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denver & the westBent County hires lobbyists to find new use for closing Fort Lyon prison

11/10/2011
Tiny Bent County is throwing more than $12,000 a month to lobbyists to try to save the Fort Lyon Correctional Facility. 
Colorado bill would give schools more discretion over student discipline
11/10/2011 - Educators would have more discretion over expulsions and police referrals under legislation that might be introduced in the 2012 session. 

Colorado justices scrutinize reapportionment maps' emphasis on competition over county splits
11/10/2011 - Attorneys defending a plan to redraw state legislative districts were peppered with questions Wednesday from Colorado Supreme Court justices about when it is legal to draw districts that split counties. 

Judge warns Colorado secretary of state went too far in raising campaign-finance threshold
11/09/2011 - A Denver judge unloaded on Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler on Tuesday, suggesting he overstepped his authority when he raised the campaign-finance threshold for "issue committees" and saying Gess ler isn't "some roving do-gooder" who may unilaterally fix problems with state law. 

Colorado governor, others ponder how to improve enterprise zones
11/09/2011 - Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said he's "ambivalent" about Colorado's Enterprise Zone Program, a state economic development program that some legislators say has become too expensive and needs reforms. 

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