Author: Luige Del Puerto
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Colorado governor, legislators have yet to agree how to plug $800M deficit | ANALYSIS
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado legislators will convene at the state Capitol in about two weeks without first having secured a deal — with the governor or among themselves — outlining how to plug an $800 million budget deficit, which means…
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Video shows Colorado deputies saving driver who likely overdosed and crashed into wall
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A video released by a Colorado county shows sheriff’s deputies saving a driver who had crashed into a retaining wall last month after apparently overdosing. The crash took place on July 28 in the 11900…
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Colorado declares disaster emergency, mobilizes resource to fight LeRoux fire
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday declared a disaster emergency to fight a wildfire that has burned about 700 acres in Delta County. The declaration means the deployment of state resources to help fight the LeRoux fire after the sheriff requested it, saying the emergency has…
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US to restrict sports visas for transgender women
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has updated its immigration policy to restrict visa eligibility for transgender women seeking to compete in women’s sports, the agency said on Monday. Under the policy update, USCIS will…
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Denver mayor says he’ll turn down appointment to U.S. Senate if asked
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said he would turn down an appointment to the U.S. Senate if asked, insisting he could accomplish more while leading the city government. “No, I would not do that,” Johnston said during a City Cast Denver podcast when asked if he…
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Report outlines ‘autocratic, punitive’ culture at Colorado Bureau of Investigations
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An independent report on the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s forensics lab released Tuesday offered a sobering assessment of the beleaguered department, where past leaders ignored internal allegations of misconduct in handling DNA evidence and new…
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Colorado group seeks to restore Mount Evans as name of iconic peak
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A group in Colorado is seeking to revert the name of Mount Blue Sky to Mount Evans, arguing the decision to scrap the name of the former territorial governor from the iconic peak was ideologically driven. Advance Colorado on Wednesday submitted a petition to the…
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Civil rights body lines up 3 experts for antisemitism probe in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The panel investigating claims of antisemitism at three colleges and universities in Colorado has lined up experts for its hearing later this month. The Colorado Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights earlier…
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Colorado wolf reintroduction cost $3 million — thrice as much as voters were told in 2020
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Parks and Wildlife spent more than $3 million on the state’s wolf reintroduction program in one year — more than three times as much as what voters were told it would cost during the…
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Former El Noa Noa restaurant catches fire
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The building that once housed one of Denver’s most iconic Mexican restaurants caught fire, according to the Denver Fire Department. Firefighters responded to a commercial structure fire at 7th and Santa Fe on Friday afternoon, and the crews reported smoke from the roof, the department…