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The Mix

News and analysis pulled from the rush

Abortion politics flare as fetal homicide bill advances

DENVER — Senate Republicans on the Judiciary Committee advanced a fetal homicide bill Wednesday night that, for limited use, would write “personhood” language associated...

Homebrew: Dr. Chaps announces bid for Colorado Senate

Not Chapped Just when you thought Dr. Chaps was out of the press, he's back. This time, the televangelist host of Pray in Jesus' Name...

Colorado sheriffs, immigration activists, lawmakers join forces for ICE-detainer reform

Last summer Alejandro Menocal was about to be released from the Adams County Jail, where he had served time for dodging court fines. But...

Wiretap: Smart guns could save lives but not without triggering gun-lobby wrath

Sharp Shooters Smart guns are ready. Why aren't we? Maybe because all they'd do is save lives, but that might not be enough for the...

Legislature requires universities to get “SANE” in face of campus sexual assault

"I lay there at 20 years old thinking, 'OK, this is how I’m going to die,'" said Kimberly Weeks, testifying last week before the Senate...

Coffman Google ads gone in wake of critical reports

“Sleazy attacks don’t work on Mike Coffman, people,” said a spokesman. “They just don’t.”

Homebrew: Rage boils in Colorado’s boom economy

Exploding Colorado The Colorado economy is growing. Some people enjoy the windfall; others are furious about shoddy development. Via The Denver Post. #uglydenver One person irritated by...

Wiretap: Oklahoma says oil-and-gas industry wastewater disposal caused earthquakes

Shakedown You probably had some idea why Oklahoma was having all those earthquakes. Shockingly, the state of Oklahoma now admits you were right and the...

Q&A: 2015 Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Fenn talks American history before 1492

Monday, CU Boulder history Professor Elizabeth Fenn received good news. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her book Encounters at the Heart of the...

Colorado hunters rejoice: Sage-grouse variant doesn’t make endangered-species list

The besmirched sage-grouse, a sort-of ugly, sort-of regal bird with breasts like oversized egg yolks and a violently spiky tail, may have no idea...
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