Colorado House Defeats Local Control Fracking Bill

DENVER (AP) – Colorado’s House on Monday defeated a bill to reassert local government control over the siting of oil and gas drilling, with some Democrats joining Republicans in deciding it isn’t the time to add to regulatory confusion while the state Supreme Court considers if such powers are legal.
The bill, co-sponsored by Democratic Reps. Mike Foote of Lafayette and Su Ryden of Aurora, became a platform for another debate on state-versus-local authority over an energy indus