By Charles Ashby, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo. Apr. 18--DENVER -- Expand if you must, but don't take people's land to do it. That was the message that the Colorado Senate sent Tuesday to the U.S.

By HANK LACEY THE GAZETTE DENVER - Students starting high school in the fall of 2008 will not be able to graduate unless they can prove an ability to read and write English under a bill that advanced Tuesday in the Colorado Senate.

By The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo. Feb. 19--SEN. KEN Kester, R-Las Animas, and Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, recently got a unanimous 65-0 House vote on their bill to create an authority that would help small renewable energy companies build high-voltage transmission lines.

By Doyle Murphy, Greeley Tribune, Colo. Nov. 12--Oh, he's doing pretty good for a geezer, Dave Owen says on the phone. Come on over, he'll be home. He doesn't have a campaign office like old Jim Riesberg.

By Charles Ashby, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo. Feb. 28--DENVER -- The Colorado Senate passed a version of a statewide smoking ban Monday that not only exempts casinos, racetracks and private halls, but also neighborhood bars.