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Home goods chain store files for bankruptcy and sparks fears of mass closures
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Home goods chain store files for bankruptcy and sparks fears of mass closures

By Tilly Armstrong | Daily Mail The struggling home goods chain, The Container Store, which has been around for 46 years, filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas late on Sunday.  The store is known for its home organizational goods, including closet organizers and storage bins. Despite receiving a boost from Marie Kondo's hit Netflix show 'Tidying Up' during the Covid-19 pandemic, the chain has been weighed down by mounting losses in recent years.  The company had $229.8 million in long-term debt as of the quarter ended September 28. CEO Satish Malhotra, a former Sephora executive who took over the top spot at the chain in 2021, said he is confident The Container Store is 'here to stay' despite the filing, Yahoo! Finance reported. READ...
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Parent group sues Denver Public Schools over school closure decision, alleging ‘ulterior motive’
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Parent group sues Denver Public Schools over school closure decision, alleging ‘ulterior motive’

By Melanie Asmar | Chalkbeat Colorado Seeking to reverse a recent decision by the Denver school board to close 10 schools, a group of parents sued Denver Public Schools this week, alleging district leaders had an “ulterior motive” for the school closures “of converting public resources to the private market.” The 142-page lawsuit was filed Thursday by Mamas de DPS. According to the lawsuit, Mamas de DPS is a limited liability company made up of parents whose children attend DPS. The group registered as an LLC with the Colorado Secretary of State’s office on Dec. 12. A group with a similar name, Mamás de DPS Peliando por Las Escuelas Públicas, rallied in 2022 in support of bilingual programming in DPS and against school closures, but it wasn’t immediately clear Friday whether the t...
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174 people rescued after gondola malfunction at Colorado ski resort
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174 people rescued after gondola malfunction at Colorado ski resort

By Piper Russell | Out There Colorado 174 skiers and snowboarders were evacuated from the Winter Park Resort gondola after it malfunctioned on Saturday. A blog post from the resort says the gondola had a mechanical issue at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday and immediately shut down as it is designed to do. Patrollers evacuated guests from the gondola. No injuries were reported. According to an article from CBS News, Winter Park confirmed that the rocker arm connecting two sections of tower one cracked and bent. READ THE FULL STORY AT OUT THERE COLORADO
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Garbo: Exposed! How Biden’s White House betrayed America. Who was REALLY in charge?
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Garbo: Exposed! How Biden’s White House betrayed America. Who was REALLY in charge?

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice The recent Wall Street Journal report, "How Biden’s White House Functioned With a Diminished President," is more than an exposé - it is a damning indictment of corruption, deceit and betrayal that strikes at the very foundation of our democracy. From the moment Joe Biden took office, it has become increasingly clear that he lacked the executive function necessary to lead this nation. The Democratic Party knew it. The media knew it. Yet, instead of confronting the truth, they colluded to hide it. This is not just negligence — it is fraud. The mainstream media, tasked with holding power accountable, transformed into a public relations arm of the Democratic Party. For years, they gaslit the American public, dismissing concerns a...
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How Venezuela’s TdA gang used tactics seen in Aurora to seize a building in San Antonio, Texas
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How Venezuela’s TdA gang used tactics seen in Aurora to seize a building in San Antonio, Texas

By Nicole C. Brambila | Denver Gazette The Venezuelan gang that infiltrated and terrorized tenants at three apartment complexes in Aurora used similar tactics to seize control of a San Antonio apartment complex, highlighting the increasingly disparate strategies employed by police in these cities. In both instances, Tren de Aragua (TdA) appeared to have gained a foothold in buildings largely occupied by Venezuelan nationals who arrived in both cities after illegally crossing the southern border. Law enforcement in San Antonio responded to the gang’s presence with handcuffs, while Aurora police countered with eviction notices. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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In 75th session, 6 of 10 Colorado Senate committees have one-seat Democratic majority
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In 75th session, 6 of 10 Colorado Senate committees have one-seat Democratic majority

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics Senate leaders on Friday announced committee assignments for the 2025 session that begins on January 8. There will be 10 committees in the 2025 session, six of which will have a narrow one-seat majority, according to Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez, D-Denver, and Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen, R-Monument.  Democrats retained 23 seats following the November election, while Republicans held onto 12.  Only 20 members of the Democratic caucus are assigned to committees; 11 out of 12 Republicans have committee assignments. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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23 Colorado cities must replace at least 20,000 lead pipes that could taint drinking water, survey finds
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23 Colorado cities must replace at least 20,000 lead pipes that could taint drinking water, survey finds

By Jerd Smith | The Colorado Sun A new statewide survey shows that 23 Colorado cities have aging lead water delivery pipes, roughly 20,000 of them, that could potentially taint drinking water.  Under federal rules, those cities must identify all contaminated pipes and replace them by 2037, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. But the initial survey, completed in October, also found that 170,000 additional water lines still need to be examined. Cities that have untested water delivery pipes are notifying customers of the risk and have November of next year to finish the identification process, according to Seth Clayton, executive director of Pueblo Water. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN
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Commission approves ‘extremely aggressive’ emissions cuts for midstream oil & gas sector
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Commission approves ‘extremely aggressive’ emissions cuts for midstream oil & gas sector

By Ed Sealover | The Sum & Substance Colorado air-quality regulators on Friday approved the state’s first emissions-reduction rules for the midstream sector of the oil-and-gas industry — rules that officials acknowledged will be expensive to comply with but said are necessary to curb pollution. During a two-day hearing, energy companies warned that the 20.5% reduction in emissions versus 2015 levels come at too high a price — an estimated $86.3 million per year in sector-wide compliance costs that would rise if the sector experienced significant growth. Meanwhile, environmental groups argued that the rules fell short of achieving the emissions cuts called for in the state’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap and don’t guarantee substantial help for disproportion...
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Williams: Turning Point USA’s awakening of conservatism’s lion
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Williams: Turning Point USA’s awakening of conservatism’s lion

By LACI WILLIAMS | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice I worked for Turning Point USA for nearly five-and-a-half years. This year, I made my return at their annual conference, Americafest, in Phoenix, Ariz. It was a triumphant homecoming, as the energy in the room reflected the incredible momentum Turning Point has built. Their hard work has awakened a quiet lion within the conservative movement, a machine that is proving to be unstoppable. Despite being outspent this election cycle, Republicans were not outworked, thanks in large part to Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk and his team of tireless culture warriors. As Kirk himself put it, “The good guys win if we push hard enough.” Sitting in the press pool at Americafest, I couldn’t help but notice the stark contrast in perspectives. O...
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Suspect in Aurora home invasion was wanted from previous apartment unit takeover caught in viral video
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Suspect in Aurora home invasion was wanted from previous apartment unit takeover caught in viral video

By Sage Kelley | Denver Gazette The video that catapulted a Colorado city to the center of the debate over illegal immigration and brought to the attention of millions of viewers the tentacles of a Venezuelan gang operating in metro Denver showed six men barging into an apartment unit. In the video, posted on X in August, six men walked up the stairs at The Edge at Lowry apartments. Four carried guns; one of them a rifle. A another man was holding a cellphone. One man knocked on Unit 301 twice. Somebody opened from the inside. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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