Florence inmates plead guilty to race-riot beating
Dirk Horne refused to participate in a race riot at the high-security U.S. Penitentiary in Florence in April 2008. As a result, he was...
Republicans attack Republicans as Obama-style socialists in Douglas School Board Race
The Douglas County school board elections are turning into an oddly partisan affair, one that pits Republicans against Republicans in an ugly campaign that...
Denver groups seek to bury illegal immigrant impound initiative
DENVER — A phone bank jammed with more than 30 volunteers was ringing phones off the hook earlier this week, asking residents to vote no on "impound" Initiative 300.
"This would force police to do something that will cost us roughly $6 million to implement," said Carolyn Siegel from Coloradans for Safe Communities, a coalition of labor, advocacy and religious groups.
Times follows e-mail trail in 11th-hour oil shale leasing probe of Norton
The Los Angeles Times continues to follow the e-mail trail in the 11th-hour Bush administration bid to lock in low royalty rates for highly...
Colorado Senators Udall and Hart: Today’s HuffPo bloggers
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall is working to end the 16-year-old "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy signed into law by Pres. Clinton that...
Corporate mountain events still busted; personal party biz booming
The number of corporate events held at Colorado’s glitzy resort towns may still be down, but wealthy families aren’t holding back on fancy ski-town...
Huge plumes of heat-trapping methane wasted in gas drilling, infrared reveals
Natural gas wells and storage tanks throughout Colorado may look fairly benign to the casual observer, but infrared cameras show them gushing heat-trapping methane...
Denver’s Byers library saved; Montero urges continued support
DENVER-- On Wednesday, Mayor John Hickenlooper bowed to city council requests to provide budget funding to libraries and recreation centers here, saying he would...
Aspen die-off could be costly for Colorado as fall-foliage fizzles
Leaf-gaping season is officially over in Colorado’s high country, and many observers say it was one of the shortest and most disappointing displays of...
Democrats target major health insurers as monopolies
Health insurance companies for decades have been exempt from federal anti-trust laws and are exploiting that privilege to generate enormous profits at the expense of patients, Senate Democrats charged Wednesday. The laws allow companies to feign competition while really colluding to set prices. The Seanate debate is fueling calls to make a public health insurance option part of any reform bill. Lawmakers — including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) — want to repeal the anti-trust exemption as part of broader efforts this year to overhaul the nation’s dysfunctional health care system.