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Shutdown deal at hand: Senate ready; House unsure
National media outlets are reporting that leaders of both parties in the U.S. Senate have reached a deal to end the federal government shutdown, raise the debt limit and restore funding to government programs. A deal should be announced shortly in the Senate...
Citizens lash out at Polis
On Monday, U.S. Representative Jared Polis (D-Boulder) and Governor John Hickenlooper agreed to drop two ballot initiatives that would have given communities more control over fracking in their towns and would have required oil and gas wells to be set at least 2,000 ...
Even if defeated, anti-GMO movement gains ground
California's Proposition 37, which would require food producers to label foods that contain genetically modified organisms, may not pass today. Support for the measure has dropped in the face of a massive advertising campaign from Monsanto and other massive ...
Microsoft’s departure signals CES’s decline
Monday marked the end of an era at the Consumer Electronics Show, the tech industry’s gigantic annual gadget fest in Las Vegas...
Dex doesn’t know cannabis
The Dex Yellow Pages may operate under the moniker “DexKnows,” but if you go searching for medical marijuana dispensaries in its paid listings, Dex is pleading ignorance...
State ethics director: Boulder should change attorney model
The director of a state ethics organization says that the city of Boulder needs to change its model of having a city attorney hired by city council serve as its members’ advisor — and enforcer — when it comes to appearances of impropriety and ethical breaches...
Dignity restored
As a result of pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Colorado, female inmates in Colorado’s prisons will no longer be subjected to an invasive strip search procedure that many inmates found humiliating, overly invasive and even ...
What can our protected places teach us about saving the Arctic?
Our national parks have been called “America’s best idea,” and...
Farmer, neighbors tussle over ‘demonstration’ designation
Update: County OKs permaculture classes at farm on 63rd...
Louisville election results
Unofficial elections results show Bob Muckle as the winner of the Louisville mayoral race with a narrow margin on his opponent, Sheri Marsella...
Roger Ebert leaves CWA for good
After more than 40 years as a regular at the Conference on World Affairs, Roger Ebert announced today that he will no longer host the Cinema Interruptus event. Jim Emerson, a Seattle film critic and editor of rogerebert.com, will take Ebert's place...
