Mark Udall News

It hasn't even been two weeks since the US supreme court's Hobby Lobby decision - a depressing reminder of how regressive America remains on issues of gender and sexuality - and already Democrats are firing the first shots in what's sure to be a new front in 2014's definitive battle for women's votes.

There's an effort to bring more affordable housing options to one of Colorado's most popular destinations.

In this Tuesday, July 8, 2014 photo, President Barack Obama greets people along 15th Street in downtown Denver.

The Justice Department will not conduct a criminal probe into allegations that CIA officials spied on Senate Intelligence Committee staffers or that a secret CIA report was improperly removed from agency computer files by Senate staffers, according to a new report.

Democratic Sens. Mark Udall of Colorado and Patty Murray of Washington appear at a news conference Wednesday to unveil the Senate bill.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett has finally made a decision about the state budget.

Earlier in the day, another Rocky Mountain local appeared in one of those uber-creepy horse-head masks to shake hands with the president.

President Barack Obama plays pool at Wynkoop Brewing Co. with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, not seen, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Denver.

I've always said that immigration reform would be what takes Tea Party Rep. Cory Booker down and it's looking very likely: Immigration reform is a key issue in Colorado elections, where 14 percent of the voting population is Hispanic and where 70 percent of voters overall support reform.

In this June 20, 2014 photo, immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally stand in line for tickets at the bus station after they were released from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in McAllen, Texas.

The oil industry's largest lobbying group began a new effort to ease public fears about hydraulic fracturing after a legal setback in New York state and a voter push in Colorado to ban the drilling practice.

President Obama greets a woman at Wazee Supper Club in Denver on Tuesday. He was in Colorado this week speaking about the economy and raising money for congressional candidates.

German prosecutors say a Michigan man they were investigating over his alleged service in a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II in present-day Ukraine has died in the U.S. A man under a deportation order for serving in a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II has died in Michigan at age 93 after years of denials that he shot ... (more)

On the heels of U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, another Colorado Democrat is backing legislation to combat the Supreme Court's recent Hobby Lobby decision.

Sen. Mark Udall scrapped plans to join President Obama at a fundraiser in his home state on Wednesday, saying that he needed to remain in Washington for last-minute votes.

Top Shelf Cannabis was able to open its doors to sell marijuana when Washington state's recreational pot industry finally opened for business because of growers like Sea of Green Farms.

President Obama speaks at the Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, July 1, 2014.

This is going to be short diary, for me, as I as working on another article when this came out.

U.S. Democrats hope to turn their legal setback on Obamacare and contraception into a winning autumn campaign issue by pushing legislation requiring employers to include birth control in healthcare coverage.

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