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Domestic Policy

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Colorado Immigrants Right Coalition's Julien Ross discusses his "spider bite moment"

    Editor's note: This is the latest profile in Kelsey Whipple's ongoing series highlighting local political activists. For his first job, a preteen Julien Ross sold lemonade and lied about it. Or at the very least, he didn't tell the whole truth about it. The juice came from freshly squeezed lemons, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Destined for Deportation chronicles the fight of two immigrants to stay in this country

    Destined for Deportation begins with the personal. Jeanette Vizguerra, a mother of three children who are United States citizens and is now facing deportation, explains that she came to America not for money, but for safety. Her husband drove a bus in Mexico and was hijacked at gunpoint three times ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Update: ICE reviewing court summonses as part of immigration enforcement surge

    Update: Immigration and Customs Enforcement has revised an earlier statement that ICE is screening traffic summonses in Aurora to identify undocumented immigrants who are fugitives, have been previously deported or have been convicted of crimes. The revised statement, sent two hours after the origin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Marijuana: Ex-guv thinks Regulate act could bring down global pot prohibition

    When backers of the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act turned in 12,000-plus signatures Friday to cure a 2,407 signature shortfall toward qualifying for the November ballot, a special guest was on hand: Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico. Johnson thinks the Regulate measure could be the b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Medical marijuana v. recreational use: NORML controversy, Colorado connection

    The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is the country's most powerful cannabis advocacy organization, and it's long had a close link to Colorado, which hosted its 40th anniversary conference last year. But relations between NORML and Colorado's medical marijuana community ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Occupy Denver: Charge against plaintiff in David Lane lawsuit dropped days before court date

    Update: Two of the charges incurred by supporters of Occupy Denver in recent weeks were dropped over the weekend when the city attorney's office decided against officially filing in both cases. The most notable of the two instances is that of Natalie Wyatt, who has since enlisted as a plaintiff on t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol celebrates Supreme Court wins with Signature Bomb

    Mason Tvert.​The Colorado Supreme Court has rejected two title-board-related challenges to the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012 -- one by gadfly Doug Bruce, another from advocate Corey Donahue. Although these matters may have seemed like distractions, Regulate proponent Mason Tvert ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Medical marijuana state employees won't face fed prosecution: What's it mean for Colorado?

    Jan Brewer.​As reported by our Toke of the Town blog, the Department of Justice's response to a lawsuit by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer directly contradicted an assertion by Colorado Attorney General John Suthers that state employees might be prosecuted for enforcing state medical marijuana law ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement busts 81 "criminal aliens" in Colorado, Wyoming

    ​Immigration and Customs Enforcement's announcement of over 2,400 arrests -- 81 of them in Colorado and Wyoming -- stresses that ICE is focusing on rounding up criminal aliens. This emphasis makes sense given mounting evidence here and nationwide that assorted authorities are going well beyon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    CU defends gun ban before Colorado Supreme Court, student group wants to pack heat

    ​Last June, questions about CU's gun ban had become so overwhelming for Board of Regents spokesman Ken McConnellogue that he joked about wishing he "had a gun so I could blow off a few rounds." But in truth, CU wants the ban, which was lifted in April 2010, to be reinstated -- an argument made ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Reader: Linking sex assault, marijuana ban in legalization campaign demeans rape victims

    Toni Fox.​Local voters are likely to consider at least two 2012 ballot initiatives to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use -- one from Legalize2012.com, another via a group featuring SAFER's Mason Tvert. And these two outfits have very different views judging by a Legalize2012.com re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Proposition 19 loss gives CO chance to be first state to legalize marijuana, says Mason Tvert

    Mason Tvert.​Update: Reached a short time ago, SAFER's Mason Tvert is philosophical about the defeat of marijuana legalization measure Proposition 19 in California. He sees a number of flaws in the approach of organizers there that may have contributed to it falling short -- errors he feels hi ... More >>

