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EPA vindicated on Pavillion fracking pollution tests
When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited draft report on its investigation into the groundwater contamination near Pavillion, Wyo., in 2011, the oil and gas industry knew it was in trouble. The EPA’s Pavillion report was the first ...
Senate sets START showdown vote for Tuesday
WASHINGTON — The Senate plans a critical vote Tuesday on the Obama administration's nuclear arms treaty with Russia, as Russia warned lawmakers not to alter the treaty's terms and the White House stepped up lobbying...
GM’s Henderson resigns as chief executive
DETROIT — General Motors Co. Chief Executive Fritz Henderson...
From the shadows
Jose Beteta’s American story is a familiar kind. When he came to the United States, he was just 13 years old. His parents wanted a better life for him and his brothers and America provided good work and a fine educational system. So his family made the big decision, ...
Suspect in Washington police shootings getting help from family
SEATTLE — Police surrounded a house in the Renton, Wash...
Contractor that bungled HealthCare.gov let go
The Washington Post is reporting that the federal government is replacing CGI Federal, the contractor hired to build the problematic HealthCare.gov website...
Colorado’s workforce of the future
Since 2009, the Colorado legislature has been enacting a series of workforce and education bills designed to increase career readiness and opportunities for students, culminating in the 2015 Colorado Ready to Work Package consisting of eight bills. This partners with...
High Times magazine launches private equity fund
The Denver Post is reporting that High Times magazine is launching a private equity fund that will be used to invest in marijuana businesses that aren't likely to get Small Business Administration loans...
Expanding outreach
On a particularly cold Sunday in February, jittering volunteers lined up in front of Colorado Friendship’s 24-foot clothes trailer, spoons and spatulas poised and ready to serve steaming chili and hefty chocolate cake slices. Marty Leopold, a volunteer manager who’s ...
Q&A with Archdiocese’s De Melo on Sacred Heart Decision
In an e-mail exchange, Boulder Weekly asked Jeanette De Melo, the director of communications for the Archdiocese of Denver, several questions that have been raised about the decision to keep a lesbian couple’s child from re-enrolling at the Sacred Heart of Jesus ...
Teen gets 15 years in prison in Facebook coercion case
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Anthony Stancl, who used the Facebook social networking site to deceive and coerce fellow New Berlin Eisenhower High School...
