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Public health insurance option gets early House approval in Colorado

DENVER – Some warned about mission creep. But Colorado’s Democrat-controlled House has tentatively endorsed developing a proposal for a public health insurance option. Gov. Jared ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

$3M in matching funds awarded for work on Southwest Chief

ALBUQUERQUE – Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation have secured $3 million in matching funds to help complete safety upgrades and maintenance along the Southwest Chief train rout...

DATE: Mar 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico bill urging ‘clowning’ in schools passes 1st test

SANTA FE – A New Mexico proposal that would seek funding to promote circus arts such as “clowning” and “giant puppetry” in schools has passed its first test. The Senate Education ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Committee OKs bill to expand immigrant drivers licenses

DENVER – A bipartisan bill to make it easier for Colorado residents who are in the country illegally to obtain state drivers licenses has passed a Senate committee. The bill would...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Woman, daughter face trial in dispute with Dolores County Fire

Woman, daughter accused on encroaching upon fire district’s land

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Norovirus outbreak closes Greeley middle school

GREELEY – A public middle school in northeast Colorado has been closed for two days in an effort to stop the spread of a norovirus outbreak. A news release from Greeley-Evans Sc...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dolores Huerta: I’m in ‘awe’ of Aparicio, Ocasio-Cortez

SANTA FE, N.M. – Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta says she’s in “awe” of Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio and freshman Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez because of conversa...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado bill to ban vaping in public clears first hearing

A bill to ban vaping in public spaces where smoking isn’t allowed has cleared its first Colorado House committee hearing. The bill would add electronic cigarettes and other vaping...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bill advances to ban coyote-killing contests in New Mexico

SANTA FE – The state Senate has passed a bill that would ban contests to see who can shoot and kill the most coyotes. The bill from Democratic Sen. Jeff Steinborn of Las Cruces an...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque looks to end gridlock around balloon fiesta

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque is looking for ways to end the gridlock on city streets during the annual international balloon fiesta. The nine-day October event draws hundreds of thou...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico city balks at Billy the Kid killer street name

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A New Mexico city is balking at the idea of renaming a street after the 19th century Old West sheriff who shot and killed the outlaw Billy the Kid. The Las C...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico trapping-ban bill signals shift in attitudes toward animals

TIERRA AMARILLA, N.M. – New Mexico could become the latest state in the American West to place major restrictions on wildlife trapping as frontier ethics and suburban attitudes toward animal...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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