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CU Denver med school snared in pharma payola scheme
Despite a policy that bans University of Colorado at Denver Medical School faculty from giving paid talks for pharmaceutical companies, 13 doctors are raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars.
For-profit colleges rake in millions from G.I. Bill
Already on the hot seat for poor graduation rates and saddling students with huge debt, for-profit universities have trained their sites on a new, more lucrative market: veterans and service members with G.I. Bill benefits.
Caution urged on natural gas development
Interior Sec. Ken Salazar called this week for natural gas firms to reveal the chemical stew used in hydraulic fracturing on federal lands.
Filthy conditions, high fatality rates plague dialysis clinics
A Colorado-based corporate chain of national dialysis centers figures prominently in a year-long investigation on poor kidney patient care under a Medicare-funded system described as "perverse."
Voting in 2010: Lessons learned
From the standpoint of voter access and effective administration, the 2010 elections were in many ways a mixed bag. There were a number of troubling incidents that occurred including voter intimidation and threats of vote suppression, and the structural barriers to voting that keep participation rates down were as apparent as ever.
Firms duck fracking fluid disclosure rules
Two chemical manufacturers are seeking an exemption from new Wyoming disclosure regulations for chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, a natural gas drilling process suspected of polluting groundwater.
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