Greeley area hit by second earthquake this month
On Monday at 11:27 a.m., a 2.6 magnitude earthquake rattled to the surface from 2.5 miles under the earth 5 miles north-east of Greeley. It's roughly the same spot that generated a 3.4 magnitude quake on June 2nd.
Wiretap: Lots of college debt, no college degree
The real problem is not the barista poet. It's the person with school debt who doesn't finish school. According to Brookings, the average amount of debt in those households has doubled over the last two decades.
Denver TV station pulls biggest political ad order from public site
A company with close ties to Republican Party leaders reserved 1,326 spots in the Denver market this fall, but the station receiving the $740,070 contract removed it from public view when a reporter tried to learn who was footing the bill.
Denver power brokers sure to be eyeing Loveland fracking vote
The vote in Colorado tomorrow that will have the most immediate effect on state politics is likely not the four-way Republican primary race for governor, but the the vote in Loveland on a proposed moratorium on fracking.
Wiretap: A Republican speaks out on climate change
Bush Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson compares the coming "climate crash" to the credit bubble that burst in 2008. Paulson should know. He was there.
39th annual PrideFest shimmies through downtown Denver
Denver PrideFest is one of the largest displays in support of LGBT rights in the country. The march began with as little as one-hundred participants in 1976 and has since ballooned, with a turnout exceeding 300,000 people per year.
Rep. DeGette, ProgressNow join fast-spinning newscycle on Gardner and women’s health
In the digital era, fast-turning messaging cycles like this one are typical, which at this point doesn't seem like a good thing for Gardner. His mixed messages on personhood and contraception are likely to keep spinning like brightly colored pinwheels above his campaign until Election Day.
Wiretap: House Republicans determined to keep losing and losing on gay rights
How will they react to a rule set to come today from the labor department stating that any employee can take leave from work to care for a same-sex spouse no matter whether or not they "live in a state that recognizes their marital status"?
Gardner ‘personhood’ woes sure to continue
Today brings the latest in the web war being waged this week in the Colorado U.S. Senate race, this one from Planned Parenthood, a response to Cory Gardner's response to a Mark Udall internet ad. This could go on indefinitely.
Alan Berg: 30 years since the death of the Denver radio legend
“His humor was always political. He could be just as nasty with knee-jerk liberals or self-righteous members of minority groups. He criticized without any prejudice."