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From Fort Collins to the Capitol, “Hands Off!” protestors shriek over Trump and Musk’s government overhaul

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Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied across Colorado and the country Saturday to protest the administration’s actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.

Nationally, more than 1,200 “Hands Off!” demonstrations took place, organized by more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labor unions, LBGTQ+ advocates, veterans and elections activists. In Colorado, thousands gathered at several locations across the state, including on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol.

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Ghosted by USPS: Crested Butte faces losing its only post office

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For three years, the town of Crested Butte has labored to find a new place for its overwhelmed U.S. post office. The town bought a parcel and began negotiating with builders, offering plans that involved the town either leasing the land to the Postal Service so it could build its own facility, the town building a new $12 million post office and leasing that to the service or even selling the land outright to the Postal Service. 

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Trump greenlights AI data center at Colorado’s NREL to ‘win the AI race’

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The Trump administration is looking to locate a private data center and power plant on land owned by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as part of a broader plan to site such facilities at 16 national laboratories.

“Private data center companies, that’s where the capital is, that’s where the investment is and on federal land, we make a commercial arrangement with them,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said at a press conference Thursday at NREL.

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RFK Jr. aide: MAHA Commission will ‘lay out why’ kids are sick, not policy

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Calley Means, a leader of the Make America Healthy Again Movement and a top aide to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., said Wednesday that the Make America Healthy Again Commission established by the White House “is not going to lay out policy, it is going to lay out why” American kids “are the sickest in the world.”

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Faculty reform underway at Air Force Academy to meet Secretary Hegseth’s directive

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The Air Force Academy superintendent is proposing to cut civilian faculty positions without hiring uniformed instructors to replace them — a change that could eliminate some majors. 

The proposal floated in internal meetings and communications is intended to increase the percentage of military service members among the faculty up to 80% and bring the percentage of civilians down from about 37% to 20%.

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Lawmakers pitch new insurance fee for wildlife and bike lanes, rural Coloradans cry foul

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Colorado lawmakers are looking to add a fee to car insurance policies that would raise funds for road infrastructure aimed at reducing vehicle collisions with wildlife, pedestrians and cyclists. 

The idea is being floated as part of a bill co-sponsored by Reps. Andrew Boesenecker, a Larimer County Democrat, and Meghan Lukens, a Steamboat Springs Democrat, and Sens. Faith Winter, a Front Range Democrat, and Dylan Roberts, a Frisco Democrat. 

“This bill creates a sustainable solution to a serious public safety problem,” Lukens said. “This bill will save lives, prevent injuries, reduce insurance costs, and protect the wildlife that defines our state. It’s a responsible investment that pays for itself many times over.” 

The “Motor Vehicle Collision Prevention” bill cleared its first hurdle, passing through the House Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee on Tuesday, April 1 before heading to the finance committee.

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