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• Senate and House Democrats unveil new comprehensive gun control plan Play Video

  February 5, 2013 8:53 PM

  Senate and House Democrats rolled out a series of gun control bills Tuesday they say will prevent major tragedies like the Aurora theatre shooting and Sandy Hook Elementary Massacre from happening in the future. "Gun violence is destroying our families and communities," one victim said during a press conference... more »

• Mayor Bach and city council butt heads over budget

  November 18, 2012 12:15 AM

  It's your money at the center of a battle between the Colorado Springs city council and Mayor Steve Bach. Bach says city council amended his proposed budget, which he submitted back in October. The problem lies in a deficit their amendments created. In the past if a council member... more »

• Closer Look at the proposed ban on panhandling in Colorado Springs

  November 14, 2012 5:35 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS- The debate continues over plans to ban panhandling downtown. Council members voted 8-1 Tuesday evening to move forward with the ban. A final vote is scheduled for Nov. 27. First time offenders will receive a warning from law enforcement with repeated offenses resulting in a... more »

• Circus proposal unites terminal cancer patient, high school sweetheart Play Video

  May 25, 2012 12:58 AM

  The Ringling Brothers once said the joy of the circus is bringing magic into people's lives. For Phillip Wood, it couldn't be more true; he proposed to his high school sweetheart today at the Carson & Barnes circus in Woodland Park. Wood, a former unicyclist, was diagnosed with terminal... more »

• Towns now waiting on drilling tax proposal

  May 2, 2012 5:42 AM

  DENVER (AP) - A turf war between Colorado's local governments and oil and gas companies heats up again. A Republican House committee was expected to vote Wednesday on a measure that would take severance taxes from local governments that enact drilling moratoriums. The bill was proposed after local governments and... more »

• Drilling proposal faces Colorado Senate test

  February 16, 2012 5:37 AM

  A Republican bill to boost the Colorado oil and gas industry faces its first test Thursday in the Democratic state Senate. The bill would ban local governments from regulating oil and gas drilling. The proposal comes after some Front Range cities and counties have proposed local limits on where drilling... more »

• Memorial bidders pitch proposals to public

  December 7, 2011 8:07 PM

  Each of the five parties vying for for control of Memorial Health System, including Memorial itself, gave their pitch to the public at a special e-town hall meeting held at City Hall Wednesday. Memorial is offering $5 million in cash plus a profit sharing agreement rather than a lease.... more »

• Stock show debating move east of Denver

  April 28, 2011 1:45 PM

  DENVER (AP) - National Western Stock Show officials are considering a move from their longtime Denver location to a site east of the city near the airport. The Denver Post reported Thursday the location under review is about 13 miles east of the current site north of downtown. ... more »

• Colorado city weighs whether to OK nuclear plant

  March 26, 2011 6:50 PM

  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - At a time when Japan's nuclear crisis has nations worldwide questioning reactor safety, Southern Colorado's Pueblo County is taking up a fledgling proposal to build a nuclear power plant - the state's first since a plant in the northern town of Platteville was decommissioned in 1989.... more »

• Beaver Creek Ski Resort proposes upgrade for lift

  January 30, 2011 12:27 PM

  MINTURN, Colo. (AP) - Beaver Creek Ski Resort has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Forest Service to upgrade one of its lifts in time for next ski season. The proposed project would upgrade the Rose Bowl lift from a triple chair that can carry up to 1,600 people... more »

• Organ donation change appears unlikely in Colo.

  January 22, 2011 11:00 AM

  DENVER (AP) - An idea to boost organ donations in Colorado by classifying all applicants for driver's licenses as donors unless they opt out appears unlikely to become law this year. Democratic Sen. Lucia Guzman tells Denver's KUSA-TV that she's dropping her suggestion that Colorado change to a "presumed... more »

• Ball field turns into Field of Dreams

  October 15, 2010 9:36 AM

  Ryan Baichain did his best to turn a baseball field in an Orlando park into a field of dreams. Ryan rented the ball field, spray-painted a personal message, then paid extra money to have the field's lights turned on Saturday night. Ryan flew in a helicopter over the... more »

• Colorado Springs proposes tight 2011 budget

  October 12, 2010 8:21 AM

  Some Colorado Springs recreation and cultural centers kept open this year with private funding could close next year under a city budget proposal. Interim City Manager Steve Cox says there's been "a positive trend" in sales and use tax revenue the past 10 months, but the economy is still... more »

• Douglas Bruce due in court today

  July 26, 2010 9:15 AM

  The father of Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights is headed to a Denver court to answer questions about new tax-cutting proposals. Douglas Bruce of Colorado Springs was scheduled to appear Monday for a deposition in a lawsuit over three tax-cutting ballot measures headed to Colorado voters this fall. ... more »

• Some catch: coach proposes to rival on field

  April 11, 2010 9:35 AM

  An Ohio high school softball coach threw a curve at the rival team's coach when he dropped to one knee on the diamond and asked for her hand in marriage. Glen Este High School varsity coach Tim Gregory and Milford High School coach Christy Foster had been dating more than... more »

• Abortion ban proposal may be on Colorado ballot again

  February 13, 2010 9:05 AM

  Organizers of an attempt to ban abortions in Colorado say they have enough signatures to potentially put the proposal on a statewide ballot. Volunteers with Personhood Colorado say they collected almost 80,000 signatures by Friday, nearly 4,000 more than what they need to get their proposal on the state ballot.... more »

• Bill changing state pensions up for vote

  January 25, 2010 6:00 PM

  A plan to keep the state's pension system from going bankrupt is set to get its first hearing at the Capitol. Senate President Brandon Shaffer and Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry are backing the bill and expect it to pass its first vote in the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday.... more »

• Colorado Springs proposes slashing hundreds of jobs

  October 9, 2009 1:15 PM

  Jobs will be lost and services cut. A preview of Colorado Springs 2010 budget is out and the impact is ugly. If the budget proposal stands it includes the elimination of most city funded bus routes. Parks and recreation is all but eliminated. Police and fire will reduce staffing... more »