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Colo. Same-Sex Marriage Momentum Growsnew

A confusing series of court rulings has resulted in marriage licenses being issued to same-sex couples in some Colorado counties but not others.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
07-16-2014 |
LGBT
Tori Amos begins to hear the lightnew

On the cover of her new 14th set, Unrepentant Geraldines, adventurous singer-songwriter-keyboardist Tori Amos is standing before a wall-size mural, a paintbrush clutched in her right hand, as if she's just put the finishing strokes on her latest primary-colored masterpiece. But don't read it too literally, she cautions...
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
07-16-2014 |
Profiles & Interviews
Oh no, 'GMO'new

Oh no, 'GMO'
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
07-09-2014 |
Food+Drink
Marijuana Grow-Lights Cause Problems for Ham-Radio Operatorsnew

It's not the U.S. Department of Justice that could create a problem for pot growers: It's the Federal Communications Commission.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
06-27-2014 |
Drugs
Expansion of Medicaid Changing Trends at Hospitalsnew

The full implications of the Affordable Care Act aren't yet known, but an early study is already showing one big change in states that chose to accept the Medicaid expansion portion of the overhaul.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
06-18-2014 |
Health
Buriednew

Student loans rob the future to pay today with wide-ranging consequences.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Griffin Swartzell |
05-08-2014 |
Education
How fracking could break Colorado Democratsnew

The looming rift.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Eli Stokols |
04-30-2014 |
Energy
Lyft brings peer-to-peer ride-sharing to Colorado Springsnew

It was almost 11 o'clock in the morning, and I wanted a burger — actually, it was 10:54 a.m. I know because that's when I pulled out my smartphone, hit the balloon-shaped app, and grabbed a Lyft...
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
04-30-2014 |
Transportation
What's Inside an Ounce of Marijuana?new

A proposed Colorado law will establish an equivalence between an ounce of bud and concentrated marijuana products from keef to edibles. There's just one little thing: HB 1361 does not state what will be equivalent to an ounce of marijuana buds.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Griffin Swartzell |
04-30-2014 |
Drugs
Tags: HB 1361
Girls and boys chase ‘simply irresistible’ Ingrid Michaelsonnew

AudioFile
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
04-24-2014 |
Music
Bargain beats and trap music traditionsnew

Hip-hop artist Curtiss King knows the beat-making business well. Maybe a little too well...
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
04-24-2014 |
Music
A century ago this week, Southern Colorado was at warnew

The Ludlow Massacre is an event sacred in labor history... and our own.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Robert Meyerowitz |
04-16-2014 |
History
Tags: Ludlow Massacre
A Veiled Problemnew

A new study looks at how to get Colorado's Muslims on the health-care wagon.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-16-2014 |
Health
Trading Placesnew

Yobel International combats the sex trade via fair trade, but that's only half the mission.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
02-26-2014 |
Features
The Pixies grow up and get busynew

Audiofile
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
02-05-2014 |
Music