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
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.
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.
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…
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.
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has backed away from earlier pledges to expand health care coverage to all Coloradans by 2010. Ritter says it’s not realistic, given the state’s financial situation. But that hasn’t stopped some democrats from continuing to push for universal health care. Kirk Siegler of 
A bi-partisan group of state lawmakers unveiled a long awaited bill that will determine how Colorado holds the presidential election in November. They want to use paper ballots after earlier tests revealed security problems with electronic voting machines. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.