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Voters approve lodging taxes for child care in Montrose, along with La Plata, Grand counties

Voters in three western Colorado communities approved lodging tax measures in Tuesday’s election that will send money to efforts aimed at making child care more affordable and easier to find.

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Lawsuit alleges Estes Valley fire district violated open-meetings law

The Estes Valley Voice, described as a “journalist-founded, locally owned digital newsroom”, has sued the Estes Valley Fire Protection District board of directors in Larimer District Court, alleging that it violated Colorado’s Open Records Act and open-meetings law by hiring Paul Capo as fire chief in a closed session on Oct. 9.

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By regaining seat held by party-flipper Priola, GOP appears to have staved off Dems’ supermajority in Senate

Colorado Senate Democrats appear unlikely to capture a supermajority in that chamber, even as House Democrats are on track to maintain that veto-proof status in theirs, leaving the Legislature with a kind of status quo following the 2024 election.

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