Colorado lawmakers began their 2009 session Wednesday facing nettlesome economic problems but celebrating a historic milestone as the first state with blacks leading both chambers of the Legislature.
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Sharecropper's grandson Terrance Carroll was chosen Wednesday as speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives, making the state the first in the nation where blacks lead both chambers of its Legislature.
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Colorado lawmakers return to work Wednesday with the urgent task of cutting up to $600 million from the current $19.2 billion budget and creating a "Jobs by June" plan to jump-start the state's construction industry.
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Gov. Bill Ritter appoints Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet to fill a Senate vacancy that will be created by the promotion of Sen. Ken Salazar to interior secretary in the Obama administration.
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved Gov. Bill Ritter's request for a $34 million federal grant to help communities buy and redevelop foreclosed properties that might otherwise become sources of abandonment and blight.
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Some of Colorado's wealthiest Democratic donors have opened their pocketbooks to give big contributions for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.
Colorado lawmakers return to work Wednesday with the urgent task of cutting up to $600 million from the current $19.2 billion budget and creating a "Jobs by June" plan to jump-start the state's construction industry.
A panel looking for ways to catch illegal immigrants who commit serious crimes in Colorado says the federal government should open its fingerprint records to state authorities.
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