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Presidential long-shot eyes DC’s 19 delegates ‘to take down’ Trump
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Presidential long-shot eyes DC’s 19 delegates ‘to take down’ Trump

By Paul Bedard | Colorado Springs Gazette The last man standing in the Republican primary race to stop former President Donald Trump’s march to a third GOP nomination hopes to show his hand and take all 19 delegates available at this weekend’s Washington, D.C., primary. “The plan is simple: demonstrate to America that Trump is not inevitable,” David Stuckenberg told Secrets on Wednesday. “We hope to have 19 [delegates] when we win the district.” Stuckenberg, an Air Force veteran and combat pilot who helped build a company that makes water out of the air, unveiled his “Operation Dark Horse” in November and has been running for president ever since. While he hasn’t won any delegates, he has big hopes for the three-day Washington primary held traditio...
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Colorado conservatives want a property tax cap. The state’s bipartisan tax commission hates the idea.
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Approved, State, The Colorado Sun

Colorado conservatives want a property tax cap. The state’s bipartisan tax commission hates the idea.

By Brian Eason | Colorado Sun In late January, Colorado’s bipartisan tax commission took an informal poll among its 19 members to gauge support for the dozen or so ideas they’d been discussing to deliver tax relief to homeowners. One emerged as a clear loser: a cap on property tax revenue growth. The concept — backed by influential conservative and business groups outside the Capitol — ranked among the lowest of any proposal among the committee’s members, garnering strong opposition from Republicans and Democrats alike. “Hard caps are a terrible idea,” Sen. Chris Hansen, a Denver Democrat and chair of the commission, told The Colorado Sun in an interview. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN
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Aurora to local governments, nonprofits: Don’t bring immigrants in without coordinating
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Aurora to local governments, nonprofits: Don’t bring immigrants in without coordinating

By Kyla Pearce | Denver Gazette The Aurora council approved a resolution on Monday night telling other local governments or nonprofits entities to not bring immigrants — who ended up in metro Denver after illegally crossing America's southern border — into Colorado's third most populous city. The vote followed disagreement among councilmembers and criticism from some residents who attended the meeting. The resolution's sponsors later made changes in response to feedback from nonprofits and community members.  As amended, the resolution affirms Aurora's "non-sanctuary" status, asserting that the city "does not currently have the financial capacity to fund new services related to this crisis." READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Weld Commissioner James exits GOP primary in 8th Congressional District, making Evans more likely to be nominee
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Weld Commissioner James exits GOP primary in 8th Congressional District, making Evans more likely to be nominee

By Jesse Paul | Colorado Sun Weld County Commissioner Scott James on Tuesday abruptly exited the Republican primary in Colorado’s highly competitive 8th Congressional District, making it more likely that state Rep. Gabe Evans will be the GOP nominee in the toss-up district come November.  “I decided I could best be of service and have the highest degree of impact by staying at home in Johnstown, continuing to serve and lift my voice for the people I love in the county and state that I love,” James wrote in a Facebook post announcing his decision. Whoever wins the June 25 primary in the 8th District, which stretches from Denver’s northeast suburbs along U.S. 85 into Greeley, will face Democratic U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo of Thornton in November. Republicans ...
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Are laws cracking down on car theft responsible for downward trend in Colorado?
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Are laws cracking down on car theft responsible for downward trend in Colorado?

By Thelma Grimes | Colorado Politics Colorado found itself atop most lists of states with the highest car thefts and associated crimes in the last several years — record-breaking numbers that had been accumulating since 2020 and which put pressure on the governor and legislators to respond. Notably, lawmakers, upon the urging of the governor, passed a law that made all car thefts a felony, decoupling the severity of the crime from the value of the car and tying it instead to behavior so that the penalty becomes more severe with repeat offenders.      But lawmakers haven't introduced a lot of bills devoted to auto theft this year. Is that because the laws enacted are working? READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Nikki Haley came to Colorado in her quest to defeat Donald Trump. Here’s how her visit went.
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Nikki Haley came to Colorado in her quest to defeat Donald Trump. Here’s how her visit went.

By Sandra Fish | Colorado Sun Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley took aim at former President Donald Trump during a rally in Colorado Tuesday, one week before the state’s presidential primary election. “No Republican statewide has gotten more than 45% statewide since Donald Trump became president,” Haley said of Colorado’s elections. “Everywhere he goes, chaos follows him.” The former U.N. ambassador criticized Trump, her former boss, over big spending and higher national debt during his administration, as well as his recent opposition to a congressional bill that would have spent billions to strengthen border security. She blended in criticism of President Joe Biden along the way, saying she has a better chance of beating the Democrat than Trump does. READ THE FULL ...
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Study: Colorado has some of the worst pothole problems
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Study: Colorado has some of the worst pothole problems

By Maddie Rhodes | KDVR-TV If you think the roads are bad in Colorado, you’re not wrong. However, there are plenty of states with worse pothole problems, based on a new study. USA Today released a study on states with the most pothole problems. Because individual pothole data from each state isn’t available, the study looked into online searches for pothole-related terms on Google Trends from 2020 to 2023. Here’s where Colorado ranks among states with the worst pothole problems, according to the study. READ THE FULL STORY AT KDVR-TV
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Disabled American Veterans facing statewide shortage of vehicles, drivers to take veterans to VA appointments
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Disabled American Veterans facing statewide shortage of vehicles, drivers to take veterans to VA appointments

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice Veterans from the distant regions of the Western Slope to the Eastern Plains are met with a challenge in order to receive medical treatment. There are three Veterans Affairs medical centers serving the state, and only one actually in the state. Many veterans take appointments in Cheyenne, Wyo., and others in Albuquerque, N.M. That often means transportation is needed, even to get to an appointment at the Denver location. The solution is Colorado’s Disabled American Veterans’ transportation program, but there exists a shortage of vehicles and drivers. “We just purchased five more vehicles and at least three will need to go to Northeast Colorado,” said Benito Gonzales, adjutant and treasurer for the Colorado DAV. “These new vehicles repl...
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Boebert is heavily favored in voter sentiment study, concluding ‘4th District is MAGA Country’ 
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Boebert is heavily favored in voter sentiment study, concluding ‘4th District is MAGA Country’ 

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice Lauren Boebert has more than twice the support of any other candidate in the 4th Congressional District race, according to sentiment polling recently conducted for The Rocky Mountain Voice. The study, by Media Intelligence Group, in early February found Boebert with 48.7% support, leading Trent Leisy with 17.2%, Richard Holtorf with 13.7% and Mike Lynch with 10%. The remaining 10.4% in the study was split by the remaining six candidates in the race at that time. The study analyzes social media posts to provide accurate public opinion on what is being discussed by voters, not what the media is reporting. Boebert's lead is 31.5% in the poll. The report found there are five main issues of importance to voters in the 4th District: illegal imm...
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Fentanyl Is Killing American Kids. Most Don’t Even Know They’re Taking It.
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Fentanyl Is Killing American Kids. Most Don’t Even Know They’re Taking It.

By James Fishback | The Free Press Just over a week ago, Marco Troper, the 19-year-old son of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, died in his Berkeley dorm room after taking a drug.  “We don’t know what was in it,” his grandmother Esther Wojcicki told local media. “Teenagers and college students need to know that drugs today are not the same as the drugs of yesterday. They’re often laced with fentanyl.” His family are waiting on the results of a toxicology report, which could take up to a month. But if it’s true that Marco lost his life to fentanyl, one thing is clear: he did not die of an overdose.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE FREE PRESS
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