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Musgrave Courts the Fort

Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Fort Morgan) made a rare public appearance in Fort Collins on Wednesday when she hosted an economic development forum which culminated...

Endorsement Boards Snub Hometown Girls

U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave and HD-53 State Rep. Angie Paccione found common ground today in the battle for media endorsements for the exceedingly nasty...

Surprise Endorsement in CD-4 Race

Reform Party candidate Eric Eidsness earned the endorsement of the Fort Morgan Times on Tuesday in a stinging rebuke of hometown girl Rep. Marilyn...

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Congressional Hearing

To the average citizen, a Congressional field hearing can seem like a direct expression of democracy. The truth is they are highly choregraphed affairs...

Lies, Damn Lies, and Congressional Hearing Statistics

Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, chairman of the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee, got at least one thing right during an informal Congressional...

“Caught Red-Handed” Protestors Get Pink Slips

President Bush is alleged to have angrily described the Constitution as "just a goddamned piece of paper!" Evidentally, someone in the Federal Building in...

KUSA Poll: Musgrave, Paccione in Statistical Tie

A Survey USA-KUSA/9News poll released on Wednesday indicates that U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave leads Democratic challenger Angie Paccione by a scant four percentage points...

More On Deceptive Letter Writing

Gene Stille may not have made it as a Republican candidate for the state's 65th House District, but that doesn't mean he's lost the...