By SANDRA FISH I-News Network Corporations and billionaires – and their extravagant contributions to the presidential campaigns – have drawn the most national attention this year in terms of campaign financing. But in Colorado it is the same handful of wealthy Democrats and the labor unions continuing to play a steady hand. Three Democrats, U.S. [...]
Kevin Vaughan is joining I-News as senior reporter. Kevin is one of the best and most respected journalists ever to work in Colorado. His ability to investigate complex issues and his talent in telling compelling stories make him the perfect addition to the I-News Network. Kevin starts Oct. 15. He is key to the I-News [...]
By BURT HUBBARD I-News Network Coloradans have lower real incomes, a higher percent are living in poverty and fewer own their own homes than the year before the recession began in 2007, according to an I-News analysis of new Census figures released Wednesday night. The analysis also found glimmers of good news: The percent of [...]
By CU NEWS CORPS For the I-News Network Coloradans troubled by a sense that political advertising on TV truly is unremitting this late summer, the broadcast equivalent of a jackhammer breaking up an old sidewalk, may take some comfort in knowing their concerns have merit. In fact, there’s almost $20 million worth of merit to [...]
By CHARLES TROWBRIDGE CU News Corps for I-News Network Colorado Amendment 65 is a nonbinding referendum that encourages the state’s U.S. representatives and senators to support a U.S. constitutional amendment limiting campaign contributions and spending. Some 182,113 state residents signed the petitions that take direct aim at the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial “Citizens United” decision, [...]
By LEIA LARSEN and KATHARINA BUCHOLZ CU News Corps for I-News Colorado’s ballot initiative to legalize marijuana possession is billed by one leading local advocate as “a grassroots effort here on the ground,” but an examination of contributions to the campaign tell a far different story. Contribution records from the Secretary of State’s office show [...]
This is big news for I-News – and for journalism in Colorado. A well-known Colorado journalist is returning to the state to join I-News this month. Jim Trotter will become I-News program director on Aug. 15. Jim is highly regarded in Colorado journalism and beyond. He was the senior editor for investigative and enterprise journalism [...]
The Colorado Health Foundation has awarded a three-year, $425,000 grant to the I-News Network in support of in-depth, data-based journalism on key health and medical care issues facing Colorado. The grant will be used to cover operating expenses of the I-News Health Reporting Project, including a full-time editor and a reporter skilled in data analysis [...]
Have you noticed all the political ads on TV lately? Ever wonder who – and who’s money – is behind those ads? Become a political ad sleuth. Complete records of political advertising data are maintained at TV stations across the country. Even though the Federal Communications Commission now requires stations to post these files online, [...]
Almost every week across Colorado, a child is diagnosed with a potentially deadly disease that used to occur only in adults. These young patients are developing type 2 diabetes – what used to be called “adult onset” diabetes. The disease is strongly linked to obesity, and it used to take decades to develop in adults. [...]
Voter’s Edge Colorado Offers a Nonpartisan Source of Information about Ballot Measures – Everything You Need to Know, All in One Place I-News and MapLight, a nonpartisan political money tracker, have joined forces to launch Voter’s Edge Colorado, a comprehensive voter guide profiling Colorado ballot measures. Voter’s Edge provides citizens and journalists with information on [...]
