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1:57pm

Mon May 23, 2011
Transportation

Click it or Ticket Seat Belt Campaign Launches in Colorado

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This week law enforcement agencies across Colorado are strictly enforcing seat belt and child passenger safety laws as part of a larger nation-wide campaign.

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8:36am

Mon May 23, 2011
Business

Gas Price Fall Nationally, in Colorado

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With the unofficial start to the summer driving season just ahead motorists are starting to pay a bit less at the pump both nationally and here in Colorado.

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9:00am

Sun May 22, 2011
Health and Environment

Colorado Children Thriving Under New Autism Law

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Therapist Alli Guzzo is teaching Aiden Robles, 3, how to control himself and speak in sentences.

It costs about the same amount of money for a year at Harvard as it does to treat an autistic child.  Last summer, a new Colorado law took effect that shifts that high cost from parents to health insurers. Colorado Public News checks in on what it’s meant for one Aurora family.

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8:26am

Sun May 22, 2011
State Capitol

Lawsuits Filed over Legislatures Failure to Redraw Congressional Lines

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Now that the state legislature has failed to redraw new congressional lines, it’ll be up to a judge to pick a congressional map for Colorado to help determine future members of Congress. Republicans and Democrats have filed lawsuits in Denver District Court and expect the process to move fairly quickly.

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3:25pm

Fri May 20, 2011
Politics

Vice President Biden Stumps in Colorado

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Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden Friday.

The 2012 presidential campaign season has unofficially begun in Colorado. Vice President Joe Biden headlined the first major Colorado fundraiser for President Barack Obama in the Denver area Friday, where  he also touted federal investments in clean energy research at the National Renewable Energy Lab.

"The one thing that has been missing of late, until President Obama came along, is that science is back in America," Biden said in a speech at NREL.

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