Oil Shale Moves Forward
When the fiscal year ends tonight, the ban on offshore oil drilling will be lifted, and another domestic energy source can also move forward, oil shale. Steve Zelaznik of RMCR member station KDNK explains.
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Filed under: Colorado, Energy, Environment, Steve Zelaznik, Western Slope — Delaney Utterback @ 7:33 pm
Colorado lawmakers cast votes on the Wall Street bailout plan plus a look at what the failure of the vote could mean…Colorado receives a grant to help some veterans entering the criminal justice system…and Gov. Ritter expresses opposition to Amendment 46.
At a campaign stop in Westminster Senator Barack Obama urged Americans to remain calm in the wake of a financial crisis and the defeat of a 700 billion dollar financial bailout plan. It was Obama’s second campaign stop in Colorado since the Democratic National Convention. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
Governor Bill Ritter has come out swinging against a proposed constitutional initiative that he says would undo years of progress toward making the state’s workforce more culturally diverse. Dubbed the civil rights initiative, Amendment 46 would ban race and gender based hiring preferences in state government. 
KRCC will air NPR’s coverage of the First Presidential Candidate Debate, Friday, September 26th, starting at 7pm. Linda Werthheimer will host. PBS’ Newshour anchor, Jim Lehrer, will moderate the debate. The debate will be followed by NPR’s National Listening Party, a live, hour-long, call-in program. NPR’s Neal Conan will host.