Rep. Lamborn determined to stick it to The Man on health care
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, is of course a member of the conservative bloc standing strong against the health care reform bill presently...
Ethics panel agrees to release recordings of secret meetings
DENVER — Colorado’s top ethics panel agreed Friday to release unedited audio recordings of two secret meetings and plans to turn over redacted recordings of five additional closed-door meetings conducted earlier this year. The announcement came during a hearing in Denver District Court on a lawsuit filed by The Colorado Independent alleging the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission illegally met behind closed doors a dozen times between January and May.
Fed Doctor: Sick nuclear workers unfairly denied compensation
Carla McCabe spent a decade building nuclear bombs at the sprawling Rocky Flats complex near Denver. When she developed a brain tumor and asked for help, federal officials told her that none of the toxic substances used at the top-secret bomb factory could have caused her cancer.
Now, on the eighth anniversary of the federal program created to help sick nuclear weapons workers, the man who until recently was the program's top doctor says that McCabe, now 55, and many others like her are being improperly rejected.
Udall grills Army Sec. nominee on Fort Carson killings, Piñon Canyon
The nominee to become secretary of the Army promised Colorado Sen. Mark Udall on Thursday he would read a two-part series published this week by the Colorado Springs Gazette examining a string of killings committed by soldiers from a Fort Carson unit. U.S. Rep. John McHugh, a New York Republican, said he had only learned about the articles yesterday, so he didn't directly address questions raised by senators about the Gazette's disturbing revelations during his confirmation hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Aggressive immigration enforcement may not lead to reform
WASHINGTON — Even as the numbers of illegal immigrants entering the United States plunges and the Obama administration steps up enforcement of the immigration...
News Nuggets: 29 July 2009
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ALL EYES ON GRAND JUNCTION: As negotiations over health care reform get down to the nitty gritty, national attention has...
Report finds ICE violates its own immigration detention standards
A new report released Tuesday by the National Immigration Law Center, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, and the law firm of...
Congressional lawmakers reject bill to strip Planned Parenthood funding
The U.S. House voted down an amendment to the Labor, Health, and Human Services bill on Friday that sought to ban all public funding for Planned Parenthood. A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, who voted against the amendment, said given the state of the economy, "it's not the time to be focusing on divisive issues like this."
CSU Chancellor Blake’s contract posted; meetings lawsuit settled
In a year of record budget shortfalls, the Colorado State University board created a new top executive spot at the university and filled it...
Afternoon News Nuggets: 20 July 2009
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POLITICS AS USUAL: GOP Candidate for governor Josh Penry is not quitting the senate. He's going to fulfill his obligations...