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March 12, 2010 | NPR· Workers at a Portland, Ore., steel mill soon will be able to pick a new type of health insurance: one with financial rewards to use proven treatments and disincentives to use less-effective surgeries and diagnostic tests.
 
March 12, 2010 | NPR· Back in 2007, Hollywood was suffering from serious battle fatigue. But a new surge of war movies has come out — Green Zone takes on the search for WMDs; The Hurt Locker follows a bomb squad; and The Pacific is a 10-hour HBO World War II epic. These aren't battle-strategy flicks — they explore the brutality of war on an individual scale.
 
March 12, 2010 | NPR· House Democrats say they're closing in on a final vote on a health overhaul. But a few big issues remain to be ironed out before they can muster the votes needed to get the bill over the finish line. The biggest fight of all remains abortion.
 
March 12, 2010 | NPR· The White House announced Friday that President Obama and his family travel won't travel to Guam, Indonesia and Australia as planned next week. Instead, the president will travel alone, beginning Sunday on an abbreviated trip. The reason: health care.
 
March 12, 2010 | NPR· Ground Zero responders who developed health problems after working in the ruins of the World Trade Center and sued the city are being offered a settlement totaling $657.5 million. Glen Klein, a former police officer with the New York Police Department's emergency services unit, who was among the plaintiffs, offers his insight.
 

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March 12, 2010

Debating Wilderness Lands

Democrat Diana Degette has spent more than a decade crafting a bill to protect Colorado wilderness. She finally got a congressional hearing this week. Her approach has some critics, one of whom is a fellow Colorado Democrat. Sara Sciammacco reports from Washington.

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Filed under: Capitol News Connection, Forest Plans — Andrea Chalfin, News Dir. @ 7:35 am

March 11, 2010

Round-Up: Lawmakers consider child welfare system, I-70 Reopens, and more

Colorado lawmakers are considering increasing oversight of its child welfare system following the deaths of 35 children under its care over the past three years…the University of Colorado regents are considering whether to raise tuition by 9 percent for in-state students and 5 percent for new out-of-state students…the union for mechanics at Frontier Airlines is going to court over plans to shift their work from Denver to Milwaukee…Interstate-70 through Glenwood Canyon is reopen after a rockslide closed the highway earlier this week. Loads over 14-ft. wide will still have to find an alternate route until repair crews can complete their work.

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Filed under: AP, Andrea Chalfin, Business/Labor, Children & Youth, Education, Round-Up, Transportation — Andrea Chalfin, News Dir. @ 5:32 pm

Thursday Index

In Colorado Springs, police officers are expected to begin enforcing a camping ban in the city (Gazette, KRDO), PETA has offered to put trash cans in city parks (Gazette), and the D-11 school board makes $6.7 million in budget cuts (Gazette, KKTV, KRDO). Habitat for Humanity in El Paso County breaks ground on its 100th home (KKTV). The Independent previews next week’s regional caucuses, and takes a closer look at El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa, and his decision to run for a third term.

In Pueblo, the Chieftain reports on the city’s jobless rate, which rose to 9.5% in January, and on a rally held by the Southern Colorado Tea Party.

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Filed under: Index — Andrea Chalfin, News Dir. @ 7:57 am

Governor Makes First Appearance After Accident

Governor Bill Ritter is back to work at the capitol after breaking five ribs in a bicycle accident last week. He talked to reporters in his office yesterday, looking relaxed but admitting he’s still in a lot of pain. Bente Birkeland has more from Denver.

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Filed under: Bente Birkeland, Capitol Coverage, Uncategorized — Andrea Chalfin, News Dir. @ 7:06 am

March 10, 2010

Fighting Childhood Obesity with Happy Meals

The state health department announced a plan this week to fight childhood obesity on a new front, one that might be a little bit surprising. As KCFR Health Reporter Eric Whitney explains, it involves…Happy Meals.

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Filed under: Children & Youth, Eric Whitney, Health — Andrea Chalfin, News Dir. @ 5:44 pm

Round-Up: Colorado’s Unemployment Rate Rises, and Rep. Salazar Takes on Medicare Drug Prices

Colorado’s unemployment rate is up one-tenth of a percentage point to 7.4 percent, while the Gazette is reporting unemployment in the Colorado Springs area rose .4 percentage points in January…and, Colorado Democrat John Salazar wants to give the federal government more power to negotiate Medicare drug prices.

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Filed under: AP, Andrea Chalfin, Business/Labor, Capitol News Connection, Health, Round-Up — Andrea Chalfin, News Dir. @ 5:32 pm

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