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Speed cameras coming to Colorado roadways amid doubling of construction-zone deaths in 2024
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Speed cameras coming to Colorado roadways amid doubling of construction-zone deaths in 2024

By Mackenzie Bodell | The Gazette The state’s latest effort to crack down on speeding and reduce traffic fatalities comes amid an alarming increase in construction-zone deaths, which nearly doubled in 2024. The Colorado Department of Transportation released preliminary data from 2024 that reflects a roughly 5% decrease in traffic fatalities overall compared to 2023. Continued efforts by CDOT and the Colorado State Patrol hope to further reduce the number of traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries by 22.5% by 2027, as part of Gov. Jared Polis’ overall safety goal for Colorado. Statewide construction-zone deaths totaled 31 in 2024, up 94% from the previous year, which saw 16. In El Paso County alone, 13 construction-zone deaths were reported. Four of those fatalities were in...
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Douglas County deputies reunite with family they saved from crash with stolen vehicle
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Douglas County deputies reunite with family they saved from crash with stolen vehicle

By Alliyah Sims | KDVR-TV Fox 31 News Quick work and thinking by Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies protected a family of pedestrians from getting hit by a driver in a stolen vehicle at a grocery store. FOX31 spoke exclusively with them about their heroic actions after reuniting with the family they saved. Deputies Trent Hoffman and Connor Lacey face new challenges every day at work. “I don’t know what I’m going to run into,” said Lacey. “Who I’m going to find.” READ THE FULL STORY AT KDVR-TV FOX 31 NEWS
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Proposal would result in once-a-decade adjusting of Denver school boundaries
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Proposal would result in once-a-decade adjusting of Denver school boundaries

By Melanie Asmar | Chalkbeat Colorado Denver Public Schools’ superintendent would have to “analyze and adjust” school enrollment boundaries every 10 years or less under a proposal being considered by the school board. Board member Scott Esserman, who introduced the proposal Thursday, said it was a long time coming. The district hasn’t systematically reviewed its school boundaries in several decades, since it was the subject of a school desegregation lawsuit that led to widespread busing. The proposal, known as Executive Limitation 19, would require the superintendent to analyze and adjust school boundaries in conjunction with the federal Census. READ THE FULL STORY AT CHALKBEAT COLORADO
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USAID funneled nearly $800 million to ‘gender transformative’ global censorship group
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USAID funneled nearly $800 million to ‘gender transformative’ global censorship group

By Logan Washburn | The Federalist America’s foreign aid agency, USAID, has given nearly $800 million to a group that has pushed censorship and suppressed “heteronormativity” across the globe, according to documents reviewed by The Federalist.  The Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) took in $799.7 million in fundingfrom 2015, per IRS tax documents.  According to InfluenceWatch, “The organization is solely funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).” As President Donald Trump pushes to “wind down” USAID — which has apparently become a massive “scam on U.S. taxpayers” — government funding disclosures have brought to light the often frivolous, and in this case nefarious, use of public tax dollars. As The Federalist previous...
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Federal court blocks Trump admin from sending detained Venezuelan immigrants to Guantánamo Bay
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Federal court blocks Trump admin from sending detained Venezuelan immigrants to Guantánamo Bay

By Landon Mion | Fox News A federal court on Sunday issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from sending three Venezuelan immigrants held in New Mexico to the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, detention camp as part of the president's efforts to remove illegal immigrants from the U.S. Lawyers for the trio said in a legal filing that the detainees "fit the profile of those the administration has prioritized for detention in Guantánamo, i.e. Venezuelan men detained in the El Paso area with (false) charges of connections with the Tren de Aragua gang." In the filing, the lawyers asked a U.S. District Court in New Mexico for a temporary restraining order to block the administration from flying them to the U.S. military base. The lawyers noted that "the mere...
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How Colorado’s first agriculture-focused charter school is giving students tools for life
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How Colorado’s first agriculture-focused charter school is giving students tools for life

By Tracy Ross | The Colorado Sun The last thing the rancher from Arkansas wandering through the cattle barn at the National Western Stock Show thought he’d encounter was the group of kids surrounding him dressed in the un-ranchiest clothing. You could see it in his face.  So it took a minute for 10th grader Kailey Seymour, in a flannel, jeans and sneakers, to gather the courage to ask if he’d let them interview him while her classmate Gianni Montoya, in a fuzzy black-and-white Raiders poncho that grazed his knees, recorded the conversation on a phone.  Lucky for them — Philip Moon of Moon Herefords in Harrison, Arkansas — obliged. He listened to Seymour’s question — Do you sell your cattle at stock shows? — and gave a thoughtful answer. He said he raises cow-ca...
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Executive order calls for sweeping review of federal gun regulations in ‘protecting 2A rights’
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Executive order calls for sweeping review of federal gun regulations in ‘protecting 2A rights’

By Benjamin S. Weiss  | Courthouse News President Donald Trump on Friday issued an executive order demanding a whole-of-government review of federal firearms regulations, a move which appeared aimed at papering over gun safety policies inked by the Joe Biden administration. But the Trump White House’s decree went further than simply undoing Biden’s legacy — its broad mandate invites the possibility of an even more expansive relaxation of federal gun rules. The executive order, issued Friday evening and entitled “Protecting Second Amendment Rights,” directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to examine a cornucopia of federal orders, regulations, guidance and international agreements to determine whether there are any “ongoing infringements” of constitutional gun rights. READ THE FULL S...
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Noem responds to Secret Service scrutiny as Trump to become 1st president to attend Super Bowl
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Noem responds to Secret Service scrutiny as Trump to become 1st president to attend Super Bowl

By Danielle Wallace  | Fox News Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the U.S. Secret Service, which is tasked with protecting President Donald Trump while he makes history Sunday as the first sitting U.S. president to attend the Super Bowl.  The Secret Service falls under the purview of the Department of Homeland Security. Asked if she'd had sufficient time to get into the department and investigate the lapses leading up to the July 13 assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Noem told "Fox News Sunday" host Shannon Bream that DHS was "moving in the right direction," while stressing that hundreds of other DHS personnel outside Secret Service alone would be deployed during the game.  "And I'm proud of Secret Service and all the work that th...
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Whooping cough cases nearly tripled in Colorado during 2024, per CDC data
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Whooping cough cases nearly tripled in Colorado during 2024, per CDC data

By Jacob Factor | KDVR-TV Fox 31 News Whooping cough cases are rising across the country and in Colorado, with a nearly 270% increase in Colorado between 2023 and 2024, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control data. Nationally, cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, increased from just over 7,000 cases in 2023 to nearly 35,500 cases in 2024, according to the CDC’s provisional 2024 report. The 2023 provisional report shows Colorado had 244 cases then, while 2024 saw 655 reported cases. According to the CDC’s website, the U.S. is returning to “pre-pandemic patterns where more than 10,000 cases are typically reported each year.” The CDC says public health authorities focus on protecting people at the highest risk for serious illness. READ THE ...
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Aurora firefighters return from Los Angeles with lessons, suggestions on fire safety
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Aurora firefighters return from Los Angeles with lessons, suggestions on fire safety

By Michael Abeyta | CBS Colorado The brush crew from Aurora Fire Rescue that went and helped in the Los Angeles firefighting efforts said Coloradans need to be prepared for a wildland fire at any time of year. The last time we saw Captain Jeremy Sones and the Aurora Fire Rescue Brush 13 crew they were on their way to fight the massive wildfires that were burning in LA. "We got back last Monday evening. What are we looking at? 17 days," said Sones. He said fighting the Palisades Fire was a life changing experience. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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