Many Coloradans stand to lose their long-term unemployment benefits this week, as the national extension expires...and, Governor Bill Ritter says Colorado state government needs to take a bigger role in developing and promoting water projects if the state is going to provide for the estimated 10 million people who will live here in 40 years.
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