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GOP leader's skinny-dip confession stuns Utah
Last Updated: 3:23 PM 03/12/10 - A late-night confession by Utah's House Majority Leader about sitting nude in a hot tub with a minor 25 years ago has shocked this highly conservative state's political establishment.
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Budget cuts loom as lawmakers reach halfway point
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Last Updated: 3:15 PM 03/12/10 - Colorado lawmakers say they're making progress on bills to create jobs and increase the use of renewable energy as they near the halfway point of their 120-day session. (Full Story)
Deadline to vote in municipal elections Monday
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Last Updated: 3:04 PM 03/08/10 - Monday is the deadline for Fruita residents to register to vote in the upcoming municipal elections. (Full Story)
Scott Brown campaigns for McCain in Arizona
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Last Updated: 10:46 AM 03/05/10 - John McCain is facing the toughest re-election battle of his career, and he's bringing in the Republican party's newest rising star to help him out. (Full Story)
3rd Congressional Candidate Forum Thursday night
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Last Updated: 2:57 PM 03/04/10 - Republican candidates for the Third Congressional District will square off Thursday night. (Full Story)
Colo bill to protect fetuses defeated after debate
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Last Updated: 6:43 PM 03/03/10 - Colorado lawmakers rejected a bill that would punish people who kill a fetus while committing another crime after opponents said it's an attempt to pave the way for a ban on abortion. (Full Story)
Partial unemployment considered in Colo.
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Last Updated: 6:34 PM 03/03/10 - Colorado's Senate has given initial approval to allowing workers partial unemployment benefits if their hours are cut to prevent layoffs. (Full Story)
Udall repeats opposition to gays in military study
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Last Updated: 6:29 PM 03/03/10 - Colorado's senior senator insists that the military should abandon plans to study gays in the military before ending a ban on openly gay service members. (Full Story)
Colo bill to protect fetus revives abortion debate
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Last Updated: 10:50 AM 03/03/10 - Colorado lawmakers are debating a bill that would punish people who kill a fetus while committing another crime, but opponents say it's an attempt to pave the way for a ban on abortion. (Full Story)
Wife and husband campaign for Georgia's top jobs
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Last Updated: 12:53 PM 02/25/10 - Georgia now has a married couple running for the state's two highest offices. (Full Story)
Ritter signs candy tax, other bills into law
Last Updated: 7:12 PM 02/24/10 - Governor Bill Ritter has signed nine bills into law, including one that would add a sales tax to candy and soda. (Full Story)
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Political Headlines from MSNBC.com
  • Health care bill heads for make-or-break week

    March 14: Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C. discusses the process of finding enough votes to pass health care reform with NBC’s Tom Brokaw on “Meet the Press. (Meet the Press)The House's chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn't rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even as the White House's top political adviser said he was "absolutely confident" in its prospects.


  • Divided party? It’s not just Republicans
    For all the evidence of a divided Republican Party, the Democratic Party has its own widening cracks that could make a potentially bleak election year even more dour.
  • Obama: Overhaul ‘No Child Left Behind’

    March 13: In his weekly radio and Internet address, President Obama says that he will send Congress his proposed overhaul of the 2002 education law that will encourage a commitment "to change in schools." Watch his entire address.  (NBC News)Instead of requiring schools to meet annual benchmarks, President Barack Obama's plan would encourage school improvement based on a system of incentives for the best schools and teachers.


  • Israeli PM urges calm over dispute with U.S.

    Benjamin Netanyahu sought to calm tensions during a Cabinet meeting on Sunday after coming under fire at home and abroad over a dispute with the U.S. over settlements. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voices regret for the announcement of a Jewish settlement plan that has strained ties with the U.S. and threatens the revival of peace talks.


  • Newsweek: The GOP's losing health care strategy
    Jonathan Alter on why the Republican "repeal the bill" approach will likely backfire during the midterm elections.
  • Obama chooses 1st young appeals court nominee
    Thirteen months into his presidency, Barack Obama finally gave liberal supporters the kind of judicial nominee they had sought and conservatives feared.
  • Sen. Reid's wife out of intensive care
    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife has been transferred out of a Virginia hospital's intensive care unit and is improving after she was seriously injured in an auto accident.
  • Despite brashness, Bunning still a hero in Ky.
    Irascible Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning has been a pariah among his congressional colleagues. Back in the conservative swath of northern Kentucky he calls home, though, he's being heralded as a hero.
  • Kissinger leaves hospital in South Korea

    Henry Kissinger delivers a speech in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday.Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is hospitalized after complaining of stomach pains, according to reports.


  • Utah lawmaker resigns amid hot tub scandal

    Utah Majority Leader Kevin Garn says his confession about sitting nude in a hot tub with a minor 25 years ago was becoming a distraction.Utah's House majority leader has resigned from the Legislature, two days after his confession about sitting nude in a hot tub with a teenage girl 25 years ago.