Representative Scott Tipton News

Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., for the past couple years has pushed for a bill that would allow hydropower development on irrigation ditches in Colorado and across the West.

In an August 2011 photo, chief deputy attorney general, speaks with Congressman Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, at the Colorado State Fair.

Claims that federal data-collection efforts averted plans by terrorists might overstate the value of controversial programs, U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., said.

Changing the Colorado National Monument to a National Park is still an emotionally charged controversy in neighboring communities.

Sen. Michael Bennet is among the hosts of a reception in Denver on Friday for Salazar, the former Colorado state attorney general and U.S. senator.

Rural airports in Durango and Gunnison could get more funding for security equipment under a bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Revelations that the Obama administration sought and received a court order for data about domestic cellphone calls prompted U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., to call for a review of the Patriot Act.

The federal government is getting support and objections about the possibility of giving national park status to Colorado National Monument, a potential shift that's part of a bigger debate about public involvement in the process.

The House on Wednesday voted down two Democratic attempts to cut a program that gives some authority to state and local officials to enforce immigration laws.

Randy Wyrick/Vail Daily Rep. Scott Tipton was in Eagle for a town hall meeting, one of 15 town halls he hosted while congress was in recess, and his fourth trip to Eagle since the first of the year.

Two of Colorado's Republicans are among the loudest critics on Capitol Hill to get the Veterans Administration to reduce its backlog with disability claims.

With more than 800,000 veterans currently waiting to resolve disability claims, many long-delayed, the Department of Veterans Affairs has no business rewarding its executives with performance bonuses.

U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton listened to Ridgway resident Rein Vanwest express frustration at the congressman's lack of support for the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Bill, at a town hall meeting in Ouray on Tuesday night.

South Mississippi will head to the polls for municipal general elections Tuesday to decide several interesting races from Pascagoula to Bay St.

Federal lawmakers are seeking to lift restrictions on hydropower development so more local irrigation districts could use water flowing through agricultural canals and pipelines to generate electricity.

OURAY Forest management issues, pending wilderness legislation, the fate of the Gunnison sage grouse and other topics of local and regional concern will be up for discussion at a town hall meeting with U.S. Rep.

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Rural schools across the Western Slope sit disconnected, waiting for a promised network that will bring broadband internet access to their communities.

Pascagoula Councilman-at-large Harold Tillman Jr., Biloxi Ward 6 Councilman Ed Gemmill and Ocean Springs Ward 6 Alderman James Hagan, all Republicans, were defeated.

DENVER - Rep. Scott Tipton had one of his greatest successes in his two years in Congress last month when the House overwhelmingly passed his bill to promote small hydroelectric projects on canals and pipelines.But it turns out the bill will not help one of the dams in the Cortez Republican's own district.Gary Kennedy,...