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Colorado trends suggest Romney plan to court only ‘thoughtful independents’ doomed

By | 09.20.12 | 8:33 am

Republican Party donors and strategists alarmed by the trajectory of the embattled Romney presidential campaign won’t find much to boost their spirits in swing-state Colorado. On the contrary, what’s happening on the ground here suggests the party’s nominee is failing to execute the strategy he said he “inelegantly” outlined in the hidden-camera videotape that has dominated the politics news cycle for the last two days.

House committee uses Regnerus parenting study to defend DOMA

By | 07.20.12 | 4:06 pm

A Republican-controlled congressional body this week used a controversial new parenting study to argue that the Defense of Marriage Act is constitutional.

DeGette seeks to win permanent health insurance for seasonal firefighters

By | 07.12.12 | 3:10 pm

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is moving forward with a bill she introduced Tuesday that would extend health insurance coverage to seasonal firefighters and their families.

Salazar: ‘Better days ahead’ but fire-torn American West not out of woods yet

By | 07.10.12 | 8:28 am

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar visited his native state Monday where he declared there will be “better days ahead” but, he also warned, Colorado and the nation have not seen the end of fire season.

Muslim group decries Grantham comments as unAmerican

By | 07.09.12 | 3:24 pm

“The only news is that it’s no longer news that a Republican lawmaker spews anti-Muslim bigotry,” said Ibrahim Hooper, communications director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Colorado’s backcountry ‘roadless rule’ takes effect

By | 07.05.12 | 3:33 pm

A plan to manage some of Colorado’s most prized forests went into effect on Tuesday, marking the end of a seven-year process conducted among an eclectic mix of stakeholders.

Judge sends BLM back to drawing board to consider Roan Plateau drilling alternatives

By | 06.26.12 | 2:51 pm

A federal judge ruled Friday that a Bush-era auction of gas leases on the Roan Plateau failed to adequately address its environmental impacts or entertain alternative, less-intrusive drilling plans.

Coloradans like civil unions, legal pot, Udall

By | 06.20.12 | 3:12 pm

Results of a recent survey (pdf) bolster evidence that Coloradans by a wide majority support same-sex civil unions. The news comes in the wake of a standoff at the statehouse last month in which House Republicans killed a bill that would have established civil unions here. The pollster, Raleigh-based Public Policy Polling, tied the data on civil unions to the fact that the Republican Party in Colorado seems to be steadily losing support.

Prez candidate Johnson campaigns in Colorado for pot legalization

By | 06.18.12 | 3:45 pm

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson was in Denver Monday to campaign for Colorado’s Amendment 64, which would legalize adult possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Transcript: Obama shakes up stalled immigration policy

By | 06.15.12 | 5:23 pm

President Obama’s announcement in the White House Rose Garden today that he was shifting U.S. immigration policy through executive order effective immediately brought howls from anti-illegal immigration Republicans, who suggested Obama was trampling the power of Congress to make laws. Iowa U.S. Rep. Steve King said he planned to sue the president. The transcript of the announcement released by the White House includes interruptions made by an attendee at the event determined to voice the view that Obama was “importing” immigrants who would take jobs from American citizens.

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