COLORADO'S FRONTPAGE
Face the State
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Follow this topic by RSSSegment 1 - The week's news: An expensive water bill, weird signs in Basalt, Weld legal bills
Face The State's Brad Jones and Kate Melvin look at the week in local Colorado news. The city of Colorado Springs can spend upwards of $40k a month watering public parks - why not try astroturf? The town of Basalt has new "welcome" signs," posted directly above scary-looking "warning" messages, and Weld Co. spends $100+ thousand for defense of D.A. Ken Buck and Sheriff John Cooke in a lawsuit brought by the ACLU.
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Law would return emissions test to Weld, Larimer counties
A Face the State Staff Report
May 27, 2009
Pending Gov. Bill Ritter's signature, Larimer and Weld county residents will once again be subject to vehicle emissions testing under Senate Bill 3, passed this spring. Several county commissioners fought against the return of testing regulations and fees, but officials with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment say it is time for drivers in the northern front range to own up to their share of emissions and ozone production.
Segment 1 - The week's news: Conflicts of interest, madness at CU
Face The State's Kate Melvin and Brad Jones review the week that was in Colorado news.
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E-mail: Ritter Administration Intervenes in Nov. 4 Election
A Face the State Staff Report
November 10, 2008
A Nov. 4 e-mail obtained by Face The State (PDF) shows that despite having no elections oversight authority, Gov. Bill Ritter's office contacted officials in Weld County alleging that commonly used election day security procedures constituted a possible effort to "intimidate" voters.