In Colorado Springs, the city council is considering what to do with nearly a $600,000 revenue excess from the city that it can’t touch due to TABOR laws (Gazette, KRDO). Colorado Springs Utilities will be negotiating again with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation this week to negotiate water contracts that will be needed for the Southern Delivery System pipeline (Gazette, Chieftain).

El Paso County Commissioners are going to hold a public hearing on medical marijuana regulations Tuesday (KOAA).

The Business Journal is reporting furloughs and a hiring freeze at the state Department of Revenue have slowed the processing of income-tax refunds.

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May 20, 2013 | NPR · The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations said the tech giant claimed that three key offshore companies were not tax residents of either Ireland or the U.S. One of those subsidiaries paid no taxes for the past five years while it reported income totaling $30 billion.
 

May 20, 2013 | NPR · Twitter captures firsthand accounts and reaction from the massive tornado that swept through central Oklahoma.
 

May 20, 2013 | NPR · The National Weather Service says it was at least an EF-4 tornado with winds in excess of 166 mph.
 

Arts & Life

UnCabaret
May 20, 2013 | NPR · Launched as an alternative to the stale stylings of the ’80s stand-up circuit, Beth Lapides’ event bills itself as a venue for “idiosyncratic, conversational comedy.” It’s helped establish careers for performers from Kathy Griffin to Randy and Jason Sklar.
 

May 20, 2013 | NPR · Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah is about a young Nigerian woman who moves to the U.S. It’s a story of relocation, far-flung love and life as an outsider. But reviewer Rosecrans Baldwin says that despite the author’s talent, much of the storytelling feels flat.
 

WNET/American Masters
May 20, 2013 | NPR · The screenwriter, producer, director and actor, whose name has become synonymous with American comedy, talks about his penchant for spoofs and his decades-long friendship with Carl Reiner. Brooks, who is among a handful of people who’ve won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards, is the subject of a new documentary on PBS.
 

Music

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May 20, 2013 | NPR · The keyboardist co-founded the band after meeting Jim Morrison in California. The Doors went on to become one of the most successful rock ‘n’ roll acts of the 1960s. Manzarek, 74, died in Germany after a long battle with bile duct cancer.
 

Courtesy of the artist
May 20, 2013 | NPR · As The Uncluded, the two cancel each other’s weaknesses — Dawson gains heft, while Aesop Rock lightens up. Critic Robert Christgau says the collaborative album is almost like two halves of a whole.
 

Mountain Stage
May 20, 2013 | NPR · The singer-songwriter gives a unique and unexpectedly personal performance, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va.
 

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