Colorado Springs city officials release numbers on voluntary retirement requests and lay-offs...Governor Bill Ritter creates a commission to look into funding for higher education...and, the LaJunta Tribune-Democrat reports the opening of a public review period regarding a proposal from Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site.
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