LAFAYETTE, Colorado, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse announced $1,210,323 in federal funding for food and agricultural science related research and innovation taking place at Colorado State University (CSU). This funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and has been granted to one research project relating to sustaina  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Denver Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Kansas U.S. Senator Roger Marshall sent a letter urging Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to adapt the USDA's drought mitigation programs to provide sufficient resources to western farmers and ranchers. The letter details testimony and recommendations given by Colorado and Kansas producers, water experts, and state officials from the June field hearing   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Impersonation scams targeting small businesses spiked following the CrowdStrike outage Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan calling on her to protect consumers by investigating bad actors impersonating CrowdStrike employees to target small busines  more

LAFAYETTE, Colorado, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: Today, Congressman Joe Neguse announced the Yampa Valley Regional Airport will receive a new aircraft rescue and firefighting truck. Made possible by a $1.2 million award from the FAA's regular Airport Improvement Program (AIP), the acquisition of this aircraft rescue and firefighting equipment will bolster aviation safety at this growing airport. Yampa Valley Regional Airport ser  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Yadira Caraveo, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: GREELEY, CO Today, Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo MD, (CO-08), announced that the City of Greeley will receive two federal grants from the Department of Transportation to rehabilitate and further expand the infrastructure of the Greeley-Weld County Airport. The FY24 AIG Grant awarded for $881,000 is part of an Airport Improvement Program(link is external), and the FY24 AIP Grant awarded for $513,559 is ass  more