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The airport improvement grants are designed to “strengthen the safety and efficiency” of the country’s airports, according to the FAA. The airport improvement grants are designed to “strengthen the safety and efficiency” of the country’s airports, according to the FAA.

FAA Awards $677 Million in Airport Improvement Grants

The 241 grants will fund 346 infrastructure projects, including runways, taxiways, aprons and terminals.

  • By Kate Elizabeth Queram

FAA Awards $677 Million in Airport Improvement Grants

The 241 grants will fund 346 infrastructure projects, including runways, taxiways, aprons and terminals.

  • By Kate Elizabeth Queram
The airport improvement grants are designed to “strengthen the safety and efficiency” of the country’s airports, according to the FAA.
Human Rights Campaign Flag being waved at the Supreme Court of the United States on December 5, 2017 in support of gay rights during the Cake Shop Religious Liberties/Gay Rights case. Human Rights Campaign Flag being waved at the Supreme Court of the United States on December 5, 2017 in support of gay rights during the Cake Shop Religious Liberties/Gay Rights case.

Ruling Against Colorado, Supreme Court Sidesteps Civil and Religious Rights

Instead, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission provided state and local governments a lecture on fair governance.

  • By Mitch Herckis
FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2011 file photo, a car approaches a sobriety checkpoint set up along a busy street in Albuquerque, N.M. FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2011 file photo, a car approaches a sobriety checkpoint set up along a busy street in Albuquerque, N.M.

Drugged Driving Deaths Spike With Spread of Legal Marijuana, Opioid Abuse

Forty-four percent of fatally injured drivers tested for drugs had positive results in 2016, the Governors Highway Safety Association found, up more than 50 percent compared with a decade ago.

  • By The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Pivot to Colorado promotional campaign was deployed to the Bay Area Rapid Transit rail system. The Pivot to Colorado promotional campaign was deployed to the Bay Area Rapid Transit rail system.

Tech-Minded Colorado Has a Bay Area ‘Poaching Strategy’

Those scraping by on six-figure salaries in Silicon Valley may be enticed by this ad campaign.

  • By Michael Grass
Lake Mead along the Colorado River sits behind Hoover Dam. Lake Mead along the Colorado River sits behind Hoover Dam.

New Signs of Trouble Ahead for Colorado River Basin Water Managers

A warm winter and weak snowpack suggests that this “is the kind of drought we will have to deal with in the future.”

  • By Allen Best, Special to Route Fifty

Despite Popular Support, State and Local Officials Heavily Divided on Marijuana Legalization

Route Fifty's new survey shows local government officials are particularly skeptical.

  • By Mitch Herckis
A school crossing guard in Tulsa, Oklahoma A school crossing guard in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Why More School Districts Are Holding Class Just Four Days a Week

Today school districts in parts of 22 states use a four-day week, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

  • By The Pew Charitable Trusts
Boulder, Colorado Boulder, Colorado

Colorado Localities Challenge Energy Giants With New Lawsuit

STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Curbing Atlanta City Hall’s “culture of political interference” … N.Y.C. officials look to boost Airbnb enforcement … more GOP leaders want Mo. governor to resign … and Pa. Turnpike to get “delicious vegan cookies.”

  • By John Tomasic, Special to Route Fifty
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado

Cautious Optimism From Marijuana States Following Senator’s Trump Assurance

But “this president has demonstrated a willingness to go back on his word,” according to Washington state’s attorney general.

  • By John Tomasic, Special to Route Fifty

Colorado Uses Laser Measurement to Safely Inventory Road Signs

Keeping track of a state transportation department’s infrastructure, including where it’s located, has never been easier.

  • By Dave Nyczepir
The Rotunda of the Colorado State Capitol The Rotunda of the Colorado State Capitol

Colorado Lawmakers Poised to Oust 1st of Several Accused Harassers

STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Statehouses grapple with clunky harassment policies; calls to lock up Mayor “Lawless Libby” in Oakland, Calif.; a dramatic end to the Allentown corruption trial; and an expensive affair for Nashville’s mayor.

  • By John Tomasic, Special to Route Fifty
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, right, and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper introduce the first version of their bipartisan health blueprint in the summer of 2017. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, right, and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper introduce the first version of their bipartisan health blueprint in the summer of 2017.

Governors Want Room to Shape Health Care Innovation

Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper are making a second, bipartisan attempt at improving Obamacare and affordability.

  • By Dave Nyczepir
Steamboat Springs, Colorado Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Why ‘Cloud Seeding’ Is Increasingly Attractive to the Thirsty West

A National Science Foundation-funded study, conducted in Idaho, was the first to show real-world observations of silver iodide forming ice crystals inside clouds and falling out as precipitation.

  • By The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Denver Regional Transit District's A Line connects Union Station with Denver International Airport. The Denver Regional Transit District's A Line connects Union Station with Denver International Airport.

Transit Agency Seeks to End Its Use of an Especially Lonely Job Post

Since Denver’s airport commuter rail line opened two years ago, problems with wireless technology prompted the use of human backups.

  • By Michael Grass

Another Gigabit City Takes Shape in Colorado

But some local officials remain apprehensive about how to proceed on a municipal solution.

  • By John Tomasic, Special to Route Fifty
A crowd of onlookers watches as a makeshift armored bulldozer is loaded onto a tractor-trailer after being extracated from the rubble of a warehouse in Granby, Colo., Saturday afternoon, June 5, 2004. A crowd of onlookers watches as a makeshift armored bulldozer is loaded onto a tractor-trailer after being extracated from the rubble of a warehouse in Granby, Colo., Saturday afternoon, June 5, 2004.

Lessons From a Small-Town Bulldozer Rampage in Colorado

Marvin Heemeyer told four people that he was “just going to bulldoze the town.” They dismissed his threats as pure bluster.

  • By David O. Williams, Special to Route Fifty
Denver, Colorado Denver, Colorado

Building Upon a Decade of Deploying Small-Cell Solutions to Improve Connectivity

After successes in Colorado ski towns and canyon dead zones, there’s a new push in Denver as the metro area moves toward 5G.

  • By David O. Williams, Special to Route Fifty

Testing for Tainted Marijuana Challenges States

Anecdotes have emerged of vulnerable consumers, such as cancer patients, contracting dangerous infections after smoking bad weed.

  • By The Pew Charitable Trusts
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore talks to the media on election day as he votes in Gallant, Alabama. The state is the latest to hold a special election without an adequate audit structure in place, according to security experts. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore talks to the media on election day as he votes in Gallant, Alabama. The state is the latest to hold a special election without an adequate audit structure in place, according to security experts.

How Much State Interest Is There in Proper Election Audits?

As Colorado pioneers best practices, races in Georgia and Alabama show how futile efforts are to verify votes without the right protocols in place.

  • By Dave Nyczepir
Motorists head southbound on Interstate 25 to downtown Denver. Motorists head southbound on Interstate 25 to downtown Denver.

How Colorado Is Trying to Stay Ahead of Evolving Transportation Technology

The state understands it can’t hope to outpace Silicon Valley, but it can outpace other states in adopting autonomous vehicles and hyperloop.

  • By Dave Nyczepir