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Colorado’s monster ballot longest in the nation

By | 09.09.08 | 7:14 am

With a record 18 proposals on everything from oil and gas taxes to unions to the developmentally disabled to gambling, Colorado voters will be weighing in on the longest ballot in Colorado since 1912 — and the largest in the United States this year.

Students choosing ‘Paris on the Platte’ over Paris for off-campus ‘Swing Semester’

By | 08.08.08 | 9:40 am

Our Center for Independent Media colleague and resident youth-vote expert Mike Connery writes about an innovative for-credit political opportunity for college students this election cycle. Colorado is among the five political swing states, including New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio and…

Obama, McCain and media get street art make-over

By | 07.01.08 | 10:39 am

(Illustration/Scot Lefavor)Denver artist Scot Lefavor is taking his political message to the street, pasting paper political images on buildings around town.

He’s a Barack Obama fan. Why?
 
"That’s the obvious choice,

Western Slope Roundup: Cyclists win some, lose some ground

By | 06.29.08 | 9:00 am

Pedal west of the Divide to find out what Aspen, three-breasted cyclists, nervous husbands and gun-toting campers had in common during last week’s news cycle.


Only in Aspen: The mayor’s $5,000 bike gets stolen, returned

Colorado Springs number five place to live work and play

By | 06.27.08 | 5:10 pm

Colorado Springs has received its fair share of recognition in recent years. Home to James Dobson’s Focus on the Family empire and scandalized Ted Haggard’s New Life Church, the city regularly makes a less-than-flattering appearance in the national media. But…

California says ‘I do’ to gay marriage; Colorado AG Suthers left at the altar

By | 06.16.08 | 4:29 pm

In a couple of short hours, thousands of gays and lesbians in California will begin flocking to their city halls and houses of worship to get married, despite efforts by Colorado Attorney General John Suthers and his counterparts in…

Aspen resuscitates skiing just in time for summer festival season

By | 06.11.08 | 8:35 am

If you’re headed to the Food & Wine Magazine Classic this weekend in Aspen, be sure to pack all the accoutrements of the culinary festival connoisseur: Antacid, AmEx Card, spit bucket … fat skis.


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Former astronaut Jemison urges morality in business

By | 06.11.08 | 8:15 am

Business owners should morally judge the work their company does. That was the message delivered from the first African-American woman to go into orbit to a crowd of entrepreneurs and others at a multicultural business conference at the…

The Lucky Few: Refugee Resettlement in Colorado

By | 01.25.08 | 8:21 am

The United Nations estimates there are over 13 million refugees in the world. Less than one percent will ever be resettled in a third country. The few who are selected for resettlement in the United States are expected to become