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Steven Chu Announces $34 Million In Renewable Energy Grants For Colorado

Yahoo! Finance | Steven K. Paulson, Associated Press Writer | Posted 09.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Steven Chu, Renewable Energy, Colorado, Green House Gasses, Global Warming, Energy Secretary, Bill Ritter, Denver News

DENVER (AP) -- Colorado will get more than $34 million in federal stimulus money for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, U.S. Energy Secr...

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Lessons From Federico Peña

Joel Judd | Posted 09.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Denver Mayor, Barack Obama, Colorado Democratic Primary, Federico PeñA, Imagine a Great City, Colorado Senate District 34, Colorado State Senate, Colorado General Assembly, John Hickenlooper, Bill Ritter, Colorado Governor, Denver, Denver News
Joel Judd

I am running against another old friend and ally of Mayor Peña's for the State Senate. I do not know whether Federico will endorse or stay neutral in this race. Whatever he chooses to do will not diminish my respect for him.

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Bill Ritter's Office Edited Higher Ed Chief's Resignation To Hide Dispute

The Denver Post | Jessica Fender | Posted 09.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: David Skaggs, University of Colorado, Bill Ritter, Bruce Benson, Colorado Higher Education, Denver News

The state's higher education chief edited his resignation letter at the request of the governor's office, toning down language referring to "a princip...

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Colorado Policy Center Poll: More Than Half Of Coloradans Believe TABOR Should Be Repealed

Denver Business Journal | Posted 11.24.2009 | Denver

Read More: Polls, Scott McInnis, Colorado, Michael Bennet, Tabor, Taxpayers' Bill of Rights, Bill Ritter, Colorado Policy Center, Denver, Denver News

Nearly half of Colorado voters think the state is off on the wrong track, although those in the Denver area are more positive, according to a new poll...

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Imagine a Great Beer City (Part Two)

Gregory Daurer | Posted 11.24.2009 | Denver

Read More: Great American Beer Festival, Bill Ritter, Denver Beer Fest, Elise Wiggins, Elway's, Beer, Culinary School of the Rockies, Colorado Governor's Mansion, Food, Capitol Hill Denver, Panzano, Denver News
Gregory Daurer

Where did I find beers from 15 Colorado breweries and food from the Culinary School of the Rockies? The Governor's Mansion, of all places.

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Why Colorado Needs a Special Session

Scott Downes | Posted 09.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: Fiscal Crisis, Denver-News, State Budgets, Colorado, Poverty, Tabor, Colorado-Taxes, Special Session, Bill Ritter, Shawn Mitchell, Colorado General Assembly, Denver News
Scott Downes

What was a bad situation in August has turned into a downright scary one now. But I'm told that freaking out and assuming the fetal position is not a sound fiscal strategy.

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Full Disclosure, Please

David Sirota | Posted 11.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: Michael Bennet, Andrew Romanoff, Colorado Democratic Primary, Senate, Colorado Politics, Bill Ritter, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Denver News
David Sirota

Readers have a right to know the political/financial interests of those writing on a site as public as the Huffington Post.

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Colorado Is Serious About This Race

Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien | Posted 11.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Bill Ritter, Barack Obama, Race to the Top, Arne Duncan, Public Education, Colorado, Denver News
Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien

The Department of Education has $4.35 billion in Race to the Top funds. The stars are aligned: President Obama supports this change, it is a cornerstone of Gov. Bill Ritter's agenda and we have leaders who believe in public education.

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California, Here We Come -- If We Don't Change Our Budget Ways

Matt Sundeen | Posted 11.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: California Budget, TABOR Amendment, GANN Amendment, Colorado Budget, Supermajority, Taxes, Bill Ritter, Colorado General Assembly, Colorado, Denver News
Matt Sundeen

The "change makes us California" story is intended to scare us, but like many good tales, it's blatantly untrue. Budget reforms will not transform us into the Golden State. Almost the opposite is true.

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There's a Reason the Rockies Are Purple Mountain Majesties: Dems Shouldn't Take Anything for Granted in the West

Laura Chapin | Posted 11.18.2009 | Denver

Read More: 2008 Elections, Politics, Denver, Colorado, Latinos, White-Collar-Unemployment, Bill Ritter, 2010 Elections, Ron Brownstein, Hispanics, Colorado Democrats, New West, Denver News
Laura Chapin

Ron Brownstein has written a cautionary tale and sound advice to Democrats who might get complacent over the blue tide sweeping the Rockies.

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Real Reform for Colorado's Schools

Evie Hudak | Posted 11.17.2009 | Denver

Read More: Bill Ritter, Colorado Education Reform, Colorado Senate, Charter Schools, No Child Left Behind, Schools, Education Reform, Colorado General Assembly, Bill Owens, Colorado, Denver News
Evie Hudak

Labeling schools doesn't help kids, and it doesn't make schools better. Judging schools on one year's test scores alone is not a valid reflection of how they are doing.

