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Trump’s New York felony conviction can’t keep him from becoming president

Former President Trump’s New York felony conviction Thursday on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a “hush money” payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels can’t stop him from becoming president if the voters put him back in office, legal scholars seem to agree. 

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Eminent domain, used often to seize land from private owners, has Palizzi Farm in Brighton fearing for its survival

“I’m not young, I’m not stupid and it’s not going to happen.” 

That’s what Debbie Palizzi told developer Jack Hoagland when he knocked on her door in 2022 and offered her $75,000 to run a stormwater pipeline from a subdivision he wanted to build through land her family has been farming for over 90 years.

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Denver councilman demands investigation into alleged political interference in police, fire hirings

Denver City Councilman Kevin Flynn has called for an investigation into the allegations that Mayor Mike Johnston pressured the Civil Service Commission to ignore “red flags” in applicants to Denver’s police and fire departments

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Boebert, GOP primary opponents spar over immigration policy, electability in TV debate

The Republicans running in the June primary in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District threw more elbows than punches in a televised debate on Thursday night in Denver, with most of the jabs aimed at U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, though her rivals also took hits.

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Can you spell pronouncer? Denver native is the nation’s top word nerd

Jaques Bailly is a spell-ebrity.

The former Denver Catholic school prodigy has been the face of the Scripps National Spelling Bee as a most patient pronouncer for 20 years — so beloved, young competitors recognize him with a “Howdy Dr. Bailly!” when they first step up to the microphone.

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Colorado ranks third in lightning-related deaths, with 25 since 2006. Here’s how to stay safe

A thunderstorm that turned roads into rivers and basements into swimming pools lit up the sky over Greeley on Tuesday night with flashes of light as bright as daytime. Three days earlier, a single lightning strike killed a Jackson County rancher and more than 30 of his cattle. Last week, a storm that raged over Yuma, rumbling like a freight train, buried the plains town in knee-deep hail.

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