Bente BirkelandThe presidential election has raised plenty of contentious issues — but perhaps no topic has been as polarizing as religion. Whether its rumors that Barack Obama is a Muslim or certain members of the Evangelical Christian movement criticizing John McCain for not being conservative enough, religion has been a strong undercurrent in this year’s race. Bente Birkeland talked to local religious leaders to get their thoughts about the intersection between religion and politics.

Thirty years ago TV viewers had just begun watching the NBC mini-series Centennial. It would take more than 26 hours of television to tell the tale of James Michener’s town and its fictional characters from the 1880s through the 1970s. KUNC’s Brian Larson takes us to one of the places that brought Michener’s novel to life on the small screen…

KRCC’s Andrea Chalfin sat down for a Q&A with Colorado’s 5th Congressional District challenger Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack.

KRCC’s Andrea Chalfin sat down for a Q&A with Colorado’s 5th Congressional District incumbent Doug Lamborn.

Both political parties have been urging Colorado voters to caste their ballots early to avoid long lines on election day. This is the last week for early voting and the latest state figures indicate thousands of people have heeded the advice. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

Colorado is seeing an unprecedented number of visits from the presidential and vice presidential candidates in recent days, verifying its status as a hotly contested state. So who are the voters the campaigns are trying to win over? KCFR’s Eric Whitney talks with Andrea Bernstein, the political director for the nationally syndicated Public Radio International program The Takeaway, who’s been visiting swing counties across the country. Last week, Bernstein visited Colorado counties.

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama drew tens of thousands of people during a pair of campaign stops in Colorado Sunday. Obama staged early voting rallies at Denver’s Civic Center Park, and later in the day at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. KUNC’s Kirk Siegler reports.

The presidential candidates haven’t been talking much about immigration– at least, not in English. But they’re slugging it out in a Spanish language ad war in battleground states like Colorado where Latino voters could decide the winner. Tanya Snyder reports.

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Democratic vice- presidential candidate Senator Joe Biden campaigned at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley on Tuesday. He spoke about the economy and urged supporters to vote early or by mail. His visit came one day after Governor Sarah Palin held a rally in northern Colorado. Bente Birkeland reports from Greeley.

Colorado is one of several states facing a controversial ballot measure this fall that could have far reaching impacts on abortion law. Amendment 48, the so called personhood amendment, would define a person from the moment of conception and give fertilized human eggs the same constitutional rights as a person. It’s the brainchild of 21 year-old Kristi Burton of Peyton Colorado, who says she wants to establish a concrete definition of when life begins to protect unborn children. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin made three campaign stops in Colorado yesterday…staging a series of rallies designed to correlate with the beginning of early voting in the state. KUNC’s Kirk Siegler attended one of those events in Loveland, and filed this report.

Nearly 100 people gathered recently at the Gill Foundation offices in downtown Colorado Springs for the first ever “Out Voices, Out Voting” forum. The Colorado Springs Pride Center sponsored the event, along with other area gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered-related organizations. KRCC’s Kristin Lynch was there and has this report.

UCCS plans a workshop after a recent SGA funding flap…and Colorado opens early voting.

According to the latest polls–Colorado is one of a number of traditionally red states leaning blue this election cycle. The percentage of registered Republicans has gone down since the last general election, while the percentage of Democrats and unaffiliated voters has gone up. Bente Birkeland examines the trend.