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Show Summary – Western Skies #135–
August 3, 2006
CSAP TEST RESULTS RELEASED
The state's annual school assessment tests show Colorado students scored
higher in more subjects compared to last year. [LISTEN]
WIND POWER: VAIL GOES 100% RENEWABLE, WELD COUNTY APPROVES STATE'S LARGEST WIND FARM
Vail Resorts will become the nation's 2nd largest buyer of wind energy,
and bird advocates worry about plans for the state's largest wind farm in
Weld County. [LISTEN]
GRAND JUNCTION QUESTIONS GAS DRILLING IN CITY WATERSHED
[LISTEN]
LAWSUIT THREATENED OVER DRILLING IN COLORADO ROADLESS AREAS
The Bureau of Land Management plans to auction off the rights to drill on
some 176,000 acres in Colorado, some of it in places slated for potential
wilderness designation. [LISTEN]
MINIMUM WAGE HIKE LIKELY ON COLORADO'S BALLOT THIS FALL
Colorado will likely get to vote on increasing the minimum wage in the state.
Backers of an initiative to raise the wage presented some 120,000 petition
signatures to the secretary of state to put the question to Colorado voters
this fall. KGNU's Sam Fuqua spoke with Bill Vandenberg, a member of the
Colorado Progressive Coalition and a steering committee member of Coloradoans
for a fair minimum wage, which coordinated the petition drive. [LISTEN]
COMMENTARY: LET TEACHERS TEACH
The annual release of state test results spawns a lot of talk what can be
done to make our schools more effective. Teacher and Western Skies commentator
Eva Syrovy has these thoughts. [LISTEN]
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