DENVER - A last-ditch effort by Colorado's governor to give gay couples in the state rights similar to married couples failed Monday after Republicans rejected the proposal during a special legislative session.
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New rule for national forest roadless areas in Colorado still controversial
May 3, 2012, 8:44 pm
PITKIN COUNTY, Colo.—Big chunks of public national forest lands in Eagle and Pitkin counties are one step closer to gaining permanent roadless protection, as the U.S. Forest Service this week announced the latest version of state-based rule that would ban road-building and other industrial activities on about 4.2 million acres across Colorado.
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Sen. Mark Udall tackles defense bill anti-terror provisions
March 9, 2012, 10:56 am
Sen. Mark Udall this week said he would introduce legislation aimed at nullifying a controversial provision passed as part of the defense bill that requires the military to detain on U.S. soil any individuals suspected of terrorism.
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Snowmass Village councilman seeking Dist. 4 commissioner seat
March 5, 2012, 11:48 am
ASPEN, Colo.—There’s a saying on the walls of Aspen Elementary School that resonates with John Wilkinson: “That which is right isn’t always popular. That which is popular isn’t always right.”
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Aspen homeowners give millions to Romney super PAC
February 27, 2012, 6:19 pm
ASPEN, Colo.—When Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney campaigned in Colorado earlier this month, he probably ought to have swung through Aspen to thank some of his high-dollar supporters.
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Udall announces new bid to protect Colorado's wilderness
February 27, 2012, 6:11 am
FRISCO, Colo.—A slew of wilderness proposals for lands in Summit and Eagle counties that have been stuck in a gridlocked U.S. House of Representatives could get a bit of traction in the Senate, where Mark Udall says he will introduce a wilderness bill once he's taken input from local communities and other stakeholders.
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First Lady Michelle Obama in Aspen on ski vacation
February 18, 2012, 11:54 am
ASPEN, Colo.—First lady Michelle Obama is enjoining a family ski vacation in Aspen according a story published in the Aspen Daily News today.
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Colorado House Dems blast oversight of oil and gas drilling
February 9, 2012, 10:26 am
DENVER, Colo.—A new report compiled by the Democratic minority membership of the House Natural Resources Committee suggests that the oil and gas drilling industry has run amok, primarily due to spotty enforcement of health and safety regulations. Committee Democrats said the Department of Interior must reform its oversight of drilling on public lands.
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Colorado rocky for Republicans in 2012
February 5, 2012, 12:45 pm
DENVER - A note to Republican presidential contenders: Colorado's political terrain is as rocky as its mountains.
The state was once solidly Republican but turned Democratic in the 2000s as the population swelled with people moving into the state.
The state was once solidly Republican but turned Democratic in the 2000s as the population swelled with people moving into the state.
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City, opponents debate hydro plant over lunch
January 19, 2012, 7:57 am
ASPEN, Colo.—Given all the buttons it has pushed, the city of Aspen’s new hydro plant prompted a mostly civil debate on Wednesday at the Aspen Business Luncheon.
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Snowmass Village Planning Director fired prior to review of major application
January 17, 2012, 2:11 pm
SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo.-Just days before the Snowmass Village planning department is set to host a public hearing about the largest project to hit town since Base Village, Planning Director Chris Conrad was relieved of his job duties.
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Court showdown over ski area water rights
January 12, 2012, 8:19 am
The veneer of partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and the ski industry showed signs of cracking this week under the weight of a serious disagreement over water rights.
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SAVE Act: Buy energy efficient appliances and get a better mortgage
December 20, 2011, 9:55 am
A new bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet that encourages energy conservation in home building has received widespread support among industry professionals.
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Snowmass takes steps to improve tourism department accountability
December 8, 2011, 2:37 pm
SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo.—The Town of Snowmass Village’s tourism arm is not moving toward a chamber of commerce-style arrangement anytime soon.
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Udall and Bennet ask Forest Service to delay ski area water-rights permit clause
December 8, 2011, 8:52 am
Ski areas operating under permit on public national forest lands have enlisted congressional help in their fight against a revised permit condition that could require resorts to transfer certain types of water rights to the federal government.
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THE RACE: Politics a factor in weekend summits
May 17, 2012, 10:09 am
President Barack Obama is taking a break from active campaigning for a few days to host back-to-back world summits. Yet US presidential politics will be lurking just offstage at both.
