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A months-long clash of philosophies over the future of Colorado's budget and the role of state government is expected to kick off in the basement of the state Capitol on Wednesday.

More Rural Development, FSA state directors named Jul. 1, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Obama Administration continued naming individuals who will serve as State Director for Rural Development and for the Farm Service Agency at the USDA.

Trudy Kareus has been appointed as Colorado's executive director for the Farm Service Agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

June 22, 2009 Kent Conrad and Max Baucus Have No Freedom of Action Because of Kent Conrad and Max Baucus Matthew Yglesias watches, bemused: Matthew Yglesias>> Senators Have Agency : In today's column, Paul Krugman lamented the circular arguments you sometimes see presented as a reason for watering-down reform: And Senator Kent Conrad of North ...

Reporting from Washington - As a candidate for president, Barack Obama wooed environmentalists with a promise to "support and defend" pristine national forest land from road building and other development that had been pushed by the Bush administration.

Betsy Markey has come a long way from the Colorado coffee shop she owned and operated.

Oil shale has a rocky past in the West and an uncertain future, but the sheer amount of resources available, and dwindling supplies of world oil, could make it a crucial resource.

A public relations firm that led Governor Bill Ritter's failed severance tax campaign and is led by his campaign manager, David Kenney, has apparently launched a sock puppet campaign directed at pseudonymous blog author "Steve Balboni" at his blog Steve Powered Opinions .

Colorado high school graduates of 2009, how exciting to see you gathered by the tens of thousands at Invesco Field.

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter said Friday he will run for a second term next year because he wants to continue working on renewable energy and education issues.

But Joe Biden must be if he purchased O'Donnell's first demo. Enjoying a surprise 45-minute visit yesterday at Denver's famed M&D's Cafe - a staple of the Whittier and Five Points neighborhoods - Biden met with several Denver citizens.

Back in November, Colorado Republicans took an important first step toward regaining their former status as the state's dominant political party: They lost.

President Barack Obama assailed North Korea Monday for new missile tests, saying the world must "stand up to" Pyongyang and demand that it honor a promise to abandon its nuclear ambitions.

A federal judge in Colorado says she was approached by White House intermediaries about a possible nomination to the Supreme Court, The Pueblo Chieftain reported Tuesday.

May 17, 2009 The political classes are getting itchy this weekend in anticipation of a Supreme Court nomination from President Obama this week or next.

May 11, 2009 11:33 am US/Mountain COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. A Fort Carson soldier has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in a weekend shooting that left one woman dead and sent another person to a hospital.

For the past several weeks the discount of the Canadian dollar to the US dollar has narrowed, practically on a daily basis.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today is visiting New York's Ellis Island to discuss stimulus funding for the historic immigration center.

Army Secretary Pete Geren says the military has nearly completed a comprehensive study prompted by a string of homicides in which Fort Carson soldiers were implicated.

For decades, Pueblo has waited for the Department of Defense to keep its promise and get rid of a huge cache of obsolete, leaky chemical weapons stored just 15 miles outside town.