- Governor Ritter signed the last handful of bills to come out of this year’s legislative session. One measure makes it easier for seasonal workers to come to Colorado.
- A new report from the non-partisan watchdog group the Campaign Finance Institute shows that Denver’s host committee for the Democratic National Convention is raising money for the event by using
- The entire graduating class of the medical school at the University of Colorado was in court recently.
- Former Massachusetts Governor Mit Romney’s keynote address over the weekend at the state Republican Convention capped quite a week on Colorado’s political scene… one that included visits from presidential hopefuls
- Amanda Udis-Kessler, Colorado College’s Director of Institutional Research and Planning, just published a new book titled Queer Inclusion in the United Methodist Church.
- Colorado’s quarter century old lawsuit against the Federal government and Shell Oil has finally come to an end.
- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama outlined his education policy at a high school in the Denver suburb of Thornton on Wednesday.
- A new high-security laboratory opens today at Colorado State University. Researchers there are experimenting with some of the most dangerous microbes on the planet.
- The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain was in Colorado on Tuesday to give a speech on nuclear disarmament at the University of Denver.
- The Democrats aren’t the only National Convention coming to Denver this summer. The Libertarian party is also holding its national convention in the mile high city.
- Thousands of Democrats descended on Colorado Springs last weekend for the State Democratic Convention. Party leaders say it was their largest convention ever.
- The Partnership of Rural Colorado Boys & Girls Clubs has several Clubs in our listening area including Avondale, Rocky Ford, Salida and Buena Vista.
- Democratic state senator Gail Schwartz from Snowmass village recently completed her second legislative session. Bente Birkeland sat down with her to get her take on how it went.
- A citizen initiative that would define personhood as starting from the moment of fertilization is one step closer to getting on the state’s election ballot this fall.
