Colorado foreclosure filings headed for record

By Margaret Jackson, The Denver Post

Colorado is on track to top the record of 39,900 foreclosure filings set in 2007 as widespread unemployment makes it harder for borrowers to make their mortgage payments.
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U.S. attorney nominee Villafuerte denies any role in accessing restricted database

By Karen Crummy, The Denver Post

President Barack Obama's nominee to be Colorado's next U.S. attorney has denied any involvement in the access of a restricted federal database to help Bill Ritter's 2006 campaign for governor.
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Hit hard by times, Colorado woman still standing

By Kevin Simpson, The Denver Post

She watched her rewarding job in the mortgage industry disappear and her financial security dissolve in a $3 million bankruptcy. Read More

Xcel Energy lops nearly $44 million off rate-increase request

By David O. Williams, Colorado Independent

Xcel Energy Thursday filed for state approval of a settlement with consumer groups in its ongoing rate case before the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC), knocking nearly $44 million from its rate-increase request. Read More

Weekly wrap: Forecasting revenue is a lot like predicting the weather these days

By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer

Indiana is mulling changes to how it estimates monthly revenues, while several states are considering mergers and consolidations of government agencies, universities, school districts and more to save money. Read More

Gov. Bill Ritter(D)
Elected: November 2006
Term expires: January 2011

	State capital: Denver
	State nickname: The Centennial State
	Lt. Gov. Barbara O'Brien (D)
	Secretary of State Bernie Buescher (D)
	Attorney General John Suthers (R)
	Senate President: Brandon Shaffer (D)
	House Speaker: Terrance Carroll (D)

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