Colorado Public Radio Staff

State Representative Nancy Spence of Centennial talks about the Colorado Opportunity Contract Pilot Program, a school voucher proposal under consideration by the legislature.

Ralph Peterson, chairman and CEO of Colorado-based CH2M Hill, talks about the firm’s selection as one of the top “Great Places to Work” by Fortune Magazine.

The Colorado legislature’s chief economist Tom Dunn talks about budget problems facing state leaders.

Kay Miller talks about overseeing a project to attract artists and revitalize “Original Aurora” along Colfax Avenue.

Vail Town Manager Bob McLaurin tells about a new moneymaking project: selling manhole covers inscribed with the Vail logo.

Laura Carlson speaks with author Michael Amundson about his new book, Yellowcake Towns: Uranium Mining Communities in the American West.

Sharon Harris, president of Green Industries of Colorado, on the efforts of landscaping-related businesses to promote alternative ways to save water.

Carole Walker, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association, on a proposed bill to reform Colorado’s system of no fault auto insurance. The insurance industry supports the measure.

Boulder’s Naropa University was founded in 1974 as a small, Buddhist-inspired summer institute of art, poetry, and religious studies.Thomas Coburn talks about becoming the school’s new president.

Mike Hodges, president-elect of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, on the proposed bill aimed at changing Colorado’s no fault auto insurance system.

Carol Hedges, senior policy advisor at Denver-based Bell Policy Center, talks about “Ten Years of TABOR,” a report on the success of Colorado’s Taxpayers Bill of Rights.

Laura Carlson talks with CSU biology professor June Medford about research on a genetically engineered plant to serve as a natural early warning system for biological and chemical attacks.

Larry Borsina speaks about his invention that uses recorded sounds of lobsters to lure them into traps.

Troy Eid, executive director of the Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration, on a venture between Colorado and Qwest Communications to bring high-speed data, audio and video to rural areas […]

Aurora’s Director of Utilities Peter Binney talks about the city’s imposition of strict measures to conserve its dwindling water supply.

Tom Gleason, spokesman for Forest City Stapleton Inc, talks about the award-winning Stapleton project. The old Stapleton airport is the site of the nation’s largest urban redevelopment project.