Politics

3/5/2013

Live Colorado Springs City Council Debate

Posted 5:18 PM 3/5/2013

Live Colorado Springs City Council Debate

1/25/2013

White House: Ruling won't affect other Obama picks

Posted 12:16 PM 1/25/2013 by AP, posted by Kirsten Bennett

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says a court ruling that President Barack Obama violated the Constitution by making recess appointments to a labor panel won't affect the president's other personnel actions. White House press secretary Jay Carney says the administration strongly (More)

1/23/2013

Dems and GOP members joke about Clinton and 2016

Posted 3:13 PM 1/23/2013 by Matt Stafford

WASHINGTON (AP) - The possibility of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton seeking the presidency in 2016 was the political elephant in the room - or the Democratic donkey - during her congressional hearing on Libya. Republican Rep. Steve Chabot wished Clinton, as he put it, "the (More)

Labor bills heat up in Colorado Senate

1/22/2013

US Afghan commander cleared in Petraeus email case

Posted 5:29 PM 1/22/2013 by Matt Stafford

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. defense officials say Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, has been cleared of allegations of sending potentially inappropriate emails to a civilian woman linked to the sex scandal that ousted David Petraeus as CIA director. The officials said (More)

1/21/2013

UN predicts millions more jobless around the world despite growth

Posted 7:10 PM 1/21/2013 by Matt Stafford

BERLIN (AP) - The U.N. labor agency warns that the lingering effects of the global economic crisis means unemployment will continue to rise - even though world economies are expected to pick up. The International Labor Organization said in a report released Tuesday the net number of (More)

Obama: Privilege to use King's Bible in inaugural

1/20/2013

Fiscal cliff deal slows Colorado revenue gains

Posted 10:39 AM 1/20/2013 by Matt Stafford

DENVER (AP) - Colorado state government stands to lose $45 million in the current fiscal year and $100 million in the next one because of tax changes included in the federal fiscal cliff agreement. The Denver Post reports that the revenue cuts will come in estate tax revenue. (More)...

1/19/2013

Same-sex military couples struggle for recognition

Posted 11:03 AM 1/19/2013 by Matt Stafford

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Overall, the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" has gone smoothly during the nearly year and a half that gays have been allowed to serve openly. For some same-sex military couples, however, frustrations are mounting. Because of the 1996 law denying federal (More)