Round-Up: Atty. Gen. Suthers joins antitrust lawsuit; BLM extends geothermic energy lease comment period; and more

By On April 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Andrea Chalfin, AP, Business/Labor, Energy, Environment, KRCC News, Legal, Legal Affairs, Martha Perez-Sanz, Round-Up, San Luis Valley, Student Reporter

A jobs proposal from Democrats that would give state bidding preferences to companies that hire Colorado workers has cleared the Senate, but appears headed to certain death in the Republican-controlled House…

Attorney General John Suthers says Colorado is joining a multistate lawsuit against electronic book publishers and Apple…

The Bureau of Land Management’s San Luis Valley Field Office has extended the deadline for input on a preliminary environmental assessment of land leases for geothermal energy.

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