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Colorado county clerks are divided over bill to require voting service centers in jails

The state Senate Judiciary Committee is expected in the coming weeks to take its first look at a bill that has divided the usually united county clerks in Colorado over allowing people in jail to vote on election day. This could cost the state between $200,000 and $1 million.

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Trump ordered to pay over $350M in civil fraud case

Former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants will have to pay $364 million for fraudulently misstating the value of his and his company’s assets on financial statements, a New York judge ruled Friday, levying significant punishments against the ex-president and his business that could hurt him financially and affect his business’ operations.

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New $30 million Colorado rental assistance program launches this week

State leaders opened a new temporary rental assistance grant program this week that will use $30 million approved by the Colorado legislature in November to try to keep people in their homes after eviction filings reached record high numbers in pockets of the state last year.

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Metro District board member recalled in special election amid complaints of ‘verbal abuse and physical intimidation’

DENVER (KDVR) — According to the unofficial vote tally published by the Denver Office of the Clerk and Recorder, a reportedly contentious board member of the Ebert Metropolitan District Board of Directors has been recalled and replaced.

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Colorado House committee kills bill to increase punishment in child sex crimes

A Democratic-controlled House committee killed legislation that supporters said would put more teeth into Colorado law following hours of testimony, in which victims who were bought and sold as children for purposes of sexual exploitation sought to persuade lawmakers to advance the measure.  

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Homeless kids on rural Eastern Plains have few resources, no shelters

On a broad commercial drag in rural Fort Morgan, Colo., there’s an aging roadside motel with a yellowed sign out front advertising vacancies at daily and weekly rates. But it’s no longer a functioning motel in the traditional sense, so much as a pay-as-you-go refuge for locals who have nowhere else to call home.

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