DENVER - The new Colorado insurance exchange is gearing up for its official launch later this year, but a new poll finds some Coloradans still aren't really sure what health-care reform will mean for them. A poll out today from Latino Decisions finds that most Hispanic Coloradans have found the Aff ...Read More

AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Senate is expected to vote today on a bill that supporters say will help preserve privacy in the digital age. One part of the legislation, Senate Bill 1052, would require law enforcement to secure a probable-cause warrant before using cell-phone tracking technology to foll ...Read More

AUSTIN, Texas - From their beautiful tunes to their stunning colors, songbirds still are migrating across the state and putting on their best displays this time of year. According to Steve Gross, a past president of the Texas Ornithological Society, while some may believe it's too late for bird-watc ...Read More

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A newly published report about the condition of workers in New Mexico shows that the Land of Enchantment has yet to emerge from the Great Recession. The state has lost well over 42,000 jobs since December 2007. The report's author is Gerard Bradley, senior researcher and policy ...Read More

PHOENIX – Cage-free, free range, pasture-raised or just eggs – a growing number of people are concerned with where and how their food is produced. Now a new bill in Congress would make egg-labeling mandatory, as well as adding more humane living standards for millions of egg-laying hens ...Read More

PHOENIX - Arizona's driving boom is over. A new report from the Arizona Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund says total vehicle travel miles peaked in 2007. According to PIRG public interest advocate Serena Unrein, driving is likely to decline further because of demographic changes ...Read More

DENVER - This week Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law that will expand Medicaid to include more than 160,000 Coloradans who are currently living without health-care coverage. Elisabeth Arenales, the Health Program Coordinator for the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, point ...Read More

BUENA VISTA, Colo. - Heavy dumps of spring snow throughout most of Colorado are just what rafting companies needed to ensure a good season. In Browns Canyon on the Arkansas River, almost 30 inches of precipitation has fallen since the April 1. That's more than four times the amount measured by the ...Read More