News Nuggets, 25 August 2009: Fracking fluid, it’s toasted!
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SECRET FORMULA: In Wyoming it's the same as it is here in Colorado. "How in god’s name can the oil industry...
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....
U.S. Chamber of Commerce to stop global warming by frivolously suing it!
U.S. Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., one-time nominal GOP leader and no tree-hugger by anyone's measure, came to Colorado this week and proclaimed that he...
Panelists at McCain-Udall hearing detail state’s grim climate future
ESTES PARK — At a public hearing held Monday by the U.S. Senate's Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee on National Parks in this gateway town to Rocky Mountain National Park, panelists offered details on the profound changes the park and the state will experience in coming years as a result of global warming.
Digital Gov’t two-step: Senate broadcasting greenlighted; staff net-access still filtered
The leaders of the state legislature danced a kind of forward-back tango with the internet this month. The Senate at last found the money...
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....
Beauprez makes it official on 2010 GOP Senate bid: ‘It won’t be me’
Putting to rest a recent round of speculation, former U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez told radio listeners Monday evening he will not seek the Republican...
Conservative blogger says Beauprez out, Norton in for 2010 Senate race
Prominent conservative blogger Ben DeGrow writes Monday afternoon that former U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez won't be taking on Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet next...
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....