NewsRack: flenvcenter/Policy_and_Governance/Elections-n-Elected-Officials/Presidential-Election

You won't get rich on Obamabilia, Better Business Bureau says - Tucson Citizen

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Folks are going gaga over President Barack Obama memorabilia - from cuff links to piggy banks - but they shouldn't expect to get rich from the items.

MAKING HISTORY, REMAKING AMERICA - Arizona Daily Sun

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It was a moment unlike any other in the life of America.

Michelle Obama shines in Isabel Toledo - Tucson Citizen

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

First lady Michelle Obama wore a sparkling yellow sheath dress with matching coat by Cuban-born American designer Isabel Toledo for the inauguration of her husband, a choice many applauded as a cheerful message of hope and a vote for the American fashion industry.

Letters to Barack Obama from McGillis School - Salt Lake Tribune

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Dear Mr. President, Congratulations on becoming President of the United States of America. I hope you are excited to become the President, because I am excited too (for you!

Letters to Barack Obama from Brighton High - Salt Lake Tribune

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Dear Mr. President, Anyone who picks up a newspaper long enough to flip through the comics somewhere in the sports could tell you the nation is in crisis.

Early agenda to affect state - Rocky Mountain News: Government and Politics

SprengelmeyerM@SHNS.com (M.E. Sprengelmeyer) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Elections have consequences, and some of them might appear soon on the Colorado map.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Eclectic group participates in Marade - Rocky Mountain News: Local stories

chacond@rockymountainnews.com (Daniel J. Chacon, Todd Hartman, Jerd Smith) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Thousands marching in Denver's annual Marade made their way down Colfax, arriving at Civic Center, where a program was held. Three Rocky reporters blogged live.

Flagstaff heads off to the inauguration - Arizona Daily Sun

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Aside from a healthy appreciation for history and barely bridled excitement, Haley Young packed a few important things for her trip to the U.S. Capitol:

Time to say "yes" to peace and prosperity - Tucson Citizen

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

In international affairs, the Bush administration has been a bull in a china shop - breaking treaties, alliances and possibly laws.

-- At start, stimulus vehicle for Obama's priorities - Arizona Daily Sun

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economic crisis that will dominate Barack Obama's first 100 days as president, and beyond, will give him a rare chance to enact big portions of his agenda that otherwise might have languished for months or years.

Ken Salazar feels the love at confirmation hearing for Interior secretary - Rocky Mountain News: Local stories

SprengelmeyerM@SHNS.com (M.E. Sprengelmeyer) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Today's grilling was done by Ken Salazar's colleagues on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, on which he has served during his four years in the U.S. Senate. Confirmation likely will not come until early next week.

Salazar's nomination goes before Senate - Denver Post: Local

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

When Ken Salazar goes before the Senate today, he'll be interviewing for an interior secretary job that will put him in charge of 500 million acres of the West, gorgeous national parks and much of the country's energy riches, including coal and natural gas. ...

Bennet seeks ag post - Steamboat Pilot

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Michael Bennet is the first to admit he doesn’t bring the same rural issues credentials to the table as Ken Salazar, the man he is set to replace in the U.S. Senate.

Bogus bidder: I've got the lease money - Salt Lake Tribune

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

The money's in the bank for Tim DeChristopher, who said Friday he has reached his goal of amassing $45,000 to make his down payment on oil and gas drilling leases he won at a federal auction three weeks ago.

McCain backs bailout support for homeowners - Arizona Daily Sun

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Community and political leaders gave Sen. John McCain an earful as he visited Flagstaff on Tuesday.

Does Vail have role in Senate choice? - Vail Colorado: News

Lauren Glendenning lglendenning@vaildaily.com Vail, CO Colorado — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Colorado's next U.S. senator won't be from the Vail Valley and perhaps not even from Colorado's Western Slope

Does Vail have role in Senate choice? - Vail Colorado: Columnists

Lauren Glendenning lglendenning@vaildaily.com Vail, CO Colorado — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Colorado's next U.S. senator won't be from the Vail Valley and perhaps not even from Colorado's Western Slope

Does Vail have role in Senate choice? - Vail Colorado: Business

Lauren Glendenning lglendenning@vaildaily.com Vail, CO Colorado — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Colorado's next U.S. senator won't be from the Vail Valley and perhaps not even from Colorado's Western Slope

Obama's victory voted top news story - Arizona Daily Sun

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

NEW YORK -- The epic election that made Barack Obama the first African-American president was the top news story of 2008 -- followed closely by the economic meltdown that will test his leadership, according to U.S. editors and news directors voting in The Associated Press' annual poll.

Impostor disrupts lands bid - Salt Lake Tribune

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

He didn't pour sugar into a bulldozer's gas tank. He didn't spike a tree or set a billboard on fire. But wielding only a bidder's paddle, a University of Utah student just as surely monkey-wrenched a federal oil- and gas-lease sale Friday, ensuring that thousands of acres near two southern Utah

Salazar given interior post - Denver Post: Local

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

President-elect Barack Obama officially picked Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar as his appointee for secretary of the interior Wednesday.

Obama taps Salazar for Interior post - Rocky Mountain News: Government and Politics

SprengelmeyerM@SHNS.com (M.E. Sprengelmeyer) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

President-elect Barack Obama officially introduced Sen. Ken Salazar as his Interior secretary pick Wednesday, putting a cowboy-hat-wearing Coloradan in charge of what could be a dramatic shift in public lands and energy policies.

Salazar to head 'troubled' Interior Department - Salt Lake Tribune

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Washington » Sen. Ken Salazar will take the reins of a "deeply troubled" Interior Department, President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday, setting up the Colorado Democrat to reverse course from the Bush administration's actions in the sprawling agency.

Text of Salazar's acceptance speech - Rocky Mountain News: Local stories

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

The text of Sen. Ken Salazar's remarks accepting President-elect Barack Obama's nomination to be interior secretary.

OBAMA NOMINATIONS: KEN SALAZAR, interior - Salt Lake Tribune

webmaster@sltrib.com (The New York Times) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Sen. Ken Salazar, a Colorado Democrat, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be his secretary of the interior.