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Colorado's Capitol Dome Gets A 24K Gold Rush

Posted 11.22.2011

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The dome on Colorado's capitol building is set to get a 24-karat makeover. Cripple Creek and Victory Gold Mining Company has liquified 24-karat go...

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Full-Strength Beer Loses Ground In Colorado Senate

Posted 06.19.2011

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DENVER—Colorado senators issued a last call for full-strength beer in convenience stores Tuesday when they rejected a measure allowing the brew. ...

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Kathleen Curry Hopes Foe Changes To Legislature's Sex-Harassment Policy

Face the State | Jared Jacang Maher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Kathleen Curry is calling on her fellow members in the Colorado Legislature to overhaul a little-known procedural rule that shields statehouse se...

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As Stoners Light Up On Capitol Hill, House Approves Major Restrictions On Medical Pot

Posted 05.25.2011

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As throngs of pot-smokers gathered in civic center park Tuesday to celebrate the unofficial marijuana holiday of 4/20, the Colorado House passed a tou...

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Colorado Tax Day Tea Party: Denver's Best Signs (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Local conservatives--and a few protesters--are rallying on the steps of the Colorado Capitol Thursday as a part of today's national Tax Day Tea Party....

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Colorado Lobbyist Allegedly Threatens To Cut Rep. Wes McKinley's Tongue Out

The Denver Post | Jessica Fender | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Wes McKinley, D-Walsh, has filed an ethics complaint against a lobbyist who he says threatened him with physical violence. "He said he would c...

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Denver Capitol Building's Dome Restoration Could Be Financed By Advertising On It

Durango Herald | Joe Hanel | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER - The Legislature might allow "tasteful" advertising temporarily on the state Capitol to help pay for an expensive renovation of the dome. T...

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Bill Ritter Back At Capitol After Bike Acident

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter held his first news conference after a bike accident last week and says he's in pain, but recovering. The go...

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Colorado Capitol's Dome Named To 'Most Endangered Places' List

Denver Business Journal | Mark Harden | Posted 05.25.2011

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Colorado Preservation Inc. Thursday named the state Capitol's dome in Denver atop its latest annual list of the state's "most endangered places." T...

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Colorado Lobbyists Would get Fast Lane To Capitol With Proposed Bill

KUSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER - A plan to allow lobbyists to bypass the security lines at the State Capitol is being attacked by critics as favoring special interests instea...

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Rick Reilly, ESPN Personality, Licks The Gold Dome At Colorado Capitol For Doubting Rockies

Posted 05.25.2011

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Give Rick Reilly credit for sticking to his word. The ESPN columnist and personality promised on the Mike Rosen show in April that if the Rockies mad...

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