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Howard Dean talks taxes, Obama in Boulder
Howard Dean’s run for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination rewrote how politicians could raise funds, showing that a candidate could generate serious money through grassroots campaigns and thousands of small donations instead of relying on dozens of large ones...
Sinking Ship
When Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, speaks of Colorado’s budgetary woes, he speaks of Band-Aids that can’t stop the bleeding, wounds that are hard to heal and rearranging chairs on the deck of the Titanic. He’s particularly worried about public education...
The show goes on
Growing pains first took the Tara Performing Arts High School to the Nomad Playhouse in 2001 — they didn’t fit the smaller venues they’d used in the past and needed a space their first graduating class could use for an all-school production of Shakespeare’s The ...
Rules without teeth
As previously reported by Boulder Weekly (See: “Ruling the roost,” News, Feb. 21, 2019), in September 2018, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission...
Boulder’s fracking roots
While there is now a local uproar about hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” an early iteration of the oil and gas extraction method actually has its roots in Boulder...
Drone used in Australian drug-smuggling attempt
The BBC is reporting that a man has been arrested after an attempt to smuggle drugs into an Australian prison using a drone aircraft...
Bank of America to eliminate 30,000 jobs
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bank of America Corp. said Monday...
North Korea rocket design apparently can carry warhead
Most media reports about North Korea use terms like "posturing" and "threats." But how much of the country's suddenly aggressive rhetoric is posturing, and how much can it back up...
Bad medicine
A Boulder man’s claim that Boulder Community Hospital reversed its position on allowing him to use his medical marijuana on the premises has raised questions about how closely medical staff follow hospital policies prohibiting cannabis use on site...
Hightower event benefits KGNU
Syndicated columnist Jim Hightower, whose column is a Boulder Weekly mainstay, will speak at 7 p.m. on Feb. 4 at the Mercury Café in Denver and at 7 p.m. on Feb. 5 at Boulder Unity Church...
