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Trump nixes protections on several Western national monuments
On Dec. 4, President Donald Trump announced in Utah that the two-million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument would be cut in half, and Bears Ears...
Behind closed doors
It’s been 70 years since the Allied Chemical Company started storing radioactive and heavy metal contamination at Valmont Butte. And in all that time — despite the significant releases of toxic wastes into the environment, including millions of gallons of pollutants ...
With Economic Signs Improving, Burden Shifts from Obama to GOP
Obama’s chances have always been tethered to the tremulous economy...
Are Super PACs Actually Leveling the Campaign Playing Field?
Following a now familiar pattern in the GOP nominating contest, Rick...
Unemployment down slightly in April
The unemployment rate fell slightly to 8.1 percent, but there were...
Body Worlds arrives in Denver
The Body Worlds and The Story of the Heart exhibit opened at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on March 12. The exhibit features real human bodies and organs preserved by a process called “plastination.” Body Worlds offers visitors a unique look into the ...
Advocates call for end to private immigration prisons
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it would begin phasing out its contracts with private prisons, eventually ending the use of...
Weekly news roundup
CU research highlights costs and causes of wildfires as 416 Fire grows
As the 416 Fire grows to 26,000 acres in Southwest Colorado, with only 15...
Family health insurance to rise sharply without COBRA subsidy
WASHINGTON — A new study estimates that the end of a hefty...
