How western Colorado shaped Julie McCluskie’s time as speaker of the House

How western Colorado shaped Julie McCluskie’s time as speaker of the House

The stakes were high for Colorado’s House speaker in May 2023.  Julie McCluskie, a Dillon Democrat, was pushing a bill to the House floor that would have delayed the state’s impending reintroduction of grey wolves until Colorado secured the ability to kill wolves that chronically attack livestock using a federal rule.  It was a top priority for western Colorado legislators, whose rural communities would later become the epicenter of wolf reintro…