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Littwin: Bennet votes for Iran deal after slogging toward a lose-lose decision

Update – September 4, 2015, 10:02 I've always thought it was a matter of time -- or should I say timing? -- before Michael Bennet...

Wiretap: County clerk jailed after refusing religious-exemption compromise

No compromise Kim Davis turns down her get-out-of-jail-free card by telling the federal judge that she rejected his compromise plan that would have allowed her...

Metro Chamber of Commerce: Raise Denver sales tax to fund higher education

Today the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce officially threw its support behind the citywide ballot initiative to raise public funds for college scholarships. For the...

Colorado Independent editor Susan Greene talks Denver wrongful-conviction case on KGNU

Front Range radio station KGNU featured Colorado Independent editor Susan Greene talking about the case of Clarence Moses-EL, who has served 28 years in...

Homebrew: Naysayers fail to block Colorado Springs homeless shelter

Now open Downtown Colorado Springs business owners and residents have been griping that a cold-weather homeless day shelter would hurt businesses, be unsafe and unclean....

Gary Hart predicts Sen. Michael Bennet “will make the right decision” on Iran deal

Colorado's senior U.S. Senator Michael Bennet is spared from having to cast the do-or-die vote on President Obama’s belabored nuclear deal with Iran now...

Wiretap: Obama wins final vote in Iran nuclear deal

Obama wins Barbara Mikulski is the 34th vote in the Senate, assuring that an Obama veto on the Iran nuclear deal would be upheld. But...

Wiretap: Michael Bennet could make or break the Iran deal. Which way will he...

Final answer please Obama is up to 33 votes in the Senate on the Iraq nuclear deal -- one short of the 34 he needs...

Watch: “What’s the Plan?” featuring Colorado Water Conservation Board director James Eklund

Under Gov. John Hickenlooper’s executive order, Colorado Water Conservation Board director James Eklund and his staff are tasked with putting together Colorado’s first-ever statewide water plan by...
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