Progressive watchdog blogger Jane Hamsher reports that Colorado Congressman Jared Polis argued passionately at a Democratic Congressional caucus meeting Tuesday in favor of the White House deal with GOP leaders to temporarily extend Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest…
Without any sure vote count and with waning prospects for success, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would likely call for a vote tonight on the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy barring gays from serving openly…
Paul Armentano, deputy director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, told The Colorado Independent this morning that Colorado seems to be approaching the issue of marijuana-related driver impairment appropriately.
Immigrant rights supporters lost a bid in Longmont last night to send a message to local residents and federal lawmakers in support of the DREAM Act. The Longmont City Council voted against a pro-DREAM Act resolution. The federal bill…
Award-winning Boulder filmmaker Louie Psihoyos is being sued by one of the scientists interviewed for his blockbuster documentary, The Cove. Tetsuya Endo says his reputation has been tarnished and he wants his interviews removed from the film, which has…
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will likely decide this morning on the fate of the Denver-area Cherokee 4 coal-fired power plant unit – one of the last major sticking points in getting the state’s largest utility in compliance with…
Taking heat from the left as well as from moderate Democrats like Colorado’s Mark Udall for cutting a deal with Republicans to extend tax cuts for millionaires in a time of recession and ballooning deficits, Pres. Obama explained the…
Democratic Sen. Mark Udall late Tuesday issued a fairly pointed rebuke of President Barack Obama’s deal with Republican leaders to extend all the Bush-era tax cuts.
Obama defiantly defended the deal in the face of what The New York…
New Mexico’s Environmental Improvement Board on Monday passed a program designed to cut down on the carbon emissions from the state’s largest greenhouse gas producers. The cap-and-trade program would require the state’s largest polluters to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions…
Colorado ski resorts seem to be getting much better environmental marks these days from a grassroots activist group that ranks them based on recycling programs, development projects, energy efficiency and terrain expansion – but that may just be because of…
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