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Show Summary – Western Skies #110– May 4, 2006
COLORADO WILL VOTE ON DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS THIS FALL
Colorado lawmakers today voted to put a same sex domestic partnership question
on the November ballot. That means that Colorado voters will have the chance
to give same sex couples the same civil rights as married couples. [LISTEN]
LOBBYIST DISCLOSURE BILL ADVANCES
There are more than 11,000 registered lobbyists working at the state capitol.
A Boulder senator wants them to provide monthly reports on what they're
up to. [LISTEN]
LOCAL COMMUNITIES STEP UP FIRE PREVENTION EFFORTS
Most of Colorado is now under federal stage one fire restriction, and fire
officials say this summer is shaping up to be as dry and dangerous as 2002,
when more than 800 square miles of the state burned. Small communities are
trying to avoid a repeat of that devastating year. We have reports from
Black Forest and Caņon City. [LISTEN]
CANON CITY TRIES "FIRE PREVENTION ON A SHOESTRING."
[LISTEN]
HIGH COUNTRY NEWS INTERVIEW - THE WEST'S NEW REVOLUTIONARIES
High Country News editor Greg Hanscom talks about a grassroots effort to
keep a huge new coal-fired power plant out of Idaho, and how it's changing
politics in what may be the West's most conservative state. [LISTEN]
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