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HUDSON | Lightning poses a greater risk than the dust at Rocky Flats
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How we think about risk has very little to do with the actual, statistical chance of injury. If it did, few of us would ever climb behind the wheel in our cars. It was Jerry Kruk of Calgary who schooled me on the psychodynamics of fear a quarter century ago. He initially worked as a…
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Hickenlooper, 11 other governors call on Congress to reauthorize CHIP program
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Gov. John Hickenlooper has joined a bipartisan group of 12 governors calling on Congress to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which is set to expire Jan. 31. About 75,000 children and nearly 800 pregnant women in Colorado stand to lose health care coverage if the program is not renewed, Hickenlooper’s office says, and the…
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YESTERYEAR: Arapahoe County gets tempted by the convenience of the old ‘environmental infraction;’ GOP chair battle continues and more
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Thirty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … Arapahoe County and the City of Aurora were witnessing a dramatic increase in trash production within their jurisdictions, generated by their accumulating residents thanks to the large population boom. Meanwhile, land developers were seeking to eliminate the biggest resource for trash disposal, the Denver-Arapahoe disposal site at the Lowry Landfill,…
