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Major FasTracks grant to be announced today

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and Federal Transit Administration Administrator Peter Rogoff are in Arvada today to announce a major funding agreement for the RTD FasTracks lines to Denver International Airport and to Arvada and Wheat Ridge.

Reducing abortions by expanding health coverage

Last week, Colorado Republicans opposed a bill that would expand health coverage for maternity and contraception partly on the grounds that some contraception terminates...

LaHood could be good for Colorado train backers

The pending appointment by the Obama administration of Republican Illinois Congressman Ray LaHood as Secretary of Transportation could be a positive sign for public transportation buffs in Colorado who would love to see light rail expanded on the Front Range and a high-speed train into the mountains.