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Conservatives now outright supporting health-care status quo

Two conservative leaders in Colorado, Archbishop Charles Chaput and state Senator Greg Brophy, R-Wray, are advancing the position that no health reform is better...

News Nuggets, 26 Wednesday 2009: Doug Lamborn and Josh Penry feel your pain

Dug up fresh, daily. TV NEWS MULLIGAN: Fifth District U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn held a town hall this week that was covered by Colorado Springs'...

DNC flashback: Kennedy proclaims ‘a season of hope’ in surprise speech

A year to the day before Sen. Edward Kennedy died, the ailing liberal lion made a surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention's opening...

Ted Kennedy on health-care reform

Senator Edward Kennedy, liberal lion, lawmaker icon, passionate politician, touchstone in the country's collective memory of the Kennedy years, has died of brain cancer....

Denver high school principal blocked on abstinence-only sex ed

Through the intervention of Denver Public School officials, the Bush-era faith-based plans of Jorge Loera, first-year principal at West High School, have been thwarted....

Markey health reform ‘teletownhall’ draws thousands

The telephone town hall on federal health reform legislation held by U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, a Fort Collins Democrat, last night drew more than 10,000 participants, despite an early access glitch. Callers to the swing district representative asked serious questions and voiced opinions for and against the controversial Democratic plan presently being weighed in Washington. The call saw none of the shouting flare ups that have marked similar events held around the country this past month.

Markey, Perlmutter set telephone town halls on health care reform Monday

Democratic U.S. Reps. Ed Perlmutter and Betsy Markey will be holding telephone town halls to talk with constituents about health care reform Monday night....

Tweet those health-care reform questions to Rep. Coffman

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, an Aurora Republican, will be answering health-care reform questions submitted to the CBS4 Twitter account, the Denver television station tweets....

News Nuggets, 20 August 2009: CU’s Lahn gets a few more minutes of fame

Dug up fresh, daily. NOT EXACTLY OXFORD STYLE: CU student Zach Lahn continues to follow up on his contentious questioning of President Barack Obama in...

Gardner feeds the Obama citizenship beast at health-care town hall

State Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, in his bid to oust Democratic U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey next year and become former Republican Rep. Marilyn Musgrave’s...
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