Capitol Coverage

A 22 year old Thornton man was arrested on Tuesday for beating a transgender woman to death in Greeley. Angie Zapata was found lying on the living room floor of her apartment covered by a blanket. A recent study from the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs says reported cases of violence against gay, lesbian, bisexual [...]

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Governor Bill Ritter is formally protesting federal plans to lease the Roan Plateau on the western slope to natural gas drilling. Ritter says there are serious flaws with the plan that would end up costing the state an estimated 200 hundred million dollars. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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The Colorado American Civil Liberties Union made its case against the city of Denver in U.S. district court on Tuesday. The ACLU’s lawsuit says the city of Denver and the US secret service are planning to limit free speech during the Democratic National Convention this August. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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Fire chiefs, police officers and emergency responders attended a homeland security summit at the state capitol Monday. The summit was in response to a critical federal audit last December that found Colorado mismanaged nearly 8 million dollars in U.S. Homeland Security grants. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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Presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain spoke to Mexican American veterans in Denver on Friday. The Arizona senator then flew to Aspen to meet with the Dalai Lama. Bente Birkeland reports.

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Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean says they’re still figuring out the logistics of moving the Democratic convention to Invesco field at Mile High stadium on the final day of the event. Governor Dean toured the venue for the first time on Thursday. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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The U.S. Department of Interior has issued draft guidelines to produce oil shale. The energy source sits in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. But federal law bans its production and nobody has found an efficient way to extract it. Steve Zelaznik of KDNK has more.

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Governor Bill Ritter has recently returned from a week long trip to the Norwegian arctic. He was there to tout Colorado’s [...]

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Governor Bill Ritter has until the end of the month to decide if he’ll formally protest the federal leasing of the Roan Plateau for natural gas drilling. Over objections from some lawmakers and environmental groups the Bureau of Land Management plans to lease out the area all at once starting in August. Bente Birkeland reports [...]

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Colorado’s two major party candidates for the state’s open U.S. senate seat held their first public debate on Monday. The hour-long event covered a range of topics from energy policy, to healthcare, and the war in Iraq. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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