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Judge tosses Colorado GOP’s bid to halt meeting to remove party chairman Dave Williams
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Judge tosses Colorado GOP’s bid to halt meeting to remove party chairman Dave Williams

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics Colorado Republicans who want to depose state party chairman Dave Williams can proceed with a meeting called for that purpose, a district court judge ruled late Friday. Arapahoe County District Court Judge Thomas W. Henderson said in a five-page order that the court lacks jurisdiction to decide the party's internal dispute over attempts to oust its elected leaders, including Williams, citing Colorado law and prior court rulings. In response, El Paso County Vice Chair Todd Watkins told Colorado Politics that organizers plan to move ahead with a meeting scheduled for Aug. 24 at a church in Brighton, where Williams' detractors plan to vote on whether to replace Williams and his lieutenants, state Vice Chair Hope Sheppelman and party Secr...
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No deaths reported in heat-related ‘mass casualty’ incident at Pikes Peak Regional Airshow
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No deaths reported in heat-related ‘mass casualty’ incident at Pikes Peak Regional Airshow

By Aaron Vitatoe | CBS 11 News The Colorado Springs Fire Department responded to a heat-related mass casualty incident at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow on Saturday. Officials with the Airshow and CSFD told 11 News no deaths have been reported. “Mass casualty incidents include injuries in the definition,” they clarify. They said more than 40-50 people were treated for heat-related illnesses, multiple people have been taken to local hospitals, while others were moved indoors. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS 11 NEWS
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New era of tough-on-crime policy and support of police would be implemented by Advance Colorado measures
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New era of tough-on-crime policy and support of police would be implemented by Advance Colorado measures

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice In a matter of days, two proposed initiatives by Advance Colorado could be referred to the ballot, featuring widely supported concepts to make communities safer and better fund police training, recruitment and retention, proponents say. The propositions concern eligibility for parole and lengthening time served for violent criminals, and funding some police activities specific to training, recruitment and retention through the state's general fund. Both are awaiting the final step of signature verification to reach the ballot. "People really like the idea of making sure violent criminals stay in jail," Advance Colorado President Michael Fields told Sean Duffy on 'Advance Colorado's Rundown'. "These are second-degree murderers and rapists. The...
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Devotional: Embracing responsibility is a legacy to remember
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Devotional: Embracing responsibility is a legacy to remember

By Drake Hunter | Devotional, Rocky Mountain Voice A soul without a well-established aim (purpose) loses itself. That's who I was when I first met Richard G. Madsen more than 38 years ago. Richard, my father-in-law, passed away on July 6, 2024. It's challenging to capture the essence of Richard in a single word –- loving, caring, loyal and so much more come to mind. Yet, if I had to choose just one word, it would undeniably be “RESPONSIBLE!” He embodied responsibility in a way that transformed my life, guiding me from a sense of aimlessness to a place of purpose, allowing me to relish life alongside his remarkable daughter, Sherrie. Witnessing Richard's life provides a living example of responsibility and its practical application in everyday life. His exemplary conduct served ...
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Kamala Harris’ economic plan: $1.7T in handouts, fed ban on grocery store ‘price gouging’
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Kamala Harris’ economic plan: $1.7T in handouts, fed ban on grocery store ‘price gouging’

By Diana Glebova, Josh Christenson and Victoria Churchill | The New York Post Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday unveiled the economic policies she would enact in her first 100 days in office — and it comes with a whopping estimated $1.7 trillion in handouts, as well as government price controls on groceries amid ravaging Biden-Harris administration inflation. Her economic plan includes measures to dole out $25,000 to help first-time homeowners with their down payments and give up to a $6,000 tax breaks for lower and middle-income families who have a child in their first year of life. Harris did not say what incomes qualify as “lower” and “middle.” The housing subsidies alone are “absolutely inflationary” and would “push a $2 trillion dollar deficit even higher,” Bri...
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Boebert to debate Calvarese on business issues Sept. 3 in Douglas County
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Boebert to debate Calvarese on business issues Sept. 3 in Douglas County

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and her Democratic challenger Trisha Calvarese are set to face off in a debate on business and economic issues on Sept. 3 in Roxborough Park. The lunchtime debate is so far the only meet-up scheduled between the two major party candidates running in Colorado's 4th Congressional District, which covers Douglas County, parts of Larimer and Weld Counties, and the Eastern Plains. Boebert and Calvarese both emerged from crowded primaries for the seat formerly represented by Republican U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, who resigned in March. Republican Greg Lopez defeated Calvarese in a June special election to serve out the remainder of Buck's term. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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In Avon, voters are likely to see use tax ballot item similar to defeated measure in 2023
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In Avon, voters are likely to see use tax ballot item similar to defeated measure in 2023

By Zoe Goldstein  | Vail Daily After Avon voters rejected a 4% use tax on construction materials last fall, the town will likely bring a revised question to voters this November. Sixty percent of the 1,115 Avon residents — among 2,981 registered voters — who voted in 2023 rejected the use tax ballot question. Avon voters also rejected a construction materials use tax in 2002. There are a handful of key differences between this year’s version of the ballot question and the one voters saw in 2023. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE VAIL DAILY
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Report: If Initiative 91 ban of big cat hunting passes, it could cost CPW, hunting industry more than $65M
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Report: If Initiative 91 ban of big cat hunting passes, it could cost CPW, hunting industry more than $65M

By Derek Draplin | The Center Square A new report says a ballot measure banning big cat hunting in Colorado would prove costly for state wildlife management and the hunting industry. Initiative 91, which will appear on the November ballot, would ban the hunting of mountain lions, bobcats, and lynx, removing them from the state’s definition of “big game.”  The report, by the Common Sense Institute, a free-enterprise think tank, estimates that Colorado’s mountain lion population would increase by 443 cats, noting an average of 508 were harvested annually since 2019. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE CENTER SQUARE
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Denver Schools students who commit murder could get five-day expulsion in new discipline matrix
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Denver Schools students who commit murder could get five-day expulsion in new discipline matrix

By Nicole C. Brambila | Denver Gazette Denver Public Schools officials on Thursday released the new discipline matrix used to address student misbehaviors that include a dozen new conduct categories, including students who commit or attempt murder. Characterized as a “level 7,” students who cause “the death of another person” could receive five days of out-of-school suspension and a mandatory expulsion request. Level 7 offenses also include attempted homicide and possession of a firearm. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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As California AG, Kamala Harris helped illegal alien become nation’s first ‘undocumented’ lawyer
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As California AG, Kamala Harris helped illegal alien become nation’s first ‘undocumented’ lawyer

By Judicial Watch Years before her catastrophic failure as the Biden administration’s border czar, Vice President Kamala Harris helped an illegal alien become the nation’s first undocumented lawyer while she was California’s top law enforcement official. In a court brief filed during the illegal alien’s years-long legal battle to obtain a law license, then California Attorney General Harris wrote: “it is not a crime either to be present or to work in the United States without immigration status.” Even the Obama administration opposed an illegal immigrant practicing law in the United States and the Department of Justice (DOJ) challenged it, arguing that a 1996 immigration reform law precludes undocumented aliens from receiving commercial and professional licenses issued by states a...
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