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Sen. Patty Murray of Washington called it “the worst double cross I’ve ever seen” in 13 years in the United States Senate.
Dr. Stephanie Teal, director of family planning at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, called it a blow to women’s reproductive rights.
Last Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration bowed to anti-abortionists and prudes, delaying a plan that would help American women get emergency contraception for unwanted pregnancies. >> MORE
By Erin Emery
The Air Force issued interim religious guidelines Monday, stressing that commanders and airmen will respect each other’s religious or nonreligious beliefs and that the Air Force will not endorse one religion over another.
The Air Force developed the servicewide guidelines at the request of a task force that visited the Air Force Academy in May amid claims that evangelical Christians are favored over non-Christians. In a June report, the task force said it found perceptions of religious intolerance but no overt religious discrimination. >> MORE
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Washington - With war in Iraq, rising gas prices and health care costs, collapsing pension systems, political corruption and other issues clamoring for their attention, members of Congress are due back here next week to do what they do best.
Give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. Even the dead ones. >> MORE
By Manny Gonzales
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A federal base-closing panel on Thursday opted to close the finance center still housed at the old Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, a potential loss of about 1,500 jobs.
The Base Realignment and Closure Commission, meeting in Virginia, voted to close the Defense Finance Accounting Services (DFAS), despite pressure from Colorado’s congressional delegates. >> MORE
By Marsha Austin
Enrollment in the new Medicare prescription drug plan is less than 90 days away, and so far - despite mailings and meetings - Colorado seniors aren’t showing much interest in the multibillion-dollar federal program.
“There are lots of people who just don’t have a clue,” said Eileen Doherty, executive director of the Colorado Gerontological Society. >> MORE
By Erin Emery
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Colorado Springs - Fort Carson will gain about 8,000 troops under a plan approved Wednesday by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission to relocate the Army’s 4th Infantry Division from Fort Hood, Texas.
The move, anticipated for months, became official in one of the first decisions made by the commission. >> MORE
By Katy Human
Roger Pielke Sr., a Colorado State University scientist and critic of mainstream global warming research, has resigned from a Bush administration science advisory team, saying the group minimized evidence that factors other than greenhouse gas emissions can affect global warming. >> MORE
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By Mike Soraghan
Critics of a proposed multimillion-dollar land swap between the Vail ski area and the federal government say taxpayers will be shortchanged by the deal. >> MORE
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Washington - I wonder, as we bicker over creation myths and evolution this summer, if science and religion may not ultimately converge.
I’m no scientist. There is a good reason I get paid to labor with words and not mathematical formulas. But some theories of modern physics approximate theology. >> MORE
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When Kevin Coaxum returned to Colorado after fighting the war in Iraq, his wife and parents gave him a fish tank. They hoped staring at fish would help him relax.
“They were worried about me,” said the recently retired Special Forces sergeant. “They said I sounded different.” >> MORE
By Chris Frates and Karen E. Crummy
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Less than a year since being elected to the U.S. Senate, Ken Salazar said Tuesday he is being pushed to run for governor in 2006 even though he cannot “foresee a circumstance at this point where I would decide to run.”
Salazar is one of several Democrats creating a buzz since millionaire Rutt Bridges pulled out of the race last week, leaving former Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter the sole Democratic candidate. >> MORE
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By John Aloysius Farrell
Washington - Racked by war, singed by scandals and checked by the surprising vigor of his domestic foes, President Bush’s second term has gotten off to a listless start that, if not soon remedied, could penalize his party in next year’s elections and taint his presidency, political strategists and professionals say. >> MORE
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Washington - Pollster Stan Greenberg spent much of his summer listening to voters from Colorado and other states who supported President Bush last year but are now disenchanted with his leadership.
What he heard is a bunch of bad news for Democrats.
Until Democrats have the guts to stand up for something, these voters will stick - against their own economic interests - with the Republican Party. >> MORE
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Here’s the real question raised by NARAL Pro-Choice America’s attack ad on Supreme Court nominee John Roberts: Why would the group once known as the National Abortion Rights Action League want to act like the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth? >> MORE
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By Mike Soraghan
Washington - Rep. Marilyn Musgrave’s proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage vaulted her to fast fame shortly after she arrived on Capitol Hill two years ago, but it also made the Fort Morgan Republican a national target.
Although she’s a second-term incumbent in a solidly Republican district, Musgrave is considered one of the most-endangered House Republicans.
Amid the attacks, she hasn’t been as quick to lead the charge against gay marriage.