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Obama camp urges Romney to show 'moral leadership'
May 17, 2012, 9:28 am
NEW YORK - President Obama's campaign is calling on Mitt Romney to push back harder against plans by a conservative-leaning independent group to showcase Obama's ties to his controversial pastor.
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Romney, Republican Party raise $40M in April
May 17, 2012, 6:22 am
WASHINGTON - Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney and his party raised a combined $40.1 million in April.
The figures put the likely GOP nominee's fundraising haul closer to the $43.
The figures put the likely GOP nominee's fundraising haul closer to the $43.
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GOP Senate hopes once again rest on insurgents
May 17, 2012, 1:59 am
WASHINGTON - For Senate Republicans, 2012 is starting a lot like 2010.
They have a shot at taking control away from Democrats as long as insurgent conservatives who are defeating the party's more establishment candidates in primaries don't frighten too many independent voters like they did two years ago.
They have a shot at taking control away from Democrats as long as insurgent conservatives who are defeating the party's more establishment candidates in primaries don't frighten too many independent voters like they did two years ago.
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No sure thing for GOP: a tight battle for Senate
May 16, 2012, 4:33 pm
WASHINGTON - Divisive Republican primaries, an out-of-nowhere GOP retirement in Maine and an unexpectedly competitive race in North Dakota add up to an unpredictable battle for control of the Senate this fall, confounding early forecasts that an era of Democratic rule was inevitably coming to an end.
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Bain Capital defends record in light of criticism
May 16, 2012, 4:15 pm
WASHINGTON - Facing new attacks from Democrats, the private equity firm Mitt Romney helped create is defending its record.
In a statement released Tuesday, Bain Capital says its record will be distorted and oversimplified during the presidential campaign.
In a statement released Tuesday, Bain Capital says its record will be distorted and oversimplified during the presidential campaign.
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Romney inches closer to clinching GOP nomination
May 16, 2012, 2:17 pm
WASHINGTON - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won most of the delegates in the Oregon primary, leaving him 153 delegates shy of the number of delegates needed to win the Republican nomination for president.
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Romney keeps media at bay as he sticks to script
May 16, 2012, 1:16 pm
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Mitt Romney is trying harder than ever these days to stay on script - and keep his traveling national press corps at arms' length.
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Wisconsin governor releases better 2011 jobs data
May 16, 2012, 10:53 am
MADISON, Wis. - Republican Gov. Scott Walker released updated employment figures Wednesday that show Wisconsin actually added a small number of jobs during his first year in office, hoping to undermine a central argument of those trying to recall him who argue he has hurt the state economy.
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NJ gov., mayor channel Seinfeld in video parody
May 16, 2012, 8:11 am
TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and the mayor of New Jersey's largest city are channeling the Seinfeld-Newman rivalry in a video parody that spoofs the mayor's heroics and Christie's vice presidential potential.
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Obama raises $44M for campaign, Dems in April
May 16, 2012, 6:59 am
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama raised a combined $43.6 million in April for his campaign and the Democratic Party as he faces a unifying Republican effort around Mitt Romney for the White House.
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Focus of primary races shifts to top state races
May 16, 2012, 4:56 am
OMAHA, Neb. - After an improbable Nebraska primary victory, state Sen. Deb Fischer has emerged from relative obscurity to take the mantle as one of the GOP's best hopes for picking up a US Senate seat - though she'll have to beat a famous Democratic politician to do it - popular former Sen.
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Biden attacks Romney tenure as venture capitalist
May 16, 2012, 4:12 am
WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden is pouncing on Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney in swing state Ohio, casting him as a corporate raider more interested in making profits than in the needs of workers.
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Role unlikely for George W. Bush in Romney bid
May 16, 2012, 1:59 am
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - George W. Bush finally weighed on the presidential race - with four short words.
"I'm for Mitt Romney," the former president said Tuesday as the doors of his elevator shut, perhaps his only statement of public opinion on the race before the Nov.
"I'm for Mitt Romney," the former president said Tuesday as the doors of his elevator shut, perhaps his only statement of public opinion on the race before the Nov.
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SPIN METER: Rivals airbrush anti-Romney words
May 16, 2012, 1:57 am
WASHINGTON - Remember Newt Gingrich calling Mitt Romney a liar? Michele Bachmann saying Romney's unelectable? Rick Santorum calling Romney "the worst Republican in the country" to run against Obama?
They're hoping you don't.
They're hoping you don't.
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