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CO legislator loses committee chair position over traffic stop

January 28, 2012 10:44 AM

DENVER (AP) - Police say a law designed to protect Colorado lawmakers' ability to travel to and from the statehouse to cast their vote prevented police from determining whether one lawmaker was driving drunk. Police ticketed Rep. Laura Bradford, a Republican from Grand Junction, with illegal lane change and improper... more »
Colo. GOP's beetle-kill timber bill questioned

January 25, 2012 2:25 PM

DENVER (AP) - Colorado Republicans want to eliminate local restrictions they say stifle the sale of beetle-killed timber. But groups representing local governments say there are no such restrictions. That's calling into question the validity of one of the centerpieces of the GOP's jobs package this year. Republican Speaker... more »
Colorado paid nearly $60 million to departing workers

October 9, 2011 5:55 PM

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - State statistics show Colorado paid nearly $60 million to departing workers for unused leave and sick time over the past three years and could owe $367 million more to current employees. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported Sunday the figures came from its analysis of... more »