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From bag fees to car fees, two ballot measures could end Colorado’s fee-frenzy
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From bag fees to car fees, two ballot measures could end Colorado’s fee-frenzy

By Shaun Boyd | CBS Colorado In an effort to avoid having to go to voters for tax increases, Colorado state lawmakers have increasingly turned to fees. But they may have gone too far this year. In addition to bills imposing fees on phones, alcohol and tires, state Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill increasing the fee on car and truck rentals to just over $5 a day. If passed, the money would be used to fund mass transit projects. The American Car Rental Association, which represents companies like Enterprise and U-Haul, is now threatening to sue the state and is putting money behind two ballot measures that could drastically limit all fees. Greg Scott with the association warned lawmakers the fee would be a violation of federal law, which prohibits fees on airport busines...
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Officials concerned with public safety, human waste at Auraria protest camp
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Officials concerned with public safety, human waste at Auraria protest camp

By Rogelio Mares | KDVR DENVER (KDVR) — Auraria Campus officials raised concerns Thursday about safety and sanitary conditions at the ongoing encampment protests there. There was no word Thursday on plans to clear the encampment, but options appear to be running thin. Campus officials say they are concerned about nonstudents and possible criminal activity, while students said they are not the ones causing the issues. Auraria Campus officials report hazards to public safety and cleanliness at the encampment, which has been a weeks-long protest against the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. “A lot of it has been our patrols and our folks who have been monitoring the quad,” said Devra Ashby, with Auraria Higher Education Center. READ FULL STORY AT KDVR.COM
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Denver Migrants Send List Of Demands To Mayor
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Denver Migrants Send List Of Demands To Mayor

By Sophia Flores | One America News A group of illegal immigrants staying at an encampment in Denver, Colorado, have sent a list of demands to the mayor’s office. According to multiple reports that recently surfaced, the group submitted a list of 13 demands, which include access to free immigration lawyers, shower facilities, employment support, free visits by medical professionals, free transportation, and fresh cooking ingredients that will be “provided by the City.” Denver Illegal migrants sent Mayor Mike Johnston list of 13 demands as they refused to clear encampmentIncluding:Free lawyersFree transportationDoctor House CallsCulturally appropriate foodClaiming not criminals*though they entered the U.S. illegally 🤨*NGO demands?🤔 pic.twitter.com/EikQGjolOy— Lawyerforlaws (@...
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Brauchler: How best to protect our children in school
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Brauchler: How best to protect our children in school

By George Brauchler | Gazette In a more perfect world, we would not know the name Kendrick Castillo. In a more perfect world, the only son of John and Maria Castillo would be starting a career in robotics after graduating college, driving his jeep all over, attending church with his parents, maybe spending time with someone he met and was sweet on, and generally living the promising life of a man in his early 20s. But our world is less perfect. May 7, 2019 — five years ago almost to the day — in Ms. Harper’s British Lit class just after lunch, two disgruntled students armed with four, fully loaded firearms, entered Classroom 107 of STEM Academy with a plan to murder 28 people. That evil plan failed solely because there were heroes in 107. With the yelled words “nobody f%$#&in...
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‘The Most Legit Dude’ in the Colorado Capitol: Senator becomes unlikely celebrity
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‘The Most Legit Dude’ in the Colorado Capitol: Senator becomes unlikely celebrity

By Hannah Metzger | Westword One Colorado legislator has become the subject of fan pages, a weekly holiday and an effort to replace Mayor Mike Johnston’s greeting at the Denver airport with his voice instead. As state Senator Perry Will walks through the Colorado Capitol Building on Friday, May 3, staffers stop him to ask for photos. Dozens of people roam the halls wearing bolo ties — Will’s signature look — in homage to the year's last “Perry Will Friday,” which has been celebrated every week since the legislative session began in January. Now four months in, with legislators preparing to adjourn this week, Will is a bona fide celebrity under the gold dome. “I just love it. I crave it,” Will says. "I'm not your garden-variety legislator, but I work across the ai...
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Judge Merchan won’t allow prosecutors to play 1999 Larry King clip at Trump trial
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Judge Merchan won’t allow prosecutors to play 1999 Larry King clip at Trump trial

By Tom Howell Jr. | The Washington Times A New York judge on Friday rejected prosecutors’ attempts to enter a 1999 interview between Donald Trump and Larry King into evidence in the ex-president’s hush money trial. State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan said the clip, which focused on Mr. Trump’s knowledge of campaign finance laws, was too inconsistent with the facts in the case and was taped decades before relevant events. Prosecutors wanted to introduce the tape because they’re trying to prove that Mr. Trump quashed negative stories about him in 2016 in a way that could have violated election laws. The defense said playing the clip would be unfair, in part because election laws had changed. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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Denver announces plan to invest over $500M to revitalize downtown
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Denver announces plan to invest over $500M to revitalize downtown

By Brooke Williams | KDVR DENVER (KDVR) — After teasing the announcement in an “ask me anything” session on Reddit, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said Thursday that the city plans to invest more than $500 million over the next decade to “restore downtown vibrancy and stimulate economic growth.” According to a release from the city, downtown Denver has been slower than other areas when it comes to recovering from the pandemic. The city said downtown has seen lower foot traffic, businesses closing and a lack of new housing development because hybrid and remote working options are becoming more popular. From March to May 2023, Denver’s downtown foot traffic was at an average of 56% of what it was in 2019, according to researchers at the University of Toronto School of Citie...
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Fake nursing home was used to smuggle illegal immigrants into country
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Fake nursing home was used to smuggle illegal immigrants into country

By Stephen Dinan  | The Washington Times Border Patrol agents were miffed when they saw an ambulance roll up to a Texas highway checkpoint in August 2022 and discovered an illegal immigrant being smuggled inside. Now, nearly two years later, authorities say that ambulance was part of a broader smuggling operation that involved a fake assisted living facility that was supposedly moving patients from one location to another. In reality, the patients on the gurneys were illegal immigrants, according to investigators. Jesus Cantu-Trevino was arrested by the Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and U.S. Homeland Security and charged with conspiracy to commit alien smuggling. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHIHNGTON TIMES
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NOAA issues first ‘Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch’ in 20 years
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NOAA issues first ‘Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch’ in 20 years

By Jennifer Van Laar  | RedState After days of observing "large sunspot groups" and "several strong flares, NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center issued a G4 Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch for Friday, May 10, through Sunday, May 12. A graphic circulating with information about the watch said, in part: At least five earth-directed coronal mass ejections were observed and expected to arrive as early as midday Friday, May 10, 2024, and persist through Sunday, May 12, 2024. This is an unusual event. Several strong flares have been observed over the past few days and were associated with a large and magnetically complex sunspot cluster (NOAA region 3664), which is 16 times the diameter of Earth. READ THE FULL STORY AT REDSTATE
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Three takeaways from Colorado’s 2024 legislative session
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Three takeaways from Colorado’s 2024 legislative session

By Colorado Politics Colorado policymakers wrapped up this year's legislative session on Wednesday night, following a hectic pace that saw them passing major proposals on housing, taxes and guns. Here are three takeaways: Lawmakers find agreement on difficult subjects  Hot-button proposals from Democrats' progressive wing fail  Property tax fight is far from over READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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