Painful Choices: Rural Health Care Offers Few Options

In rural Colorado, nurse practitioner Becky Hutcheson battles a health care system she calls “very broken.”

Thinking of Buying American? Think Again

Winona Muldoon decided to buy American this Christmas. It proved nearly impossible.

President’s Vetoes Leave Congress Settling for “Good” Instead of “Perfect”

Democratic U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar calls it “not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.”

Mega-Church Retail/Residential Development Withdraws Annexation Request

A controversial church-backed commercial and residential development has withdrawn its application to be annexed by the city of Longmont. The 348-acre Union Project was part of an effort by LifeBridge mega-church to enter the development business.

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Shafroth Hopes Personality Counts in 2nd CD Primary

Will Shafroth is relying on a lifetime of work for environmental causes to get him elected to Congress in Colorado’s heavily Democratic 2nd District. But Shafroth also plans to use his nice-guy reputation to set himself apart from a pair…

BREAKING: Dem Chair Doesn’t Want Senate Primary

Colorado Democratic chairwoman Pat Waak says she would prefer not to have a primary in the U.S. Senate race where state executive committee member Mark Benner has said he “intends” to challenge Rep. Mark Udall for the party’s nomination.…

Abortion Foes Taunt Denver Businessman with Gruesome ‘Truth Truck’

He is a subcontractor working on the new headquarters of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains. He and his family are besieged by anti-abortion fanatics in ways that are scary, disgusting and apparently legal.

Udall Must Strike Back Against Swift Boat Attack

Two of Colorado’s top political analysts agree that without quick and proper responses, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Udall risks getting stereotyped the way Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry got tarred by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

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BREAKING: Udall Gets a Primary Challenge in Senate Race

New candidate emerges to “provoke discussion” in race for open U.S. Senate seat to replace Wayne Allard.

State Dem Official Hopes to Battle Udall

A member of Colorado’s Democratic executive committee and state central committee said Friday night that he intends to run against Congressman Rep. Mark Udall for the U.S. Senate nomination.