2014: Investigative Journalism

A Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee advertisement from August claimed “Congressman Gardner backed three constitutional amendments to ban all abortions.” Republican U. S. Rep. Cory Gardner, running against current Democratic Sen. Mark Udall, has once again been attacked by a Democratic advertisement for his stance on personhood and abortion. The conservative...

CU News Corps’ fall 2014 project — intensive fact-checking of political statements by Colorado politicians and political action committees — will post its first content on Friday, Sept. 26, more than five weeks in advance of the Nov. 4 local, state and national elections. Fact Check will look at all...

House of subsidies, part two Note: This is the second of three stories outlining legislative attempts to spur economic growth by giving tax credits to businesses and industries. Today’s focus: HB14-1012, the Advanced Industry Investment Tax Credit. A fourth story covers federal crop insurance subsidies. Colorado lawmakers have pushed hard...

House of subsidies, part one

If you talk about inequality in America, and if you want to read about it, The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and his columns are a safe bet for you. The economics Nobel laureate regularly writes about issues such as unemployment, minimum wage and social mobility – as in...

Lyons, Colo., is a great place to raise a family. It’s a great place to be a musician, an artist or a small business owner, a great place if you like the outdoors. None of its 2,000 residents are there for the same reason, other than that it’s their great...