Archive | November, 2009

New Flash: A Journalist Actually Gets Hired At Colo. Capitol

Charles Ashby, a veteran reporter who was let go by The Pueblo Chieftain at the end of the previous session, soon will report full-time for the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.

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Rep. Joe Rice, An Army Reserve Colonel, Returns To Colorado From Iraq Tour

Rice was in Baghdad between May and October, and he was stationed elsewhere until recently.

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State’s BEST Bond Program Up For ‘Deal Of Year’

A bond program that was created to help rebuild crumbling Colorado schools in the San Luis Valley, among other districts, has been named the southwest regional finalists for the “Deal of the Year” from The Bond Buyer, a bond industry trade publication.

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Colo. Legislature Finds It’s Never Too Early To Get Start On The Socializing

The legislative session is still more than a month away, but that hasn’t stopped 18 groups from planning legislative lunches, dinners and receptions beginning Jan. 13 and continuing through the end of March.

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Busy Week Planned For Colo. Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee

On Monday, it’s the environmental division of the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, the Department of Military Affairs and the Department of Regulatory Agencies.

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Don’t Drive and Text Tomorrow

Starting Tuesday, it becomes a crime in Colorado for drivers under the age of 18 to use any cell phone — handheld or not — while driving. It also becomes illegal for any driver to text while behind the wheel.

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Immigration Group Works Toward Integration

The Denver Coalition for Integration, formed in 2008, is working to bridge gaps between immigrants and the communities they move to in order to reach a level of understanding through education.

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Prosecutors Say Aspen Carbon-Monoxide Case Not Forgotten

A year after a carbon monoxide leak killed a family of four vacationing in Aspen, the tragedy’s legal implications remain unclear.

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In 3rd District, GOP Candidates Play Make-Nice Campaigning

Efforts by Colorado Republicans to avoid contentious primaries are continuing in the state’s 3rd Congressional District.

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Penry: “Somebody’s Got To Be The Adult And Step Back”

In an extended interview with The Denver Post shortly after a rally last week, one-time gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry made clear that he would have preferred to see GOP rival Scott McInnis drop out instead and that he did so only reluctantly.

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