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When Census forms arrived in early 2010, Laura Latimer eagerly filled it out and noted that she shares a household with her wife, Ellen Paul.They married in California, but the state of Colorado...
DATE: July 2, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
Anyone who runs a business or works for one knows that 2009 was a very rough year.Census numbers released Thursday show just how rough it was: Montezuma County had a net loss of 44 businesses...
DATE: July 2, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
Low uranium prices are not deterring the company that plans to build the countrys first new uranium mill in two decades.Energy Fuels Inc. recently announced plans for a summer and fall program in...
DATE: July 2, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER Friday will be another big day for the owners of medical marijuana shops, as new rules and a new state law take effect.Dispensaries will have to comply with 72 pages of new rules that...
DATE: June 30, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DOVE CREEK The idea seemed so promising on a September day in 2007.The governor and 200 others turned out in this tiny town near the Utah border to break ground on the San Juan Bioenergy plant, a...
DATE: June 25, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER Arguing that Durango has more in common with Telluride than Cortez, Democrats moved to draw new boundaries for the areas state House districts Monday.But Republicans blocked them, at...
DATE: June 23, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER Colorados economy has been promoted from a snail to a turtle, the Legislatures top economist said Monday.And that counts for good news after three years of dismal predictions from...
DATE: June 21, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
The group that draws new state legislative districts will make its first attempt to design maps for Rep. J. Paul Brown, Sen. Ellen Roberts and other Western Slope lawmakers next Monday.The...
DATE: June 16, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER The changing climate could reduce the Colorado Rivers volume an average of 9 percent a year in the next half century, making it unlikely that Colorado will ever get to use all the water...
DATE: June 9, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER Gov. John Hickenlooper vetoed a bill Monday that would have charged needy families up to $50 a month to get government health insurance for their children.Health care advocates had urged...
DATE: June 4, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER Gov. John Hickenlooper vetoed a bill Monday that would have charged needy families up to $50 a month to get government health insurance for their children.Health care advocates had urged...
DATE: June 4, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
Colorado businesses can expect higher unemployment insurance taxes thanks to House Bill 1288, which Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Thursday.But business lobbying groups willingly went along with the...
DATE: May 31, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
