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State of emergency: Gridlocked lawmakers threaten consumer oversight over 911

When the Waldo Canyon fire blazed toward homes in 2012, the local 911 service issued a reverse call telling residents it was time to flee. But...

Lawmakers have six days to figure out what the Office of...

Representing Colorado consumers before the PUC and an assortment of federal agencies, the OCC has saved consumers $1.7 billion dollars, or $30 for every dollar spent to run the office. Even so, the OCC is set to expire unless the state legislature passes a bill in the next six days to keep the office running.

Election Day youth voters heading to polls in steady stream at...

BOULDER-- Students make up a key voting bloc for Democrats this year, as they did in 2008 and, according to volunteers at the University of Colorado's flagship campus today, voting enthusiasm has picked up considerably since President Obama visited here on Thursday. Volunteers said voters are heading to campus polling stations at a steady trickle today and that they expect larger waves of students to turn out in the afternoon and evening.