Miklosi to postpone illegal immigrant in-state tuition bill

State Rep. Joe Miklosi, D-Denver, told the Denver Post that he will wait another year to introduce legislation to offer in-state tuition to illegal immigrants. He said he’ll use the additional time to draw more support for the law.…

Dreaming this Christmas of stimulus powder

For all of those grumbling about the President Obama’s wasteful stimulus spending on wine trains and golf courses, the Colorado Springs Gazette reminds us today that we have the New Deal to thank for at least two of Colorado’s…

Our beautiful resource hogs: Aspenites fight report of water-guzzling

Aspenites, long vilified as second-home-owning, heated-driveway-loving, jet-setting energy hogs, use 10 times more water than the average American, reported the Denver Post on Monday, citing a new report from the Colorado Water Conservation Board.

Not so fast, say…

Report: Education system a mystery for lack of media coverage

A December report from the Brookings Institution decries the lack of education coverage in today’s media. According to the report, only 1.4 percent of media coverage in the first nine months of 2009 dealt with education.

Udall’s rural health amendments pass with Senate bill

Six of Senator Udall’s amendments made it into the health care bill that passed its first vote in the Senate last night—including two aimed at improving health care for rural residents.

Stimulus grant brings broadband to rural Colorado

As high-speed broadband service has increasingly become a key utility in America, residents in many of Colorado’s rural communities are finding that they simply don’t have access to speeds needed to download music or movies–or simply research in a timely…

Colorado insurers admit to providing uneven birth control coverage

Colorado women offered small-group health insurance plans or looking to buy plans on the individual market and expecting them to cover birth control should be sure to read the fine print. Plans vary widely on the birth control coverage they provide, and the reasoning guiding the products on offer is often unclear. What’s more, denials of service are often buried in contract sections newcomers to the market are likely to skim or not read at all.

Colorado’s struggling dairy farmers get a boost

Struggling dairy farmers in Colorado and the nation received a $290 million boost from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Thursday.

Report: Health insurance reform could provide coverage to half a million uninsured Coloradans

A report released this week by Families USA, a nonprofit promoting greater health care access, predicts that the Senate Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would bring health insurance coverage to over half a million Coloradans.

Salazar still weighing suspect Wolf Creek land exchange

Rep. John Salazar, D-Manassa, hasn’t yet made a decision about a proposed land swap in Wolf Creek, reports the Durango Herald today.