Topic: Colorado

Greens mixed on Obama's Interior, Agriculture picks

Barack Obama announced two more cabinet picks Wednesday – former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack for Agriculture secretary and Colorado Senator Ken Salazar for Interior secretary – drawing both praise and criticism from environmental groups.

Obama's green team

At a news conference in Chicago Monday, Barack Obama announced many of his energy and environment appointees, a team that many say signals a sharp break from Bush administration policies toward pollution, wildlife, clean energy, and climate change.

Environmentalists send their wish list to Obama

Twenty-eight green groups compile 359 pages of suggestions, hoping for a green revival post-Bush.

Colorado couple tries to go a year without buying anything new

Dipping into the world of secondhand furniture and recycled clothes, they want to set a ‘socially responsible’ example for their son and reduce their environmental ‘footprint.’

In New Mexico canyon, a novel way to prevent roadkill

Lobbied by concerned students, the state created a critter-friendly underpass.

Laura Bush sentimental over leaving White House

I decide to attend the opera, with Raisinets and bonbons.

Live performances of the New York Metropolitan Opera are beamed into movie theaters across the country, offering audiences ways to experience high culture at low prices. But is it the same as live or is it just Memorex?

Swing voters give Obama flexibility to solve US economic crisis

As Latinos tilt Democratic, can Texas stay ‘red’?

The Lone Star State is the last big GOP bastion where Hispanics are a sizable voting bloc.

Will Stevens’s ouster be good for Alaska?

He delivered ‘the goods,’ but his successor aims to do things the senator couldn’t, like open ANWR to drilling.

California wildfire lessons: Steps by homeowners cut damage

Fireproofing existing homes and enforcing limits on brush allowed some communities to survive.

Bluegrass music echoes from honky tonks of ... New York?

Weekly jam sessions at the Grisly Pear, led by ‘Sheriff’ Bob Saidenberg, reveal a vibrant and egalitarian bluegrass scene in the Big Apple.

New lawmakers vow to renounce partisanship

Party leaders are likely to find congressional freshmen more independent than usual.

Women make modest gains in Election 2008

More women serve in state legislatures, but the United States is far behind many other countries.

Whole lotta clucking going on in cities

More Americans raise chickens in their backyards

Obama made inroads with religious vote

The Democrat prevailed with Roman Catholic and Jewish voters. He even picked up support among Evangelicals.

Voters say yes to state taxes, no to antiabortion measures

More than 150 ballot initiatives – on issues from gay marriage to renewable energy – were decided Tuesday.

In Congress, a party sweep for Democrats

But they fall short of the 60 Senate seats needed to overcome filibusters and end gridlock.

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about the presidential election and debate the roles socialism and capitalism should play in the US economy.

The 2008 election's hanging chads: glitches, dust, creases

Obama set to make voting history

But the McCain campaign, fighting to the end in key states, vows it’ll be a ‘slam-bang’ finish.

Obama shooting for Montana now?

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GOP warns of one-party power

Republicans hope to head off a filibuster-proof Senate controlled by Democrats.

Obama strong in long-red Colorado

Demographic shifts may help turn the state blue.