A bipartisan group of U.S. senators from western states wants to expand federal compensation for people who became ill from uranium mine exposure…The House State Affairs Committee has approved the sale of ads to pay for repairs to the Colorado Capitol…Coloradans’ intense interest in an $18 million energy rebate program has at times overwhelmed a website set up to make reservations…and, a Fort Carson medic will receive a valor medal.
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Governor Bill Ritter signed a signature piece of his legislative agenda into law yesterday that’s being hailed as a groundbreaking energy policy that could be a model for the rest of the country. Bente Birkeland has more from the state capitol.
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The Colorado House has passed and sent to the Senate a bill that would limit payday loan rates…A measure pushing Colorado’s largest utility toward using more natural gas to help cut emissions is now law…and, groups of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and other aircraft will be flying over the Front Range this week as the Colorado Army National Guard conducts aviation training.
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Some residents in Pueblo County are asking county commissioners to make Xcel Energy shut down its new power plant until the utility can stop the noise that has driven some out of their homes…State offices will be closed Friday for another mandatory furlough day…and, a state report says that efforts to prevent the spread of invasive mussels after they were first found in a south Colorado lake two years ago are apparently paying off, but warns the fight isn’t over.
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A bill to retire coal fired power plants along the Front Range led to a sharp division among senate Republicans yesterday, pitting the top two leaders in the chamber against the rest of their caucus. The group held two briefings to try and find common ground, but couldn’t reach a compromise. Bente Birkeland reports from the state capitol.
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The state senate has given initial approval to a bill aimed at using natural gas to reduce Front Range emissions from coal-fired power plants…A proposal for Colorado to sell the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurance fund seeking privatization has been canceled…and, county commissioners in the San Luis Valley are endorsing a proposal to establish a national historical trail honoring the route Zebulon Pike took across the Midwest and into Colorado in 1807.
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