- The state’s E85 Coalition – made up of ethanol producers, gas station owners, and environmentalists – is trying to promote fuel that’s 85 percent corn-based ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. The coalition wants to help build 30 to 40 more E85 pumps in Colorado. Ryan Warner speaks with the coalition’s president, Gerry Harrow.
- Ryan Warner talks to Lisa Duran, executive director of Denver-based Rights for All People, an immigrant advocacy group; Fernando Sergio, radio talk-show host on Spanish language station KBNO in Denver; and the Reverend Stanley Perea, executive director of Denver-based HIS Ministries, which helps schools address the needs of immigrant students.
- Ryan Warner speaks with Colorado Attorney General John Suthers about an immigration measure where voters will decide whether he should sue the U.S. government to enforce Federal immigration laws. Lawmakers have also directed Suthers get back Colorado money spent on illegal immigrants for healthcare, incarceration, and education.
- Voters in 16 Colorado counties will see their traditional polling places disappear in the upcoming primary and general elections. Ryan Warner speaks with Secretary of State Gigi Dennis about new “Vote Centers,” where registered voters from Mesa to Denverwill be able to cast ballots regardless of where they live in their county.
- A centerpiece of the recent special immigration session requires Colorado businesses to prove they are hiring legal workers. Ryan Warner discusses the legislation with laws sponsor and state representative Judy Solano, executive director of the Colorado Contractors Association Tony Milo, and Lee Driscoll, CEO of Wynkoop Holdings, which operates eight Denver restaurants.