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Colorado bucks trend
Colorado once again proved its independent streak in this week’s election...
Colorado seeing red in House
If the currently projected winners in the Colorado House races hold, the Republicans’ one-person lead in that chamber will make it interesting when it comes time to discuss issues like balancing the state budget and redistricting next year...
County 1A, 1B squeak by
With all but provisional ballots counted, county voters appear to have passed two new tax measures — one a mill levy increase to benefit human services, the other a sales-and-use tax to be used for open space purchases. The open-space issue, County Ballot Issue 1B, ...
Personhood Amendment defeated
Coloradans once again rejected an attempt to amend the state’s constitution to give full constitutional rights to fertilized eggs. Amendment 62, known unofficially as the Definition of Person amendment and the Fetal Personhood amendment, sought to apply the term “...
City Ballot Issue 2B passes easily
Boulder City Ballot Issue 2B, also called the “replacement tax” or the “utility occupation tax,” passed with a wide margin: 68.55 percent for and only 31.45 percent against. That means when Thanksgiving comes around, Boulderites can give thanks for the fact that ...
The problem with Microsoft’s new way to play video games
When Xbox 360's controller-free Kinect add-on hits...
Campaign to legalize marijuana kicks off Wednesday
A movement to get marijuana legalization on the 2012 ballot in Colorado begins on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at the Best Western Boulder Inn (770 28th Street, On the 28th Street Frontage Road near Baseline). Titled “Legalize 2012,” the campaign kickoff event will feature ...
US expects profit on AIG bailout
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. government said Monday that it expects to make a profit on its massive bailout of American International Group Inc., assuming the insurer's restructuring plans are completed...
Android reigns on US smart phones
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Google's Android software continued its rocket-like ascent over the summer, ending the third quarter with the dominant market share in the United States among smart-phone operating systems and a solid No. 2 spot globally...
