CSBJ Daily

Fire officials say the Ordway wildfire is about 95 percent contained and the fire on Fort Carson Army Base is about 10 percent contained.
Aircraft are still restricted from flying within five miles of the fire, and Highway 115 remains closed at mile 39, officials said.
Two Colorado Springs Fire Department chiefs and five trucks […]

Gov. Bill Ritter’s campaign committee has taken out a $200,000 loan to repair violations of state campaign laws during his gubernatorial campaign in 2006 and 2007.
Apparently, payments for direct campaign expenses were taken out of an account meant solely for Ritter’s inauguration. The discrepancy was discovered in February as the […]

Reed Construction Data, an industry research group, took a look at the year-to-date value of nonresidential construction starts for January – March 2008. Not surprisingly, retail construction was down 14 percent, nonresidential building was off 5 percent and heavy construction fell 11 percent compared to first quarter 2007.
The retail results […]

The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) _ A federal judge has turned aside a challenge from New York restaurants and upheld the city’s rules requiring calories to be posted on some menus.
Judge Richard Holwell says in a ruling Wednesday that the law is a reasonable approach to the city’s goal […]