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Speeding? In Fort Collins, it may not be a police officer who issues you a citation
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Speeding? In Fort Collins, it may not be a police officer who issues you a citation

By Dillon Thomas | CBS Colorado The City of Fort Collins will soon begin issuing citations for people caught speeding through intersections with traffic cameras. The city will be turning on the speed detection function on their intersection cameras, which before only monitored drivers for running red lights. The change comes after Colorado lawmakers changed state law to allow automated systems to issue citations to drivers for speeding.  Prior to the new law many cities, including Fort Collins, owned and operated speed enforcement cameras. However, they had to be monitored by a human while in operation. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Lawmakers also extended agricultural equipment property tax exemption in special session
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Lawmakers also extended agricultural equipment property tax exemption in special session

By Ed Sealover | The Sum & Substance Colorado legislators who focused heavily on cutting property taxes for homeowners during this week’s special session also approved one other tax break — one specifically focused on an emerging technology in the agricultural sector. House Bill 1003, which passed both chambers by wide margins, expands and extends a 2022 law that defined produce-focused greenhouses and the equipment therein as agricultural equipment and thus exempted them from the business personal property tax. While such a focus for a bill may seem to have been far afield from the main concerns of the four-day session — and was a major reason some legislators opposed it — sponsors argued it fit under Gov. Jared Polis’ call to pass bills lowering property tax for 2025....
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Harris Backtracks on 2020 Commitments in First Interview as Dem Candidate — but Can’t Explain Why
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Harris Backtracks on 2020 Commitments in First Interview as Dem Candidate — but Can’t Explain Why

By Zach Kessel | National Review Vice President Kamala Harris addressed several high-profile flip-flops Thursday night in her first sit-down interview since ascending to the top of the Democratic ticket — but failed to explain exactly why she’s backed away from the progressive positions she staked out during her primary run four years ago. CNN’s Dana Bash first asked Harris about fracking, which the vice president came out in favor of banning during her ill-fated 2020 presidential primary campaign. “You know, and I made that clear on the debate stage in 2020 that I would not ban fracking as president, I did not ban fracking as vice president,” Harris said. “I will not ban fracking.” READ THE FULL STORY AT NATIONAL REIVEW
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis dismisses migrant gang takeover of apartments as ‘imagination’ — despite video, mayor confirming truth
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis dismisses migrant gang takeover of apartments as ‘imagination’ — despite video, mayor confirming truth

By Jennie Taer | New York Post Colorado Gov. Jared Polis dismissed anger over Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua taking over apartment buildings in the Denver suburb of Aurora, calling it “imagination” — despite video footage, police reports and the city’s mayor confirming it’s happening. Polis’ press office offered the snarky statement Wednesday night in response to Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky — who told The Post the gang’s takeovers are tied to his policies. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST
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Signs that read ‘Kamala’s Migrants Must sit in the front’ posted on Colfax bus stops
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Signs that read ‘Kamala’s Migrants Must sit in the front’ posted on Colfax bus stops

By Morgan Whitley | KDVR The Regional Transportation District and local authorities are investigating what they called racist signs that have popped up at bus stations along Colfax Avenue. According to RTD, on Thursday, a bus operator spotted a sign at around 5 a.m. at a bus stop near Colfax Avenue and Oneida Street in the Montclair neighborhood. The operator said the metal sign was attached to a bus stop pole and appeared to have been installed shortly before the operator reported it. RTD said two more signs were found at bus stops at Colfax and Garfield Street and at Colfax and Yosemite Street. READ THE FULL STORY AT KDVR
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Liberal NBC reporter calls out Kamala Harris for saying her ‘values haven’t changed’: ‘Her positions have changed’
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Liberal NBC reporter calls out Kamala Harris for saying her ‘values haven’t changed’: ‘Her positions have changed’

By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News Yamiche Alcindor went viral for her blunt assessment of the VP's remarks. An NBC News reporter took aim at Vice President Kamala Harris for "not explaining why her positions have changed" during her first interview as the Democratic nominee.  On Thursday, CNN's Dana Bash pressed Harris about her various policy flip-flops that have raised eyebrows in recent weeks, abandoning the far-left agenda she campaigned on in 2019. "I think the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed," Harris told Bash.  READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to remain on Colorado’s ballot after suspending campaign and endorsing Trump
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to remain on Colorado’s ballot after suspending campaign and endorsing Trump

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will remain on Colorado's general election ballot after he suspended his campaign and endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump, Kennedy's campaign told Colorado election officials Tuesday. “We are not withdrawing in Colorado," Kennedy's campaign told the Colorado Secretary of State's Office, according to a spokesman. The message added that Kennedy "has encouraged all of his supporters to vote for him in CO!" The former Democrat appeared Friday alongside Trump in Phoenix, where Kennedy announced he was backing the former president and would withdraw from the ballot in several states where his candidacy could swing the outcome. The Associated Press reported that it was already too late, how...
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‘It’s challenging’: Why some Denver restaurant owners are looking to expand business elsewhere
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‘It’s challenging’: Why some Denver restaurant owners are looking to expand business elsewhere

By Ashley Portillo | CBS Colorado While many Denver restaurants have closed their doors over the past year, some restaurant owners are taking their businesses elsewhere or expanding outside the city limits. Due to a multitude of concerns, the owner of Benny Blanco's Slice of the Bronx made the decision to relocate his business to Arvada. Other challenges led the owner of ten restaurants in Denver, including Guard and Grace and Tag Burger Bar, to expand his business to Houston. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Colorado short-term rental owners, advocates rally against “heavy-handed regulation” from lawmakers
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Colorado short-term rental owners, advocates rally against “heavy-handed regulation” from lawmakers

By Jason Blevins | Colorado Sun After several years of work to combat state legislation that would increase regulations and taxation on short-term rentals, owners are actively lobbying policymakers. Colorado is the birthplace of short-term rentals. And the state is ground-zero for local regulation of the booming industry. After several years of reactive, defensive responses to increased regulation and taxation legislation, the state’s short-term rental owners and managers are organizing with an educational campaign and lawmaker lobbying plans. Colorado House Speaker Rep. Julie McCluskie, a Democrat from Dillon, earlier this month warned that short-term rental legislation “is highly likely” in either the special session or next year’s session.  READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO SU...
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Biden resumes immigration program that was suspended over fraud concerns
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Biden resumes immigration program that was suspended over fraud concerns

By Matthew Impelli | Newsweek President Joe Biden's administration is set to resume an immigration program that was previously suspended due to fraud concerns. On Thursday, the Biden administration announced that it was resuming an immigration program that permits migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to enter the United States. The program was previously suspended over fraud concerns, but the announcement today that the updated program will include "additional vetting" of their U.S.-based financial sponsors. "Together with our existing rigorous vetting of potential beneficiaries seeking to travel to the United States, these new procedures for supporters have strengthened the integrity of these processes and will help protect against exploitation of beneficiaries,...
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