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Bennet's Staff Left In The Dark On Terror Investigation

AP | COLLEEN SLEVIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, New York Terror Raids, Michael Bennet, John Hickenlooper, Bill Ritter, Najibullah-Zazi, Fbi, Denver News

AURORA, Colo. — Federal agents on Wednesday searched the home of a suburban Denver man identified by law enforcement as having a possible link t...

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Ritter: Choosing Romanoff Would Have Been Easy Political Move, Supports Bennet

The Denver Post | Tim Hoover | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Ken Salazar, Michael Bennet, Andrew Romanoff, 2010 Elections, Bill Ritter, Colorado Senate Race, Denver News

Gov. Bill Ritter says he would have been better off politically if he had picked former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff to fill the U.S. Senate seat vac...

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Ritter Prison Plan: Violent Criminals To Be Released Early After Gov. Promised Otherwise

The Denver Post | Kirk Mitchell | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Parole, Prison Release, Colorado Separtment of Corrections, Colorado Budget, Bill Ritter, Denver News

Colorado Department of Corrections officials underreported by thousands the number of prisoners -- including thieves, drug dealers and killers -- who ...

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Where's Our City and State Government?

David Sirota | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: State Budgets, Republic Airlines, Bill Ritter, Tax Breaks, John Hickenlooper, Frontier Airlines, Denver, Denver News
David Sirota

Republic Airways is threatening to take jobs out of the city unless it gets new tax breaks. In response, Denver leaders like Mayor Hickenlooper have agreed to quickly put together a package of such favors.

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Does Ritter Have a Problem With Democrats?

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Michael Bennet, Latinos, Mexico, Colorado Democrats, Andrew Romanoff, Bill Ritter, Progressives, Denver News
Mario Solis-Marich

Ritter is witnessing open party rebellion. Key Latino Democrats have joined with disgruntled progressives and union workers to mount a campaign against the governor's senator.

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Ritter Faces Rude Reception From Protestors, Public Officials In Grand Junction

The Denver Post | Nancy Lofholm | Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Grand Junction, Scott McInnis, Josh Penry, Club 20 Meeting, Mesa County, Janet Rowland Janet Rowland, Bill Ritter, Denver News

GRAND JUNCTION -- Gov. Bill Ritter received an unprecedented noisy, nasty welcome at a Club 20 meeting Saturday as one protester outside the meeting r...

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Barack Obama's Michael Bennet shout-out

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Andrew Romanoff, Barack Obama, Bill Ritter, Ken Salazar, Michael Bennet, Michael Roberts, Home News

With ex-speaker of the Colorado House Andrew Romanoff's entry into the U.S. Senate race merely a formality at this point, Michael Bennet, a...

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Romanoff Files Campaign Paperwork, Set To Announce Intentions Next Week

The Denver Post | Christopher N. Osher | Posted 11.10.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Senate, Michael Bennet, Andrew Romanoff, Bill Ritter, Denver News

Former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff announced today he has filed the paperwork with the Federal Election Commission required for him to challen...

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Momentum keeps building for Josh Penry

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Bill Ritter, Josh Penry, Michael Roberts, Scott McInnis, Washington Post, Home News

"Time For Josh Penry to Make His Move in Republican Guv-Nomination Race," a blog published about this time yesterday, noted that Penry seem...

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Josh Penry Lauded Nationally As He's Slammed Locally

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Gop, Josh Penry, Washington Post, Tim Hoover, Bill Ritter, Chris Cillizza, Denver Post, Denver News

Today, Washington Post writer Chris Cillizza featured Colorado Republican state senator Josh Penry in his "Rising" series, which profiles up-and-comin...

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Time for Josh Penry to make his move in Republican guv-nomination race

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Bill Ritter, Jane Norton, Josh Penry, Michael Roberts, Scott McInnis, Home News

Jane Norton's forthcoming entry into the U.S. Senate campaign is meant to energize Republicans who know appointee Michael Bennet is vulnera...

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Andrew Romanoff sure looking like a senatorial candidate

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Andrew Romanoff, Bill Ritter, Michael Bennet, Michael Roberts, squarestate.net, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, Home News

Former Colorado House speaker Andrew Romanoff hasn't officially announced his intention to challenge Bill Ritter appointee/fellow Democrat...

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Colorado Budget: Group Rallies Against Cuts Outside State Capital

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Carol Hedges, Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute, Colorado Budget, Bill Ritter, Colorado Legislature, Home News

People upset by the latest round of budget cuts in Colorado are rallying at the state Capitol. The Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute is one of t...

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Washington Post: Colorado Indicative Of Democrats' National Struggles

Dan Balz | Posted 10.22.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Democrats, Andrew Romanoff, Dan Balz, Dick Wadhams, Colorado, Washington Post, Obama, Michael Bennet, Bill Ritter, Denver News

DENVER In 2008, Colorado became a symbol of the changing politics in a region once firmly in Republican hands -- and also of the grass-roots power an...

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