Archive of Colorado on Tuesday October 27, 2009
CO: Colorado air-quality programs lose $31.5 million
By Katie Redding, Colorado Independent
Programs designed to improve Colorado's air quality are taking the biggest hit from a significant federal take-back of transportation funds that occurred at the end of September.
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CO: Ritter to reveal plan to rebalance Colorado's budget
By Tim Hoover, The Denver Post
Gov. Bill Ritter's office on Wednesday will reveal its plans to rebalance the state budget, likely meaning more cuts to state programs.
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CO: Uranium mill clears Western Slope hurdles
By Bruce Finley, The Denver Post
A Canadian company's push to build the United States' first new conventional uranium mill since the Cold War has cleared local hurdles — despite environmental concerns — and won wary high-level support.
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CO: DPS sizes up fixes
By Jeremy P. Meyer, The Denver Post
Denver Public Schools is the first district in Colorado set to deploy stern academic reforms pushed by a White House education-stimulus program to fix the nation's worst schools.
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CO: Loss of state funding threatens Colorado tire cleanup
By Michael Booth , The Denver Post
SEDALIA, Colo. — Rick Welle's tire shredder whines under a bright sun, chipping slowly away at mounds of 80,000 discarded tires tucked among the sandy hills along Santa Fe Drive.
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CA: Western lawmakers focus on regional collaboration
By Ben Neary, The Associated Press, The San Diego Union-Tribune
JACKSON, Wyo. — Lawmakers from many western states agreed Monday that they should consider collaborating on developing technology to capture and store the carbon gas that's generated from burning fossil fuels.
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WY: Wyo. governor talks energy with Western lawmakers
By Ben Neary, The Associated Press, The Idaho Statesman (Boise)
JACKSON, Wyo. -- Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal on Monday warned western state lawmakers that despite easy platitudes about working together, competition among the states often blocks interstate cooperation.
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