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ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Colorado Gov. John Hicklenooper says one of his priorities during his last year in office will be to keep U.S. officials from meddling in regulations his state has enacted.

Colorado has worked with industry and nonprofit groups to enact model regulations, especially for the oil and gas industry, Hickenlooper told the Aspen Times.

Colorado also can be a national model for things such as affordable housing, he said Thursday.

But Hickenlooper worries President Donald Trump's administration will try to undo Colorado's regulations by saying they're burdensome.

"We've worked hard...