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Hickenlooper in Dem convention crossfire

editor — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:14:39 -0700

Seven weeks before the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Mayor John Hickenlooper finds himself in the crossfire on key issues, including...

Labor tab: $300 million to elect Dems

editor — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:51:04 -0700

The national fight over an ambitious effort by labor unions to reverse their generation-long decline is about to come to Colorado — and to the...

Pepsi Center to be Dem convention central

editor — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:20:57 -0700

The Pepsi Center hands over the keys to construction teams for the Democratic National Convention Committee at 8 a.m. Monday, and the on-the-ground,...

Denver mayor: No "access to sell" for Dem convention

Stephen Keating — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:15:20 -0700

Part of the challenge raising money for the Democratic National Convention is that fundraisers have no access to sell, Mayor John Hickenlooper...

McCain to hold Denver town hall Monday

editor — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:24:07 -0700

Sen. John McCain will hold a town hall meeting at noon Monday at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, reports Kirk Mitchell. People can enter...

Race and U.S. politics at Aspen Ideas Festival

editor — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:50:14 -0700

"Here's a discussion about the state of racial issues in 2008 with Stanford law professor Richard Thompson Ford, noted black conservative author...

The partisan hackery of the left

Rossputin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:25:02 -0700

Friends of mine who are smarter than I have suggested that I should not even acknowledge the presence of Colorado Media Matters, the...

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Audio of money owed triggers probe by Ritter

editor — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:23:24 -0700

Gov. Bill Ritter has ordered his staff to review an audio recording in which state employees appear to tell an accountant to hide information about millions of dollars owed the federal government, reports 9News.

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Free-market group targets unions at ballot

editor — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:16:58 -0700

While a "right to work" initiative on the November ballot has labor and business groups girding for battle, two lesser-known proposals that could go before voters also have unions on alert, reports Tim Hoover.

Both of the initiative petitions are being pushed by the Independence Institute, a Golden-based organization that promotes free-market ideas.

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Obama and Bill Clinton talk "seismic" Colorado

editor — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:08:39 -0700

“I was talking to Bill Clinton this week. We were talking about Colorado,” Mr. Obama recalled, according to a

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