doctrine](https://i2i.org/justice-gorsuchs-take-on-the-major-questions-doctrine/)
- [Colorado Sun’s ‘Nonpartisan’ Case Against Natural Gas is Misleading](https://i2i.org/colorado-suns-nonpartisan-case-against-natural-gas-is-misleading/)
- [Rep. Sean Camacho Gets Colorado’s TABOR Wildly Wrong](https://i2i.org/rep-sean-camacho-gets-colorados-tabor-wildly-wrong/)
- [Alcohol ‘Fees’ Another End-Run Around Colorado Voter Consent](https://i2i.org/alcohol-fees-another-end-run-around-colorado-voter-consent/)

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