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Rural Electric Co-op Funds Junk Science

Colorado's Intermountain Rural Electric Cooperative, which serves about 133,000 customers in rural Colorado between Denver and Colorado Springs and into the mountains, is shelling...

Throwing Away the Keys

Faced with massive overflowing prisons, the state of Colorado is "poised to "embark on the state's largest private prison expansion in years," according to...

Git Yur Fur-Bearing Mammal Marriages

The Trailhead Group, a political campaign committee that has been running advertisements and robocalls in select areas of the state for Republican candidates, may...

Regulations May Protect Some Roadless Areas From Drilling

UPDATED  The roadless area south of Battlement Mesa that is part of a gas lease sale next week, is in a an area that...

Not a Toilet Stall

If the Colorado legislature had approved the bill earlier this year to require employers to give breastfeeding mother a time and place to express...

Teen Shot by PA Lawmaker

A 14-year-old taking care of a Republican Pennsylvania lawmaker's dogs while he was away was found dead of a gunshot wound from the senator's...

More Costs, Confusion Surround Immigration Bills

State and local agencies are dealing with mass confusion surrounding the implementation of House Bill 1023, the cornerstone legislation produced from Special Session earlier...

Security And The Presidential Visit

When President Bush made his way to Colorado a week ago, local law enforcement assisted with security. In Denver the police presence was minimal, according...

Early Voting Starts Today.

While officially, the primary election date in Colorado is August 8, 2006, anyone who wants may begin voting Monday at any of six locations...

Highland Bridge Opening Soon.

Denver's 16th Street Mall will soon cross one of the invisible boundaries of segregated Denver: I-25.  Once confined to downtown, a series of pedestrian...
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