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Thursday, May 02, 2013  Six Republican Westerners in Congress are headed to the Colorado state Capitol on Thursday to review forest management and wildfire prevention.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Marijuana legalization has prompted an enormous amount of debate in the four months since it was approved in Colorado, but the drug is just now coming before state lawmakers who will decide how it should be grown, sold and taxed.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Gold mined in Colorado will be used to restore the gilding on the state Capitol's dome but not before a stop in Italy.

Friday, January 11, 2013  Colorado's top judge is heading to the state Capitol to talk to lawmakers just before a sprawling new judicial building opens nearby.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  Colorado lawmakers are getting details of the state's revenue outlook before starting the 2013 legislative session next month.

Monday, December 17, 2012  Colorado's nine electoral college voters are gathering at the state Capitol to ratify the results of the state's presidential race.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  Authorities in Lansing were bracing for an onslaught of demonstrators Tuesday at the Michigan Capitol as the Legislature reconvenes for what could be final votes on bills.

Friday, February 17, 2012  Terror suspect accused of planning to detonate explosives arrested near Capitol in FBI sting

Friday, November 25, 2011  Visitors to the Colorado Capitol have only a few more days to walk up to the top deck of the dome because it is closing for nearly three years for repairs.

Wednesday, November 02, 2011  Cain seeks to put aside harassment allegations even as lawyer for accuser presses on

Friday, October 14, 2011  Law enforcement officers in riot gear moved into a park near the Colorado State Capitol this morning where hundreds of "Occupy Denver" protesters were gathered.

Friday, October 14, 2011  Denver police move on Wall Street protesters outside state Capitol, arrest some

Thursday, September 29, 2011  A Massachusetts man with a degree in physics was charged Wednesday with plotting to blow up the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol.

Monday, May 02, 2011  A painting of President Barack Obama is now hanging in the gallery of presidential portraits at the Colorado Capitol.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011  Tow-truck drivers and the widow of a Colorado Springs tow-truck driver dragged to his death earlier this year are headed to the Colorado Capitol to call for safety changes.