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Gay-rights group preps ground for court cases with Denver TV ad...

They're court hearings, not candidate elections or legislative debates, but national gay-rights organization Freedom to Marry is leaving nothing to chance.

Gay-rights groups, supporters launch Colorado ‘Marriage Matters’ campaign

"People come into my office to get married. It's a happy office. There are a lot of benefits that come with state-sanctioned marriage. I think everyone has an equal right to those benefits."

Wiretap: It’s not the snow; it’s the sprawl

A metropolis of 6 million people brought to a standstill. Or the terrible decisions made over the last 50 years in greater Atlanta that made the two-inch snow disaster inevitable.

Wiretap: The Kochs’ great American tapestry of freedom

The maze of Koch-backed nonprofit groups are able to hide their donors, but the Post did come up with a nice tidy number for the amount of money the groups put together: That would be 17 groups and $407 million.

Wiretap: Courts celebrate holidays with happy gay marriage rulings

Utah's ban on gay marriage was ruled unconstitutional. Merry couples have been flocking to clerk offices to get hitched. Did you hear the outrage? Neither did Jeffrey Toobin.

Utah No. 18 to legalize gay marriage; Colorado still unranked

Colorado has also got a lawsuit wending its way through the system, but gay-rights activists have been worried about taking the case before the conservative Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

DeGette seeks to win permanent health insurance for seasonal firefighters

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is moving forward with a bill she introduced Tuesday that would extend health insurance coverage to seasonal firefighters and their families.

Records detail secret meeting between oil executives, government officials

GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Newly released documents confirm that politicians and industry representatives secretly met in March to hammer out a position on the Bureau of Land Management's plan to scale back available lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming for oil shale research and development.

Senators bundle House bills into WEST Act to expedite energy exploration,...

Some the most anti-environmental legislation to pass the House has been bundled together into an omnibus bill in the Senate called the Western Economic Security Today (WEST) Act.

DeGette urges EPA to consider health threats posed by gas drilling

As the Environmental Protection Administration finalizes its air standards for hydraulic fracturing, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette sent a letter today asking it to consider a new study that shows Colorado residents living near natural gas wells are exposed to increased levels of carcinogens and toxins.
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