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Rich People Need More Money, Too

Senator Ken Salazar is angry with Senate Republicans for holding up a vote on a proposed minimum wage increase unless Democrats agree to a...

$ 8,059.00: Tancredo and Roger Barnett

Rep. Tom Tancredo has received $8,059 from controversial immigration figures, and $2000 of it came from a man named Roger Barnett, who is accused...

Colorado Day

Yesterday, August 1, was Colorado Day, the anniversary of the day that Colorado became a state in 1876.  Writing yesterday writing yesterday for the...

Primary Campaign Heats Up (As Do Nude Statues)

A new poll by SurveyUSA is causing quite a stir among politicos watching the Democratic primary in CD7. The poll shows Ed Perlmutter leading...

UPDATED: 9News Finds a “Newsworthy” Poll. Or Maybe Not

Following a controversial decision by KUSA-TV/9News to ignore an unflattering approval poll of Republican Senator Wayne Allard, the sole Colorado media sponsor of SurveyUSA...

Legislators Try To Save Medicaid HMO Service

Colorado's only Medicaid HMO provider, Colorado Access, recently announced that it would no longer be providing Medicaid HMO services effective August 31, 2006, because...

We Didn’t Lie – We Just Have a Faulty Memory

Governor Bill Owens signed a package of immigration bills on Monday that he called the toughest in the country

Ozone Company

It really is no comfort at all, but Denver has lots of company around the country right now when it comes to suffering high...

Go to Prison, Lose Your Kids

The Colorado Supreme Court clarified today that a trial court in a case to have a parents rights terminated for abuse or neglect, may...

Parolees Can’t Vote

The Colorado Supreme Court today upheld a Colorado statute barring parolees from voting, in the face of a challenge to the constitutionality of the...
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