Author: Colorado Politics wire services
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A year after passing green-roof law, Denver is focus of ‘cool roof’ debate
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By Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, via Tribune News Service The days of sprawling black roofs in Denver may be ending – but they won’t go quietly. The Denver City Council will decide Monday whether to create a “cool roof” law for the city. The big hope is that requiring reflective, light-colored roofs on large…
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Wave of pipe bombs targets Obama, Clintons, CNN in terror-by-mail
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By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker and Colleen Long, Associated Press WASHINGTON – A wave of pipe-bomb attacks by mail targeted Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, other prominent Democrats and CNN but was thwarted without physical harm in a day of domestic terror that abruptly deepened political tensions and fears two weeks before national midterm…
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Coloradan becomes first woman to lead U.S. Army’s largest command
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By Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post / Tribune News Service In a career full of firsts, Colorado native Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson has added yet another one to her already storied military tenure. Richardson on Wednesday became the first woman to lead the U.S. Army Forces Command in Fort Bragg, N.C., the largest command…