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Large wildfires already burning in Colorado this spring are renewing concerns about fire risks in mountain towns in and around forests decimated by the mountain pine beetle.  To that end, Governor Hickenlooper is scheduled to tour some wildfire mitigation projects in Summit County Wednesday morning.

Governor John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law Tuesday that aims to better train coaches to recognize concussions in middle school and high school athletes.

The measure is named after 14 year old Jake Snakenberg, a football player from Grandview High School who suffered a concussion in 2004 after being hit in a football game. He eventually died.

“I’m so proud that we’re able to honor the memory of young Jake,” says bill sponsor Republican Senator Nancy Spence of Centennial.

A bill that would make it easier for Coloradans living overseas to vote is advancing at the state capitol. 

House Bill 11-1219 would direct the secretary of state’s office to establish an electronic transmission system for election materials.  That would allow Coloradans living abroad to register to vote and receive and possibly return ballots electronically.  The measure was motivated by a study done by The Pew Center on the States in 2008.

A new report from the U.S. Department of the Interior says more than two-thirds of the nation’s  offshore and half of the onshore oil and gas leases on federal lands are sitting idle.

Prior to addressing the nation about America’s involvement in Libya Monday night, President Obama spoke about education reform saying students should take fewer tests. It’s something that one Colorado Senator is working to make a reality.