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Judge blocks Trump from revoking legal status for 530,000+ migrants who flew into US via Biden program

A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from revoking the legal status and work permits of the more than 530,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela who flew into the United States during former President Joe Biden’s time in office. 

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Trump Administration freezes $2 billion after Harvard refuses to meet demands

The Trump administration is freezing over $2 billion in federal funds to Harvard University, hours after the Ivy League school indicated it rejected the federal government’s demands for various policy reforms intended to restore ideological balance on campus.

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife settles with hunting groups that sued claiming commissioners violated open meetings rules

Two influential hunting organizations that sued members of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission claiming they violated Colorado Open Meetings Law and spread false information about mountain lion hunting say they agreed to a small cash payment and the promise that commissioners would be trained in open meetings law and the agency’s rules around hunting lions, lynx and bobcats.  

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Hurd, Bacon, Gottheimer, Meeks introduce bill to restore Congress’ constitutional role in trade

Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., along with Reps. Don Bacon, R-Neb., Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., and Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., introduced bipartisan legislation to return Congress’ constitutionally authorized role in setting and approving U.S. trade policy. H.R.2665, The Trade Review Act of 2025, requires that unilateral tariffs proposed by the executive branch receive congressional authority.

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Ibotta CEO warns impending Colorado AI law ‘makes us look like we don’t get it’

Feb. 1, 2026, could be the turning point for Colorado’s tech economy. That’s when SB205, a bill Gov. Jared Polis signed into law last May, goes into effect. The Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence legislation aims to proactively prevent consumer harm by regulating the use of “high-risk” artificial intelligence in “consequential decisions.”

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Clear Creek County sheriff strives for change in his office after former deputy sentencing

IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) — Former Clear Creek County deputy Andrew Buen will spend the next three years behind bars, officially sentenced Monday morning after being convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Christian Glass nearly three years ago.

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Coal-fired power plant in northwestern Colorado still set for 2028 closure despite Trump administration orders

The coal-fired Craig Station is still set to close in 2028 — even as the Trump administration is making a drive to keep coal units going — according to the operator’s electric resource plan filed with Colorado utility regulators on April 11.

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ACLU sues to block use of Alien Enemies Act to deport TdA members in Aurora

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Colorado to try to block the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to remove immigrants unlawfully living in the U.S. who are accused of being members of a Venezuelan gang.

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Colorado taxpayers footed $7.3M bill for dead Medicaid enrollees, audit finds

Thousands of deceased Coloradans stayed on the state’s Medicaid rolls, as the state continued paying managed care organizations to cover them, a lapse federal investigators flagged as wasteful in a recent audit.

Colorado made an estimated $7.3 million in capitation payments between 2018 and 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG). The payments continued for some Coloradans months after their deaths because of outdated reporting and system delays, state officials said.

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