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Survey: Hispanics in Colorado uninformed about Obamacare

Survey: Hispanics in Colorado uninformed about Obamacare
A new poll concludes that Colorado Hispanics are largely uninformed about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, and the area of the law Hispanics are most likely to cite is the section dealing with fines for persons who opt not to buy insurance. The poll, commissioned by the Adelante ...

Head of NRA to join captains of industry, politicos at Aspen fest

Denver News | Head of NRA to join captains of industry, politicos at Aspen festThe president of the NRA, David A. Keene, former U.S. Secretary Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, singer Annie Lennox, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor are among the speakers at the Aspen Ideas Fest. Presented ...

Vail Resorts sells Peak 8 land to timeshare developer for $11.1M

Denver News | Vail Resorts sells Peak 8 land to timeshare developer for $11.1MVail Resorts Inc. finalized the sale of approximately 2.1 acres of land at the base of Breckenridge Ski Resort’s Peak 8 on Monday to an affiliate of Breckenridge Grand Vacations Inc. The sale price was $11.1 million in cash. Breckenridge ...

Despite copious spring snow, Independence Pass set to open

Denver News | Despite copious spring snow, Independence Pass set to openThe gates to the winding, steep highway over Independence Pass will swing open as scheduled at 2 p.m. Thursday, despite five inches of new snow that fell over the weekend. Snow has pummeled the 12,095-foot-high pass all spring, as storm after ...

Ski season not finished in Aspen just yet

Denver News | Ski season not finished in Aspen just yetIt may almost be Memorial Day weekend but that doesn't mean the ski season is finished in Aspen. When the Silver Queen Gondola cranks up on Aspen Mountain this weekend, skiing and snowboarding will be an option after a string of spring snowstorms ...

Latest version of federal fracking rule draws cheers, jeers

Denver News | Latest version of federal fracking rule draws cheers, jeersIs a new federal fracking rule a sell-out to industry by the Obama administration? A step in the right direction? Not needed at all? It depends on who's talking. U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette and Jared Polis, a pair of Democrats from Colorado ...

Colorado Shakespeare Festival 2013 offers both tradition and twists

Denver News | Colorado Shakespeare Festival 2013 offers both tradition and twistsThe 56th annual season of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival will feature a classic lineup — a comedy, a tragedy, a history — alongside a hilarious Shakespeare sendup and a return engagement of an Off-Broadway hit. But if anything, ...

Aspen Skiing Co. backs Hick's water conservation order

Denver News | Aspen Skiing Co. backs Hick's water conservation orderASPEN — Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday directed the Colorado Water Conservation Board to draft a new plan that will support agriculture in rural parts of the state and better align policies with locally held values. "This water plan ...

Colorado senator says bloated beer taxes are a buzz kill

Denver News | Colorado senator says bloated beer taxes are a buzz killU.S. Sen. Mark Udall reintroduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday to help brewers create jobs, reinvest in their businesses, and help position Colorado as "the Napa Valley of Beer."  The Brewers Excise and Economic Relief (BEER) Act ...

Feds' secret seizure of AP phone records could have 'chilling effect,' Udall says

Denver News | Feds' secret seizure of AP phone records could have 'chilling effect,' Udall saysU.S. Sen. Mark Udall said today he is concerned that the Department of Justice subpoenaed and seized phone records on an unusually broad scale from the Associated Press and that it could have a "chilling effect" on the Fourth Estate. Udall, ...

CU-Boulder ranks No. 14 for scholarly impact of publications

Denver News | CU-Boulder ranks No. 14 for scholarly impact of publicationsBOULDER — The University of Colorado at Boulder has been ranked No. 14 in the world on the scholarly impact of its journal publications, according to an analysis by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University in ...

Two new laws go to the dogs

Denver News | Two new laws go to the dogsDENVER — Amid barking and cheers on Monday, Gov. Hickenlooper gave the ok to two laws affecting Colorado pets. Sen. Andy Kerr (D-Lakewood) and Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Lakewood) worked together to name shelter and rescue dogs and cats ...

New law expands health care assistance to Coloradans

Denver News | New law expands health care assistance to ColoradansGov. Hickenlooper signed legislation Monday that will give an additional 160,000 uninsured Coloradans health coverage. The legislation expands Medicaid eligibility from 100 percent of the federal poverty level to 133 percent of the federal ...

CMC teams with DU to offer master's degree in social work

Denver News | CMC teams with DU to offer master's degree in social workGLENWOOD SPRINGS — Colorado Mountain College and the University of Denver are working together to bring a master’s degree in social work to Garfield County. The Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver has recently ...

CSU launches $1.5M venture fund to encourage innovation, collaboration

Denver News | CSU launches $1.5M venture fund to encourage innovation, collaborationFORT COLLINS — Colorado State University on Monday announced the creation of a $1.5 million venture capital fund to support innovation and promote collaboration in higher education. “State funding for higher education has dropped ...

Colorado tech delegation heads to Norway, Sweden

Denver News | Colorado tech delegation heads to Norway, SwedenThe Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade is leading a delegation of Colorado bioscience and IT companies to Denmark and Sweden this week. Participating companies will meet with foreign partners who will help the companies ...
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