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Tucked away in a narrow valley between Vail and Leadville in Colorado's central Rockies, in the shadows of the mega ski resorts of Vail and Beaver Creek, the [...] 
More news and observations from the final day of the Colorado Democratic Party Convention.
An estimated 10,000 party faithful are expected to attend the state convention at Colorado Springs' World Arena.
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Bus service from the DoubleTree to the World Arena [...]
Your intrepid Colorado Confidential staff are Colorado Springs for the Colorado Democratic Party Convention. An estimated 10,000 party faithful are expected to attend the state convention today and tomorrow at Colorado Springs' World Arena.
Get the latest updates on news, photos and gossip below the fold.
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With 37 national delegates seats out of 70 already filled for the Colorado Democratic Party, only one delegate with disabilities has been selected. As of Friday morning, there are 33 delegates and five alternate seats still to be determined at the state convention at the World Arena in Colorado [...] 
Michael Johnston, principal of the Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts in Denver and a co-founder of New Leaders for New Schools, was named by U.S. News [...] In contrast, Denver has yet to disclose any activist-related plans other than to state that a parade route will be [...]
Aurora city councilman Ryan Frazier, who many consider a rising Republican star, will walk into court tomorrow to defend himself against a lawsuit he says was inspired by his support of a measure many consider anti-union. 
The first in a series of reports exploring the ramifications of this controversial state ballot measure.Hard-line, socially conservative activists are gearing up to enact state laws to restrict abortion since President Bush and Congress have all but abandoned the federal cause. To that end, Colorado is once again serving [...]
Almost a year and a half has passed since the inmates were [...]
Pavelich was a waiter with a million-dollar idea when he first launched the Vail Daily in 1981 as a mimeographed one-sheeter with a gossipy "Town Talk" [...] 
Today marks exactly one month since Vail shut down its lifts for the season, and if you can find anyone in town who didn't flee to the desert of the beach weeks ago, they'll tell you it's been snowing hard seemingly every day since closing day.
Read Colorado Confidential's continuing coverage on the "egg as a person" ballot measure.
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Last weekend, several Democratic congressional district conventions were held to select delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Sen. Barack Obama is holding the delegate lead in Colorado, as expected. 
Fitz-Gerald, the former State Senate president, [...]
While Rush Limbaugh luxuriates in his Operation Chaos hijinks, it seems that some longtime GOP members have launched a new mischief-making campaign -- on their own party.
Former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr, a stalwart of the 1994 conservative revolution, announced today [...]
On Jan. 11, 2007, Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean selected Denver as the host city for the Democratic National Convention. With the convention only 15 weeks away now, the activities calendar is filling up fast and the guest list keeps growing. 
On January 11, 2007, Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean selected Denver as the host city for the Democratic National Convention. With the convention only 16 weeks away now, the activities calendar is filling up fast and the guest list keeps growing. 
Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-Denver) joined us today for a live 30-minute Q&A with Colorado Confidential readers. Rep. DeGette responded to your questions on the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, her third attempt to pass this landmark legislation since President Bush's earlier vetoes.
Rules: Please be civil [...]
The merchandise wish list can be found below the fold.
The Denver City Council has approved $5 million for the following items:
Heavy rescue vehicle
Hazardous materials [...]
UPDATED: There were 265 uncommitted Democratic superdelegates as of Thursday, and six of those (from Colorado's 14 total) aren't revealing their decision until the last primaries are over on June 3 -- or even longer if there isn't a clear decision between Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. [...] 
If pop culture were to decide this year's presidential election, Barack Obama would handily win both the Democratic nomination and the general election. 
On May 2, Debbie Harris and her adult daughter sorted through shirts reading "Barack Star" and "Obama Mama" and "Barackies," debating whether to [...]
Join Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-Denver) for a live 30-minute Q&A on Friday, May 9 at 11 a.m. MDT with Colorado Confidential readers. DeGette will take your questions on the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, her third attempt to pass this landmark legislation since President Bush's earlier vetoes.
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In shaky economic times, and with rising student debt, graduating college seniors are being advised to take any paycheck they can get while continuing to search for a job that will use the skills they cultivated in college. Can it be November 4th already? [...]
The Denver City Council's Safety Committee authorized the use of $20 million in federal funds for security regarding the Democratic National Convention today, with $200,000 allocated to purchase a new police SWAT vehicle and $950,000 set for an interagency communication system with equipment.Committee members also approved $1.9 million to [...]
In the mountains, gas prices are usually 20 to 30 cents higher than in the metro area, and workers commute longer distances between work and home because of high housing prices in resort areas. With gasoline prices nearing $4 a gallon, employees in the Roaring Fork area between Parachute [...] Me? I paid $3.49 for the cheap stuff in northern Colorado yesterday. While it's 18-cents cheaper in Cheyenne (and I can pick up some cheap illegal [...]
As the Colorado General Assembly adjourns today, the veteran legislator said he's happy to trade in partisan bickering for unemployment. "No," said Hagedorn, a Democrat [...]
While the rest of the nation watched home prices plunge precipitously in the first quarter of 2008, officials in Eagle County - where the median price for a single-family home was $650,410 in 2007 - are doing everything in their power to hold housing prices down in order to [...] In addition to overseeing the sheriff training academy and the construction of a new 1,500-bed downtown jail, the Denver native is preparing detention plans for the [...]
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Hispanics represent the fastest-growing demographic in the United States; the U.S. Census Bureau announced May 1 that the nation's Hispanic population increased [...] 
It was a quiet May Day in the mountains of Colorado, and much calmer on the immigration-rights demonstration front across much of the state and nation than the past two years. But as Coloradans gather to celebrate Cinco de Mayo today, there is a growing sense of unease over [...] 
A U.S. District Court judge has ordered the city of Denver and the Secret Service agency to respond within 10 days to an American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado lawsuit over security plans during the Democratic National Convention in August.The ACLU is seeking information pertaining to where parade routes [...]
Traffic gridlock along Interstate 70 in Colorado's [...]
The Climate Security Act, proposed last October by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John [...]
