Delaney Utterback

Closed Doors: Open Democracies? Saturday, May 10, 2008 from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Lawmakers debated hundreds bills, heard hours of testimony and now Colorado’s 119 day legislative session has come to an end.

Colorado will likely have more high-pollution days in the years to come thanks to new air quality standards recently set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Troops from Ft. Carson have been busy in recent weeks in Iraq. They’ve been seeing combat every day after a period of relative calm.

Governor Bill Ritter has finished his second legislative session since getting elected to office.

State lawmakers wrapped up their 120-day legislative session yesterday. A day earlier than scheduled.

Backers of a proposed initiative to amend Colorado’s constitution to define an embryo as a person are gathering signatures to secure a spot on the ballot by next week.

State lawmakers are pushing ahead with a measure In the final hours of the legislative session that would make it harder for citizens to change to the state constitution.

A measure that aims to make it easier to prosecute people who violate orders of protection has cleared both chambers of the statehouse. Prosecutors say the bill would protect victims.

Lawmakers debated hundreds of bills this legislative session, but there’s one key issue that didn’t gain much traction. Transportation. Measures to improve roads and infrastructure largely fell flat.

A measure that aims to protect gay, bisexual and transgendered people from business and housing discrimination cleared both chambers of Colorado’s state house on Friday. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

Colorado high school students would no longer need to take the annual school assessment tests known as the CSAP under a new bill that initially cleared the house on Wednesday.

Dr. Walter Brueggemann, author of Mandate to Difference is spending the weekend in Colorado Springs.