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© by gaelx / Flickr Creative Commons Almost $41 million and enough TV ads to fill more than 12 days of airtime, 24 hours a day. That’s the political advertising tally at Denver’s top four stations based on contracts filed between Aug. 2 and Nov. 14. The CU News Corps...

This article also appeared in Daily Camera / KUNC.org Political television advertising is breaking records in Colorado this election season – and much of that advertising is negative. But academics who study the impact of such ads question how effective they are. Candidates and super PACs contracted for almost $36...

This article appeared on KUNC.org . © by Jesse Knish Photography for GDC Online/Flickr Creative Commons TV isn’t the only place those annoying political ads are popping up this election season. They’re also on YouTube, Hulu and Facebook, where campaigns are targeting younger potential voters, who don’t watch traditional TV...

© by Torben Bjørn Hansen/Flickr Creative Commons Appeared on KUNC.org / Gazette.com / Healthpolicysolutions.com . Colorado’s ballot initiative to legalize marijuana possession is billed by one leading local advocate as “a grassroots effort here on the ground,” but an examination of contributions to the campaign tell a far different story...

© by Images of Money/Flickr Creative Commons Appeared on iNewsNetwork . Colorado Amendment 65 is a nonbinding referendum that encourages the state’s U.S. representatives and senators to support a U.S. constitutional amendment limiting campaign contributions and spending. Some 182,113 state residents signed the petitions that take direct aim at the...