Colorado on Monday November 02, 2009

CO: In Colorado, all eyes on unaffiliated voters
By Jeff Brady, National Public Radio (Audio)
For decades, Colorado was one of those square states in a sea of red on political maps. But in 2004 that started to change when voters abandoned a long history of electing Republicans and began picking Democrats. Now Colorado looks positively blue.
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CO: Gates Foundation funds made available for state Race to the Top application
By Katie Redding , Colorado Independent
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that it will open up its offer of financial help with the Race to the Top application to all states. That's good news for Colorado, which will likely apply for the funds.
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CO: Aspen biz group eyes taking on U.S. Chamber for its climate-denying ways
By David O. Williams, Colorado Independent
More Colorado companies and business organizations are piling on with the Obama administration in an escalating war of words with the rigidly conservative U.S. Chamber of Commerce over climate change and other points of contention.
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CO: Hundreds in Denver, Colorado Springs still need hepatitis C testing
By Jennifer Brown, The Denver Post
Four months after a terrorizing and high- profile hepatitis C outbreak linked to hospital drug theft, hundreds of patients who might have been exposed to the liver disease still may not have been tested.
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Spending limits, gambling top&nbsp;fiscal 2009 ballot measures
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org Staff Writer

The national spotlight may be focused Nov. 3 on elections for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, but voters elsewhere could take action to profoundly change the way their states get and spend taxpayers’ money.
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