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March 15, 2010 | NPR· Christopher Dodd, the Senate Banking Committee chairman, wanted to strip the Federal Reserve of most of its powers. But his latest proposal gives the Fed more power than it has ever had.
 
March 15, 2010 | NPR· Violence has exploded in Mexico's northeastern border cities, just across the Rio Grande from South Texas, as two drug mafias engage in a vicious new fight for turf. Gunfights have killed dozens of people, and communities up and down the river fear it's just the beginning.
 
March 15, 2010 | NPR· Mexican and U.S. leaders have vowed to track down the gunmen who killed three people, including two U.S. citizens, with ties to the U.S. Consulate in the border town of Juarez. Mexican authorities say they believe the killings are linked to the country's raging drug war.
 
March 15, 2010 | NPR· President Obama took a trip to the swing state of Ohio to push for an overhaul of the health care system. Although there is a multimillion dollar ad campaign for and against the measure, the strange coalition supporting the overhaul has stayed surprisingly intact.
 
March 15, 2010 | NPR· Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd unveiled his plan to rewrite the nation's financial regulations. The bill released Monday calls for a council of regulators to oversee systemic risk and create a consumer protection agency at the Federal Reserve.
 

Art & Life from NPR

March 15, 2010 | NPR· Michael Lewis, who wrote the bestseller Liar's Poker, is back with a new book examining those who profited from shorting subprime mortgages. In the The Blind Side, Lewis profiles extreme characters — outsiders — who are the sane people in an insane world.
 
March 15, 2010 | NPR· Forty years after the events it depicts, the New York Theatre Workshop's revival of Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers once again opens the struggle of The Washington Post against the government to public scrutiny.
 
March 15, 2010 | NPR· The Federal Communications Commission says the plan, set to be unveiled Tuesday, will help make Internet access faster, cheaper and more pervasive. But some critics are already calling it a missed opportunity.
 
March 14, 2010 | NPR· Not much good has come out of the recession from which we seem to be slowly emerging. But at least it's left us with some new lingo, like "staycation." The Christian Science Monitor has compiled a list of its favorites, and guest host Audie Cornish explains a few of them.
 
March 14, 2010 | NPR· In the late '70s and early '80s, Enjoli perfume commercials extolled the era's ideal Superwoman — a perfectly coiffed working mom who could "bring home the bacon" and still be sexy for her man. Three decades later, that ideal remains elusive for millions of women — including reporter Jennifer Ludden.
 

February 29, 2008

Capitol Conversation

On Monday Colorado lawmakers will hear a bill that would require the state to run a primarily all paper ballot election. That means most people would no longer be using electronic voting machines at the polls this fall. Colorado came up with this alternative after the state decertified thousands of electronic voting machines for failing to pass security tests. The bill has drawn criticism from county clerks who want to use an all mail ballot election instead. Bente Birkeland talks with reporters about the voting situation as part of our ongoing capitol conversation series.

Filed under: Capitol Coverage — Delaney Utterback @ 7:57 pm

February 28, 2008

Child Sex Abuse Bill

The house judiciary committee is expected to vote on Wednesday (March 5th) on a bill that would give people who were sexually abused as children more time to sue their perpetrators. Lawmakers heard hours of testimony from nearly 40 survivors earlier this month (or last month) but the bill has been delayed for weeks. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

Filed under: Capitol Coverage, Children & Youth, Colorado — Delaney Utterback @ 7:46 pm

Rural Doctor Shortage

Finding a good doctor isn’t always easy, and if you live in rural Colorado, it can be a challenge to find a doctor at all. About a third of the counties in this state can count the number of physicians practicing in them on one hand.

In Crowley County, there’s only one doctor, who’s in his 70s, and he only works there a day and a half a week. KCFR Health Reporter Eric Whitney has this story on efforts to help other health care providers in these medically underserved counties pick up the slack.

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Filed under: Health — Delaney Utterback @ 1:29 pm

Black History Month

Friday marks the end of black history month, and Colorado has had some historic firsts this year when it comes to African American politicians. Bente Birkeland sat down with Democratic Senate President Peter Groff to talk about some of them.

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Filed under: Capitol Coverage — Delaney Utterback @ 1:02 pm

February 27, 2008

Economic Stimulus Package

The old adage about the check being in the mail is almost a reality with the recent passage of an economic stimulus package. The President and members of Congress moved quickly on the relief measure– but as KUNC’s Brian Larson reports– it’s anyone’s guess if the 168-billion dollar plan will have people spending the nation out of its current economic downturn…

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Filed under: Business/Labor — Delaney Utterback @ 2:03 pm

AIDS Orphans Skills Centers

News headlines that tell us there are more than 11 million AIDS orphans in Africa are almost too much to comprehend. A few years ago Woodland Park resident Amy Gillespie saw one of those headlines and decided she had to do something, and not just write a check.

Six weeks later she’d quit her job, packed up her belongings and was on her way to Mozambique, one of the poorest countries on earth. Now, after several false starts, and lots of long hours and hard work, she’s on the cusp of making a real difference. KCFR Health Reporter Eric Whitney has her story.

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Filed under: Health — Delaney Utterback @ 12:17 pm

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