  • News

    August 26, 2010

    Letters: Monica Alonzo's coyotes story should be required reading on the immigration issue

    Mason Tvert.​Update: Reached a short time ago, SAFER's Mason Tvert is philosophical about the defeat of marijuana legalization measure Proposition 19 in California. He sees a number of flaws in the approach of organizers there that may have contributed to it falling short -- errors he feels hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Medical marijuana good for Colorado Springs? "Yes," says mayor -- and so is a TABOR time-out

    Lionel Rivera.​Lionel Rivera, the Republican mayor of Colorado Springs, says his city has a chance to resurrect itself from pummeling budget cuts brought on by the recession and the state's tax law that limits the city's ability to fund its coffers. The medical marijuana industry boon, among ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    $1.5 million federal grant to help adults with disabilities in Colorado find jobs

    An image from the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing website​ The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (known affectionately as "hick-puff") didn't win any popularity contests this past summer when it unveiled changes in the way Medicaid payments would b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Your guide to recognizing terrorism: John Elway

    An explosively formed penetrator. Not a marital aid.​ Today, the hoi polloi of American law enforcement -- Attorney General Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske and ... More >>

  • News

    October 1, 2009

    Legalizing marijuana -- medical or otherwise -- has become the toke of the town

    An explosively formed penetrator. Not a marital aid.​ Today, the hoi polloi of American law enforcement -- Attorney General Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    PETA protesters give Canadian-syrup boycott their seal of approval

    Be careful: Bloody syrup will stain white fur.​I'm guessing the Canadian consulate in Denver, at 1625 Broadway, isn't a frequent location for major protests -- but that changed yesterday, when PETA representatives chose it as the place to complain about Canadian seal harvests. Their approach? ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2009

    Colorado's new Medicaid funding plan will leave disabled adults on the outside

    Be careful: Bloody syrup will stain white fur.​I'm guessing the Canadian consulate in Denver, at 1625 Broadway, isn't a frequent location for major protests -- but that changed yesterday, when PETA representatives chose it as the place to complain about Canadian seal harvests. Their approach? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    New website charts what parts of Colorado are being stimulated

    A photo from the StimulusColorado.org website. StimulusColorado.org, a new website co-sponsored by Associated General Contractors of Colorado, the Colorado Association of Mechanical and Plumbing Contractors, Colorado Contractors Association, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Metro Denver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Read Archbishop Charles Chaput's argument for immigration reform

    Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput. Denver Archibishop Charles Chaput is typically thought of as a conservative, and no wonder, since he regularly implies that voting for a politician who supports abortion rights is tantamount to helping the ghost of George Tiller section a fetus in its eighth month. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    Did Governor Ritter flip-flop on needle exchange?

    Photo from Wikipedia Commons.Bill Ritter once supported needle exchange, but now he's silent on the issue. Listen to Ritter's testimony on a 1998 bill seeking to legalize syringe exchange in Colorado. Colorado lawmakers last tackled the legalities of syringe exchange -- the topic of this week's fe ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 26, 2009

    Art in the Cabinet

    Photo from Wikipedia Commons.Bill Ritter once supported needle exchange, but now he's silent on the issue. Listen to Ritter's testimony on a 1998 bill seeking to legalize syringe exchange in Colorado. Colorado lawmakers last tackled the legalities of syringe exchange -- the topic of this week's fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2007

    Tancs for the Memories, Tom

    Photo from Wikipedia Commons.Bill Ritter once supported needle exchange, but now he's silent on the issue. Listen to Ritter's testimony on a 1998 bill seeking to legalize syringe exchange in Colorado. Colorado lawmakers last tackled the legalities of syringe exchange -- the topic of this week's fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2006

    You Go, Joe

    Photo from Wikipedia Commons.Bill Ritter once supported needle exchange, but now he's silent on the issue. Listen to Ritter's testimony on a 1998 bill seeking to legalize syringe exchange in Colorado. Colorado lawmakers last tackled the legalities of syringe exchange -- the topic of this week's fe ... More >>

  • News

    September 25, 2003

    Russian Roulette

    The bride says she married for love; her mother-in-law suspects it was money. The only person who can settle the dispute is dead.

