Personal Finance

Reggie McDaniels mystery solved

A dazzling deal at Dazzle

Best food at Six Flags Elitch Gardens

Pizza Alley

Best Place to Score With a Twenty-Something Whose Parents Still Pay the Rent

California Pizza Kitchen

Best Sushi When Price Matters

Fontana Sushi

More cost-cutting measures at E.W. Scripps

Rich Boehne of E.W. Scripps. As word broke about six major layoffs at the Denver Post, media observers were getting their first chance to digest a memo from Rich Boehne, CEO of E.W. Scripps, which owns the Rocky Mountain News. In the note, Boehne announces salary cuts for supervisors at Scripps pub ... More >>

Kenny Be's Hip Tip: Green jobs of the new energy economy

Doggie Bags

Get On the Bus

McDogooder

Colorado's burger king prepares for his next quick-service conquest.

Heads or Tails?

A thirst for chips pays off at these bars

Class War

Metro State's Chicano Studies program has given students identity. Now it wants to keep its own.

In Sickness and in Wealth

Medicaid patients could be facing death by a thousand cuts.

Con Air

Mile High Telecom promised to be an alternative to Qwest, but the line is going dead.

Robert Ashley

Your Money, My Life, Goodbye
(Lovely Music, Ltd.)

Caller Rewards Program

Now we know why US West execs thinks life's better here.

Foreclosure Encounters

By the time one of these investors gets his foot inside the door, your house is as good as gone.

A Dun Deed

A student at bankrupt Barnes got no grade or credit. But she got a bill. And a phone call about the bill. And a threat.

Study Break

Barnes Business College may have shut down, but it's still giving taxpayers the business.

Occupational Hazards

Columbine College students thought they had a future in the floral industry. But their hopes could wither on the vine.

SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE

CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE JOE ROGERS GOT INTO HOT WATER OVER STUDENT LOANS AND PROBATE-COURT FILINGS.

TOOTH OR CONSEQUENCES

WHAT'S THE DRILL? AFTER A SEVEN-YEAR LEGAL BATTLE, THAT'S WHAT THESE FORMER STUDENTS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

DIAL "M" FOR MEDIOCRE

WE'VE JUST LISTENED TO EVERY RADIO STATION IN DENVER--AND BOY, DO OUR EARS HURT.

CANDIDATE BY DEFAULT

A SCHOOL-BOARD HOPEFUL DEFAULTED ON HIS STUDENT LOAN.

Nancy Pelosi in the hizzy

The lightning rod named Nancy Pelosi.​The U.S. House of Representatives is on recess -- but that doesn't necessarily mean its members are having fun. They'll likely spend much of their time off pimping healthcare reform -- and to that end, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- the woman with giant eye ... More >>

Jane Norton for Senate: The next great GOP hope

Jane Norton.​Last month, the National Republican Senatorial Committee registered a couple of domain names on behalf of former Colorado Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton -- and today, Norton's using one of them, JaneNortonForColorado.com. Up-front: A news item that declares, "Jane Norton official ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Goldilocks and the two babies

​Colorado is not all about balloon boys and terrorists -- unless you count fat babies and health insurance companies. Senator Michael Bennet has been getting a lot of face time lately, speechifying about our broken healthcare system. And in his most recent speech, he may have finally given th ... More >>

Can you think of something to call this penguin (aside from dorky)?

Won't somebody flip this bird a name?​Know a kid age twelve and under in need of some holiday cash? Then encourage him or her to come up with a name for this penguin, the mascot of the 35th annual Parade of Lights, scheduled for December 4 and 5. The winner will receive, among other things, a ... More >>

Michael Pollan: The food industry creates patients for the health care industry

Chances are that if you read or watch anything (besides McCommercials) regarding the state of our food system in the United States, it will mention the staggering amount of processed crap we manufacture and the integrity of our diets versus the price -- both financially and physically. Michael Pol ... More >>

Health-Care Hell: The insurance company didn't give a damn. The jury decided it ought to give $37 million.

Chances are that if you read or watch anything (besides McCommercials) regarding the state of our food system in the United States, it will mention the staggering amount of processed crap we manufacture and the integrity of our diets versus the price -- both financially and physically. Michael Pol ... More >>

Jennifer Latham's $37 million verdict against Assurant Health: Will it impact the health care debate?

A 2005 collision with a meth dealer fleeing police demolished Jennifer Latham's car -- and her health coverage.​This week's cover story, "You're in Bad Hands," follows a Lafayette woman's four-year battle with her health insurance company after a devastating car accident left her seriously inj ... More >>

Michael Bennet and health care: Live by the public option, or die by it

"Hey, Barack. Remember that public-option thing you used to be so hot on?"​Colorado's Michael Bennet is widely seen as being among the most vulnerable Democratic senators in advance of the November 2010 election -- hence President Barack Obama's fundraising visit to Denver last week before a p ... More >>

Health care summit: Democrats and Republicans agree the policy that led to Jennifer Lathan's $37 million verdict against Assurant Health must go

Assurant Health CEO Don Hamm told Congress his company saved $150 million by rescinding policies.​Last week's summit on health care reform in Washington produced the expected speechifying and little consensus on what's to be done. But there's one point that Democrats and Republicans echoed eac ... More >>

