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Colorado: Crawford

February 23, 2009 - 09:36 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Stimulus bill signing plays up future

By Michael Booth And Aldo Svaldi

The president arrives in Denver today to whip the economy into shape. So is Colorado the "before" picture, or the "after" picture?

President Barack Obama will sign the $787 billion stimulus package at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science at a time when Colorado represents a little of both.

Home prices have shrunk and unemployment bumped up; Colorado-based companies have seen their stock prices plummet, and declining sales-tax revenues plague local governments. Conversation on the street or in the typical coffeehouse tends to turn to joblessness, fears of salary cuts, investment losses and health care costs.

But Obama will make his grand national gesture in a state where two of his pet industries of the future are thriving

Obama in Denver

on new ideas and ambition, and which are ready to spend money as soon as he caps his pen.

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February 11, 2009 - 03:04 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Lawmakers trying to eliminate puppy mills

Rep. Beth McCann, D-Denver, said animals have been crippled in cages, injured and killed by people who raise them for mass marketing.

Her bill, introduced Wednesday, would prevent dog breeders from keeping more than 25 adult breeding dogs.

"This legislation will crack down on abusive puppy mills where man's best friend is treated like a cash crop instead of members of the family," said Holly Tarry, Colorado director of the Humane Society of the United States.

The Humane Society said one Colorado dog breeder was ordered out of business last year after state inspectors found 40 animals had starved to death on the property and six others were in critical condition.

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February 6, 2009 - 09:55 am
NEWS FEED: Colorado Independent

Guantánamo goes to Crawford

By Wendy Norris

© Copyright 2009 Patrick Chappatte - All Rights Reserved.

Gov. Bill Ritter didn’t suggest this Gitmo move either, despite what you may have heard from the Senate Minority Office.

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February 4, 2009 - 02:04 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Lawmakers trying to eliminate puppy mills

Rep. Beth McCann, D-Denver, said animals have been crippled in cages, injured and killed by people who raise them for mass marketing.

Her bill, introduced Wednesday, would prevent dog breeders from keeping more than 25 adult breeding dogs.

"This legislation will crack down on abusive puppy mills where man's best friend is treated like a cash crop instead of members of the family," said Holly Tarry, Colorado director of the Humane Society of the United States.

The Humane Society said one Colorado dog breeder was ordered out of business last year after state inspectors found 40 animals had starved to death on the property and six others were in critical condition.

Read More at Denver Post >
There have been 22 comments posted in response to this story.