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    Armed and Dangerous

    Guns, alcohol and tobacco fuel the sport of politics.

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of January 30. 2003

  • News

    September 26, 2002

    Hot Stuff

    A new measuring technique may allow higher broadcast emissions on Lookout Mountain.

  • Culture

    February 14, 2002

    Net Loss

    The government killed TV, and Hollywood's begging it to revive the corpse

  • News

    October 4, 2001

    The Making of a Pirate

    A radio buccaneer blames politics for turning him into a fugitive from the FCC.

  • News

    September 20, 2001

    Let Freedom -- and Gunshots -- Ring

    In the wake of last week's terrorist attack, local big-gun lovers were deadly serious about staging their Fun Shoot.

  • News

    July 26, 2001

    Bleep That

    The FCC's fining of a Colorado radio station is giving broadcasters headaches from coast to coast.

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Letters to the editor

    From the week of June 15.

  • News

    May 11, 2000

    Fire Away

    Ask John Bray if Denver's gun laws are too strict.

  • News

    October 21, 1999

    Road Warriors

    Boon or boondoggle, Bill Owens's highway plan has to get past Douglas Bruce before it goes anywhere.

  • Music

    July 29, 1999

    End Transmission

    Denver's pirate low-power radio station is pillaged by the FCC.

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    The Ten Commandments

    Denver's pirate low-power radio station is pillaged by the FCC.

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    Charlton Heston's NRA Diary: United We Stand

    Denver's pirate low-power radio station is pillaged by the FCC.

  • News

    July 2, 1998

    You Can't Get There From Here

    Denver's pirate low-power radio station is pillaged by the FCC.

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Someone to Lien On

    Denver's pirate low-power radio station is pillaged by the FCC.

  • News

    January 15, 1998

    No Taxation Without Misrepresentation

    A state property-tax goofup means that a poor Colorado county has to pay back a huge oil company.

  • Music

    December 4, 1997

    Obscene and Heard

    What can you get in trouble for saying on the radio these days? Not much.

  • News

    October 16, 1997

    No. 1 With a Bullet

    What can you get in trouble for saying on the radio these days? Not much.

  • News

    August 22, 1996

    This Property Is Condemned

    The EPA messes with a widow over a Commerce City warehouse and winds up making its own mess.

  • News

    March 21, 1996

    Wire Me Up, Wire Me Down

    US West's new cable partner knows how to make sweet deals. Just ask the FCC.

  • News

    January 3, 1996

    A SWEET DEAL

    NEED A TAX BREAK FOR THE NEW YEAR? CONSIDER RAISING BEES, DONKEYS, HAY OR, AS A LAST RESORT, A STINK WITH THE COUNTY ASSESSOR.TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE? FOR A SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPER SEEKING A TAX BREAK, THAT'S NO QUESTION. BUT TAXPAYERS GET STUNG.

  • News

    July 5, 1995

    HIGH PLAINS GRIFTERS

    NEED A TAX BREAK FOR THE NEW YEAR? CONSIDER RAISING BEES, DONKEYS, HAY OR, AS A LAST RESORT, A STINK WITH THE COUNTY ASSESSOR.TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE? FOR A SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPER SEEKING A TAX BREAK, THAT'S NO QUESTION. BUT TAXPAYERS GET STUNG.

  • News

    June 14, 1995

    LET US SPRAY

    CHEMICAL WARFARE BREAKS OUT ON THE FRONT RANGE.

  • News

    July 27, 1994

    GETTING TESTY

    A DISPUTE OVER AIDS TESTING ENSNARES A HEALTH OFFICIAL FROM COLORADO SPRINGS.

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