Assurant's version of health-care reform: Dump HIV patients

Assurant CEO Donald Hamm assured Congress his company's rescission process was "fair and thorough."​Assurant Health, the country's oldest provider of individual health insurance policies, has had a few public relations problems lately. In addition to the debate over such companies making hund ... More >>

Health insurance fine print: John Kefalas takes it on

Whereas the sentence of this line does lack reasonable syntax therein, devoid of wordiness or legalese or both, or otherwise does lack sizable font to a specified degree, or both, call John Kefalas consumers concerned about it should.​Even as President Barack Obama and a divided Congress are o ... More >>

Health insurance fine print: Legislature passes Plain Language in Insurance bill

Representative John Kefalas, a democrat from Fort Collins, says consumers should be able to better understand their insurance policies.​Last week, we told you about State Representative John Kefalas' bill to simplify the language in insurance policies, which requires, among other things, that ... More >>

Medical marijuana bill: Matt Brown actually likes most of Chris Romer's new amendments

Matt Brown: Is the marijuana jar half full?​Earlier today, we told you about five new amendments being floated by Senator Chris Romer and others in relation to HB 1284, the medical marijuana regulatory bill, which the senate is scheduled to debate today. Just last week, Coloradans for Medical ... More >>

Payday loans at 45 percent APR? Sign me up!

A Flickr photo​More than a hundred new state laws go into effect on August 11, dealing with everything from clean energy to so-called "smart" government. But one of the most hard-fought reforms is House Bill 1351, which requires the payday loan industry to cap its annual interest rate at 45 pe ... More >>

Reggie McDaniel, R.I.P.: "Everything reaches a culmination. Even Lazarus died"

Reggie McDaniel.​Radio personality Reggie McDaniel, who died Friday at age sixty, divided audiences simply by being himself. Some listeners loved his "Everyday People's Entertainment Guide" because of the way it rejected critical pretension, while others saw him as a throwback to an earlier ge ... More >>

A cafe owner in Portland, Oregon takes Groupon to task -- and vows to never use Groupon coupons again

​When Jessie Burke refused to honor an expired Groupon coupon for a long-time customer, a woman named Lucina, who wanted a bite to eat in Burke's Portland, Oregon cafe, Lucinda threatened to never return -- until, that is, Burke sat down with her and explained the trials and tribulations of a ... More >>

John Suthers calls ruling against health-care legislation a victory for federalism: Read it here

John Suthers.​Last March, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers joined "nearly a dozen" state AGs in challenging the constitutionality of just-passed health-care legislation. Now, he is celebrating a U.S. District Court ruling in Florida that concludes Congress "exceeded the bounds of its aut ... More >>

Reader: Tea Party types are wrong to think Social Security is a redistribution of wealth

​Our post about this past weekend's Tax Day Tea Party in Loveland turned into a lively forum for debate about whether this grassroots movement is a good thing or a bad thing. Here's a post from someone representing the latter point of view.

Midwifery: Bill to expand midwives' scope of practice passes House committee unanimously

​ A bill to expand midwives' scope of practice in Colorado that's seen its fair share of compromises may have had its easiest day in the spotlight yesterday. After several hours of testimony and questions about infant death rates and medical liability insurance, the House Judiciary Committee ... More >>

A protest at Bank of America demands loan modifications and accountability

Illustration from Colorado Progressive Coalition.​Linda Stapel was a field researcher in February 2009, making enough money to buy a home by herself. But that's when she was blind-sided a by a woman in her car while collecting data for work. Stapel was left with Annular tears in her neck, seve ... More >>

Denver Children's Advocacy Center, others win federal grant to educate families about Medicaid

​ The Denver Children's Advocacy Center has won a $50,000 federal grant to educate parents and pregnant women about Medicaid and other health insurance for low-income families. The grant is the second such award for the center, which serves children who have been sexually abused, neglected or ... More >>

Payday loans at 185 percent APR: Reform slashes interest rate, but desperation remains

​Last year, when state lawmakers set about reining in the sky-high interest rates of payday lenders in Colorado, the industry howled and moaned that tighter regulation would cost bunches of jobs. But a new report from the Colorado Attorney General's Office suggests the biggest impact of the re ... More >>

Snoop's sitcom has already jumped the shark

​Last year, when state lawmakers set about reining in the sky-high interest rates of payday lenders in Colorado, the industry howled and moaned that tighter regulation would cost bunches of jobs. But a new report from the Colorado Attorney General's Office suggests the biggest impact of the re ... More >>

Wells Fargo to be targeted by Denver protesters in week of actions "to restructure Wall Street"

​Update, below: Wells Fargo will be the target of several actions this week by the Colorado Progressive Coalition, including plans to "move in" to a branch on Thursday with lamps, pillows and coffee pots to protest the bank's high number of foreclosures. Dubbed the Mile High Showdown, the acti ... More >>

Thanks Obamacare! website aims to turn partisan slur into positive term (VIDEO)

Obama caring.​The term "Obamacare" was originally conceived by opponents of President Barack Obama's health-care reforms as a way of hanging what they saw as a political albatross around his neck. But now, a group of Colorado activists have embraced the word with ThanksObamacare.org, a website ... More >>

Latin-inspired wine tasting at Infinite Monkey Theorem

​It's First Friday again, which -- as you should certainly know by now -- means monkeying around at the Infinite Monkey Theorem, 931 West Fifth Avenue. This month, the winery is featuring Latin-inspired wines to benefit SELF, which provides scholarships for bilingual learning. The party runs f ... More >>