The state's second ranking house Republican is defending herself today from critics on the right for her support of healthcare exchanges...and, the Bureau of Land Management is bringing its public meetings on oil shale to Colorado, as the Interior Department takes a fresh look at an oil shale plan released by the Bush administration.
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