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2/12/2009
By Kathrine Warren How much do you know about Black History Month? Take this short quiz to test your knowledge. Saccone leaves news biz for Attorney General's Office
2/12/2009
By Jason Kosena Another Colorado political reporter is leaving the industry, and this time the evacuee is the go-to source for Western Slope legislative news. Mike Saccone, political reporter for the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel and writer of the Sentinel’s well-read “Political Notebook” blog, has accepted a job as communications director for the Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, ending a three-year stint at the Western Slope’s largest daily newspaper. Interior’s Salazar pumps recovery plan at site of arsenal
2/6/2009
By Jason Kosena COMMERCE CITY — While touring the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge northeast of downtown Denver last week, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar pointed to the surroundings — once a manufacturing site for chemical weapons — as an example of how Colorado will benefit from the estimated $900 billion economic stimulus package now moving through Congress. Forced insurance could bankrupt small employers
2/6/2009
By Richard Haugh Requiring employers to offer health insurance to their employees could cost Colorado’s small businesses more than $3 billion over five years, according to the National Federation of Independent Business. Honest Abe turns the big two-oh-oh
2/6/2009
By Elizabeth Stortroen On Feb. 12, the nation will begin a yearlong celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, an event the state started preparing for last November, when Gov. Bill Ritter established the Colorado Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. Colorado's presidential appointees
JFK appointee White gives Coloradans a rooting interest in the Pittsburgh Steelers
2/6/2009
By Janet Simons Perhaps it’s Colorado’s history with the Broncos that makes us want to cheer for the underdog in the Super Bowl. But if you’re still feeling kind of bad that the Arizona Cardinals couldn’t pull out a last-minute victory, you can take comfort in the knowledge that Colorado also has a rooting interest in the Pittsburgh Steelers. El Paso County GOP factions grapple over leadership
1/30/2009
By Leslie Jorgensen COLORADO SPRINGS — In the wake of an election that delivered weakened Republican vote totals and handed a third legislative seat to the Democrats, this GOP bastion has gone to war over the chairmanship of El Paso County’s Republican Party. GOP seeks new players from legislative 'farm teams'
1/30/2009
By Jason Kosena After a series of bruising election cycles, Republicans nationwide need to find new talent in order to create a new generation of strong leaders. That talent — and tomorrow’s leaders — probably will come from state legislatures and other grassroots offices. Suthers to seek re-election
AG scraps Senate plans
1/29/2009
By Leslie Jorgensen COLORADO SPRINGS — “I love my job!” Colorado Attorney General John Suthers told a group of about 50 fans gathered at an El Paso County Republican Meet-up Group at the Valley Hi Golf Club’s Caddy Shack restaurant on Thursday, Jan. 22, three days before he would announce his decision to stay in Colorado. Spirit of Obama electrifies King Marade
1/23/2009
By Elizabeth Stortroen Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that took a giant leap toward realization in November, when America’s first black president-elect, Barack Obama, stood up and said, “Yes we can.” |
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