Round-Up: 3rd CD candidates to debate; Pueblo council expected to vote on benefits for domestic partners; Vestas issues more CO layoffs

By On October 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Andrea Chalfin, Business, Business/Labor, Elections, Gay & Lesbian, Katherine-Claire O'Connor, KRCC News, Politics, Pueblo, Round-Up

Two of the four candidates in the race for the 3rd congressional seat will take part in a debate tomorrow night in Pueblo…(story post)

Pueblo City Council plans a public hearing tonight on benefits for domestic partners, and is expected to vote on the measure, according to KOAA…

Vestas Wind Systems lays off additional workers in Colorado, according to the Denver Post.

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