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DENVER — Gov. John Hickenlooper turned in his first budget to the Legislature on Tuesday, calling for further cuts to education and another suspension of tax breaks for senior citizens.K-12 schools...
DATE: Nov. 3, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER Proposition 103, a state senators improbable campaign to convince voters to raise taxes for education, failed Tuesday night by nearly a 2-to-1 margin.Backers conceded defeat an hour after...
DATE: Nov. 2, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER A two-week-long legal chess match over Colorados congressional districts came down to one move Monday.A Denver judge will draw seven new districts for Colorado, and closing arguments...
DATE: Nov. 1, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER Supporters of a proposed tax increase for schools made a last-minute show of unity Thursday, five days before voting closes on Proposition 103.State Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, touted...
DATE: Oct. 29, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER Keep Telluride and give us Cortez, several Southwest Colorado residents told the state Supreme Court on Monday.A group of 150 residents and the Western Slope lobbying group Club 20 filed a...
DATE: Oct. 27, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER Regulators will continue to push for clean-ups at coal power plants in the Four Corners despite a rough economy, the Obama administrations top environmental official said Monday.Lisa...
DATE: Oct. 27, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER President Barack Obama returned to Colorado for the second time in a month Wednesday to unveil a student loan relief program.It was Obamas second visit to a Denver school since late...
DATE: Oct. 26, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER As a two-week trial to draw Colorados new Congressional districts drew near to a close Friday, a Democratic political operator pulled back the curtain on the partisan calculations behind...
DATE: Oct. 25, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER A Towaoc man pleaded guilty Friday to assault in a case where prosecutors say one of the victims was a witness in a murder case.Benny Pargin Watts, 24, faces a likely sentence of 21 months...
DATE: Oct. 25, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER A federal judge has overturned all the uranium mining leases the federal government issued in Southwest Colorado.The decision throws out 31 leases to six companies, including the firm that...
DATE: Oct. 22, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER Gov. John Hickenlooper has disbanded the state Office of Homeland Security after years of troubles with keeping track of grant money.In a Wednesday executive order, Hickenlooper reassigned...
DATE: Oct. 22, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER Proposition 103, the proposed sales and income tax increase for schools, has put a pair of Democrats in an awkward position.Gov. John Hickenlooper and congressional candidate Sal Pace have...
DATE: Oct. 22, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News