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CU President Bruce Benson greets state Sen. Lois Tochtrop, a registered nurse, on the Senate floor.
State Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, discusses his satisfying experience with the University of Colorado Hospital as third year medical student Will Comfort and Sen. John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, listen on Friday.
State Rep. Michael Merrifield, right, greets Dr. Norio Fukami, the CU gastroenterologist who treated his cancer. CU President Bruce Benson, center, was on hand with students and physicians at the Capitol as the General Assembly took up resolutions in support of the school's Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. The Legislature has several cancer survivors. On Sept. 21, 1988, Rep. Dianne Primavera received news that she had breast cancer. On Jan. 3, 2007, Merrifield was told that he had throat and neck cancer. In July of last year, Heath learned that he had esophageal cancer. The three legislators introduced the joint resolution highlighting the medical center's contributions to cancer research, prevention and care.
Photos by Brad Jones/The Colorado Statesman
2/05/2010
By Marianne Goodland
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
The battle over ending tax exemptions to help the state cover a $140 million budget shortfall is now in its second week at the state Capitol.
2/05/2010
By Ernest Luning
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
Communities could ban medical marijuana shops outright, and the ones that survive would have to reincarnate as nonprofit corporations subject to strict licensing and regulations under a bill unveiled by state lawmakers Wednesday.
2/05/2010
By Leslie Jorgensen
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
No other recent political race in Colorado has dealt as many surprises as the 2010 gubernatorial contest — the withdrawals of incumbent Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter and state Sen. Josh Penry, heretofore a GOP rising star, were stunners.
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2/05/2010
By Marianne Goodland
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
Senate Bill 1, the top priority of Senate President Brandon Shaffer, received final approval from the Senate on Monday and will be heard in the House next Wednesday.
2/05/2010
By Jimy Valenti
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
Denver City Councilman Rick Garcia has been appointed as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Region 8 director, which oversees the states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Utah.
2/05/2010
By Jimy Valenti
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
A legislative ethics committee met Wednesday concerning a complaint filed against Rep. Steve King, R-Grand Junction, by a local political watchdog group that said King might have been reimbursed twice for travel expenses incurred last spring, once by his campaign and once by the state. If so, it would constitute “double dipping.”
2/05/2010
By Cindy Brovsky
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
With the opening of the Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge on the horizon, Rep. Wes McKinley reintroduced a bill that requires signs posted explaining that the land once was the site of environmental violations and pollution from nuclear weapons production.
School children also could not attend field trips at the site before receiving a brochure detailing Rocky Flats made plutonium triggers for hydrogen bombs during the Cold War, according to the bill.
2/05/2010
By Jimy Valenti
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
Veterans hit the state Capitol’s west steps last Friday, educating citizens and lawmakers on the connection between climate change and national security.
2/05/2010
A new groundbreaking series featured on television and the Internet — “Colorado Election 2010 TM” — had its debut on Feb. 1, on COMCAST Entertainment Television at 8:00 pm. The nonpartisan series offers citizens the opportunity to hear candidates and both current and former major elected officials in an unrehearsed, substantive manner. More programs have been dedicated to the candidates and issues than has ever been done in the history of television, according to Aaron Harber, moderator of the series.
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