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CO Tries New Route with Film Incentives
Colorado viewers of the 2007 film Ressurecting the Champ might have thought some locations looked pretty familiar.
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By Megan Verlee
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Capitol Check-In January 20, 2012
With the legislative session in full swing, Ryan Warner will be checking in weekly with reporter Megan Verlee to get the latest from the Capitol.
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By Megan Verlee
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CO’s Scott Gessler a New Type of Secretary of State
In the year since his election, Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler has grabbed a lot of headlines.
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By Megan Verlee
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Denver Fans Ready to Take on Patriots
Maybe you haven’t heard, but the Denver Broncos go up against the New England Patriots tomorrow night in the Divisional Playoffs.
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By Megan Verlee
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State of the State Focuses on Colorado’s Entrepreneurs
I-70 will finally get wider, government regulations will be leaner and same-sex partners should be able to get civil unions.
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By Megan Verlee
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State Legislature Opens for Business
The 2012 state legislature convened Wednesday. Leaders of both parties laid out their priorities for the next 119 days, and rehashed some old wounds.
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By Megan Verlee
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Confessions of a Reapportionment Commissioner
It’s not the steamiest tell-all of the year, but Bob Loevy’s short e-book, Confessions of a Reapportionment Commissioner, does give readers a behind-the-scenes look at the high-stakes process of redrawing […]
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By Megan Verlee
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Occupy Protesters Regroup
Occupy Denver protesters began to regroup in Denver’s Civic Center Park Tuesday afternoon and are vowing to stay.
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By Megan Verlee
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Lawmakers Gear Up For Tough Session
State lawmakers reconvene at the capitol next month and the 2012 session is likely to be a tough one. Colorado still faces some tough budget choices.
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By Megan Verlee
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Campaign Finance Rule Changes Spark Debate
Next year’s elections are likely to break spending records in Colorado, again. But the rules governing campaign finances are up in the air right now.
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By Megan Verlee
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Supreme Court Affirms Redistricting Map
The state supreme court today upheld Colorado’s new congressional redistricting map. That map — originally proposed by Democrats — makes three of the state’s seven districts winnable by either party.
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By Megan Verlee
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Supreme Court Considers New Legislative Maps
When it comes to the once-a-decade process of redrawing Colorado’s state legislative districts, there isn’t one final judge; there are seven. The state’s Supreme Court has to sign off on […]
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By Megan Verlee
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Getting Hands-On at Colorado Gators
Coloradans are known for death-defying entertainments, from ice climbingto four-wheeling. But here’s one you may not have heard of: alligatorwrestling. The Colorado Gators attraction in the San Luis Valley trainspeople […]
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By Megan Verlee
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Sheepherders at Center of Fight
Over the past two years, three Peruvian sheepherders have flagged down cars on rural roads near Craig, in northwestern Colorado. The claimed to be escaping abusive working conditions on the […]
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By Megan Verlee
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New Book Offers A Brew Tour of Colorado
To write his new guide to Colorado breweries, Denver Business Journal reporter Ed Sealover traveled to an insurance sales office in Del Norte, braved a snowstorm in Dolores and sampled […]
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By Megan Verlee
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Deja Vu with New Boulder Fire
A wildfire burning close to Boulder has forced nearly 2,000 people to evacuate their homes. The Boulder Dome Fire started early Friday morning in open space west of the city.
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By Megan Verlee