Session notes: Colorado moved ahead or stayed even on education, gay rights, abortion
Colorado legislative debate this year on education, gay rights and women's health policies reflected larger well-worn national political back-and-forths, where showy speeches on immigration "illegals," "traditional marriage" and religious freedom often sidetrack efforts to serve the public good.
Students, Polis agree pizza not a vegetable; Congress not so sure
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis is trying to convince Congress that pizza is not a vegetable.
Millions in federal money goes to abstinence and anti-abortion programs
To bring down the high chlamydia infections rate among Tennessee teenagers, an anti-abortion pregnancy center in Athens, Tenn., has proposed spending federal tax dollars on a life-sized version of the Game of Life.
Obama personalizes student loan message for cheery CU Boulder students
BOULDER — President Barack Obama dropped into town Tuesday, swung by the Sink to pick up a pizza, and he tested out a young entrepreneur's smart phone-controlled ball on University Hill before imparting a few words of wisdom to 11,000 screaming students at the nearby Coors Event Center.
Obama looking to shore up constituencies with CU speech
President Obama will speak this afternoon at the University of Colorado Boulder, part of a swing-state campus tour designed to pressure Congress into extending low-interest rates on federal student loans. The rates are set to double in July.
Boulder judge rejects bid to keep CU open for 4/20 pot protest
A Boulder District Court judge last night rejected attorney Rob Corry's bid to prevent the University of Colorado Boulder from shutting down campus today. The judge ruled the university administration is free to bar non-students from entering the grounds as part of an effort to force annual April 20 anti-drug war and pro-legalization marijuana advocates to assemble elsewhere.
Rubio’s DREAM alternative as unpopular on the right as on the left
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., stirred up the immigration debate last week when he announced a proposal to offer a “conservative-Republican alternative” to the DREAM Act, but it might not be enough for “attrition through enforcement” supporters, including Mitt Romney and his immigration advisor Kris Kobach.
An Obama campaign top priority: Chasing Colorado youth vote
BOULDER-- National leaders of the Obama reelection campaign recently told students gathered on the University of Colorado campus here that winning swing-state Colorado is among the highest priorities for the campaign and that youth voters are the linchpin in this year's victory strategy.
GOP plans to roll out conservative version of DREAM Act
GOP elected officials, including Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are working on “a conservative-Republican alternative” to the DREAM Act, in an effort to reach out to Latino voters before the November presidential election.
Occupation of Department of Education continues through weekend
Parents, educators and supporters of public education began an occupation of the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C., Friday to demand support for well-funded, high-quality public schools and an end to publicly funded private schools.