Gov. Ritter on Fighting the Feds, Education and Immigration
In our monthly conversation with Governor Bill Ritter the chief executive discusses recent disagreements with federal land management agencies, meetings with leaders in higher education, and his interest in Congress’ efforts to craft immigration reform legislation.
These monthly conversations are produced for, and come to us courtesy of KCFR in Denver, they’re conducted by Ryan Warner, host of the KCFR program “Colorado Matters.”
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Filed under: Business/Labor, Capitol Coverage, Colorado, Education, Environment, Immigration, Politics — ewhitney @ 2:05 pm
Scientists from across the country came to Colorado this week to discuss the latest research on emerging contaminants found in water. The compounds show up in minute traces and their effect on humans is unclear, but recent studies indicate they’re disrupting fish and frog populations. Bente Birkeland reports from Vail.
Earlier in June KRCC ran a series of interivews with Maj. Thomas Mowle, a Ph.D. political science professor at the Air Force Academy. We talked to him about his new book, “Hope Is Not A Plan: The War In Iraq From Inside the Green Zone.”
The US House has passed a measure that would that would significantly slow commercial development of oil shale in western Colorado and neighboring states. Colorado congressman Mark Udall added the measure as an amendment to next year’s interior appropriations bill. If approved by the Senate, Udall’s amendment would bar the federal government from preparing regulations necessary to develop commercial oil shale leases.
Kathryn Eastburn was the editor of the Colorado Springs Inedpendent when she began working on the story of the Dutcher murders in Guffey, Colorado on December 31st, 2000.