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Burleson LLP , a top national energy law firm that recently opened a Denver office, this week announced the hiring of one of the top enforcement officials from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) – the state agency that regulates oil and gas drilling. The firm on Tuesday issued a release announcing it has hired Robert A. Willis, who “has joined the energy law firm’s Denver office and will concentrate his practice in oil and gas law, with a specialty in regulatory affairs.” Willis previously served as acting hearings manager, enforcement officer and hearings officer for the COGCC

In what might be a preview of a tough partisan battle ahead, the Bush administration’s chief economic adviser said Thursday that the Wall Street bailout (the

After Philip Zelikow advocates closing Guantanamo Bay, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) -- who, earlier in the hearing, praised President Obama for his responsible

As if the news that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and his four co-defendents pleaded guilty to the 9/11 attacks wasn’t wild enough, now it appears that they’ve

The so-called “Personhood” movement, though once labeled extreme by even conservative groups in Florida, is gaining traction across the country . In Mississippi, the group’s efforts have paid off — a “Personhood” amendment, which seeks to ban abortion (and could ban some forms of birth control) will be on the state’s November ballot. Recent reports indicate the group is now seeking signatures in Ohio, in an effort to place a similar abortion ban on that state’s ballot

Arizona’s recently passed immigration bill, one of the toughest in the nation, has everyone talking. Following news of its approval by the state’s House

Lara Jakes buries the lead in her story about all the money ex-Raytheon lobbyist Bill Lynn will make if he sells his company stock to take the No. 2 spot at the

Today’s vote to kill Sen. John Thune’s (R-S.D.) bill allowing the interstate transfer of concealed weapons permits broke down largely along predictable lines,

On conference calls throughout the day, the McCain-Palin camp has been warning of Democratic efforts to intimidate voters, including Black Panthers allegedly

A federal appeals court struck down today a Hazleton, Pa., ordinance that criminalized anyone who rented to or hired an illegal immigrant. The ordinance was a

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-NC) asked if Yoo ever communicated with Addington without looping in John Ashcroft. I did not... We notified the Attorney General’s office

I just finished watching the Frontline/ProPublica documentary on BP. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s definitely worth your time. The documentary tracks BP’s

We’ve been following the saga over the consumer witnesses who came twice to Washington in recent weeks to relate horror stories surrounding their credit card

State Senator Rollie Heath’s Proposition 103, which asks Coloradans to approve a tax increase to bolster the state’s cash-strapped schools, will be the most significant tax measure to appear before any U.S. voters this year

Firefighters who answered the call at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001, are suffering from certain types of cancer at levels far beyond those found in the

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Doug Vilsack knows that finding third-world poverty and a lack of connectivity to the electrical grid in modern America might be about as shocking to some people as finding elephants wandering the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners region of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. So when Vilsack’s Denver-based sustainable energy non-profit Elephant Energy researched the situation on the Navajo Nation last year, discovering dangerous kerosene lanterns and heaters and more than 18,000 households completely off the grid, they changed their name to Eagle Energy in the Four Corners area. Arizona’s Monument Valley in the Navajo Nation (David O

<p>Hellertown, Penn. -- Dominic Rocco Salvatore Carrodo is the kind of small-town Pennsylvanian that Sen. Barack Obama might have had in mind when he told