Over the past few years, Boulder has ranked as America’s healthiest, happiest, brainiest, foodiest, most sustainable and worst dressed city — the list goes on. More recently, the University of Colorado at Boulder was named the top party school. So it’s no surprise that CU has topped another list –…
As part of a Medical Marijuana Day of Action prompted by U.S. Attorney John Walsh’s seizure letters to 23 dispensaries near schools, the Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of America (MMAPA) held a rally outside the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, whose approach to allegedly fraudulent MMJ license applications…
Hot dogs are haute in Cherry Creek, where The Hawt Dog & Sausage Cafe opened last week. And now Geisty’s Dogg House, featuring gourmet sausages, sliders and wings, is set to open next month at 1116 13th Street on The Hill in Boulder. The Geisty’s website promises that customers can…
Most of us here in Colorado can relate to the rush of skiing down a mountain of fresh powder. But that rush is nothing compared to the heart-stopping, breath-seizing thrill of entering a tornado’s destructive vortex of violently rotating winds. But for the past eight years, that was the mission…
Occupy the Courts supporters met on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol at 10 a.m. holding signs that read “Corporations Are Not People” and “Restore Democracy” — step one in their two-part protest of corporate personhood under the umbrella title Move to Amend. CleanSlateNow.org, Colorado Common Cause and…
Update: Secretary of State Scott Gessler has been named a possible suspect regarding flaws in the Colorado Independent Spending Report released by the National Institute on Money in State Politics; the report showed a total expenditure for 2006-2010 much larger then was actually the case. However, Gessler’s spokesman says the…
Colorado Republicans are the Guardians of Liberty, according to Liberty Watch, an organization holding elected officials accountable for the organization’s proposed “Principles of Liberty.” Early this morning, Liberty Watch held an awards ceromony honoring ten Republicans from the Colorado Legislature, deeming each a Guardian…
Colorado Democratic leaders are applauding the Obama Administration’s newly proposed immigration policy, a measure that would permit undocumented spouses and children of United States citizens to remain in the country during the legal immigration process. Under current law, undocumented family members of United States citizens must leave the country while…
Waffle Brothers isn’t just “serving one warm waffle at a time” to Denverites. As of late last night, Boulder fans are also basking in the sweet aroma of waffles hot off the iron. January 12 marked the official grand opening of a Waffle Brothers store on the Hill in Boulder,…
Since Dairy Queen’s closure in 2006, the space at 1100 13th Street in Boulder has been a black hole for restaurants — sucking the life out of them until they disappear altogether, leaving nothing behind but the faint smell of a working kitchen, a “For Sale” sign stuck to the…
It was the sixteenth anniversary of the Million Man March, October 16, 2011, and thousands gathered in Washington for a ceremony dedicating the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. Steve Justino, co-chair of Colorado’s Move to Amend, remembers sitting by his computer in Colorado losing sleep — he and his colleagues…
Colorado House Democrats and representatives from CU, CSU and Colorado Technology Association met with the press to introduce “Start-Up Colorado.” The package brings together three jobs bills focusing on promoting small business growth…
The Center for Responsive Politics has released a personal finance overview for each member of Congress. We did a little number crunching and found some interesting figures regarding Colorado’s congressional members. Collectively, Colorado’s nine-person delegation is worth $166,900,678…
Wilma Webb was one of the first African-American representatives in the Colorado legislature — and she pushed through a measure making Martin Luther King Day a state holiday in 1984, two years before it was recognized nationally. In 1991, her husband, Wellington Webb, became Denver’s first black mayor. But then…
Colorado’s Democratic leaders are worried that last night’s win for Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucus could spell trouble for immigrants in Colorado. “Folks, it takes an alarming event to bring the likes of us together to weigh in on the Republican nomination,” Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio said…
