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‘If we don’t police ourselves, who will?’: Four accused of violating Loveland city charter
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Approved, Loveland Reporter-Herald, Northern Colorado

‘If we don’t police ourselves, who will?’: Four accused of violating Loveland city charter

By JOCELYN ROWLEY  | Loveland Reporter-Herald After three hours of discussion, tearful comments from the public and threat of further litigation from a new character in the drama, the Loveland City Council voted on Friday to hire a special prosecutor in the case of four members accused of violating the city charter. “I consider this what we’re doing tonight to be probably the gravest of things that we may be called upon to do, and that’s to police ourselves,” Councilor Troy Krenning said in support of the hire. “And if we don’t police ourselves, who will? And the answer is nobody.” The five councilors present for the unusual weekday special meeting voted unanimously to hire former city of Boulder attorney Kathy Haddock for the job, but did not put an end date or a dollar amount on...
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El Paso County Republicans Caldwell and VanderWerf qualify for ballot
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El Paso County Republicans Caldwell and VanderWerf qualify for ballot

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice The petitions of two more Republican candidates have been verified by the Colorado Secretary of State's office, qualifying them for a place on the primary ballot. Stan VanderWerf, a candidate for Colorado Senate District 12 in western El Paso County, and Jarvis Caldwell, a candidate for Colorado House District 20 in northern El Paso County, both have qualified for the ballot. VanderWerf submitted 1,983 signatures, with 1,144 accepted by the Secretary of State. Caldwell submitted 2,166 signatures, with 1,297 accepted by the Secretary of State. The threshold to qualify for both offices is 1,000 signatures. A record of all accepted and rejected signatures, including reasons for each rejection, is on file with the Secretary of State.
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Mesa County to partner through $300K grant to improve mental health care access
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Mesa County to partner through $300K grant to improve mental health care access

By The Rocky Mountain Voice Appropriated by Senate Bill 22-196, a $300,000 grant from the State of Colorado has allowed Mesa County Behavioral Health to collaborate with Mind Springs Health to enhance access to mental health care in Western Colorado. The grant focuses on early intervention and prevention in the criminal justice system, a Mesa County press release reads. It targets at-risk adults, aiming to stabilize and support them through improved intervention strategies. “We are grateful for the support of the 196 Grant, which enables us to expand our reach and deepen our impact, providing critical behavioral health services to those in need,” said Lisa Mills, Mesa County's behavioral health director. “Our contract with Mind Springs represents our ongoing commitment to enhancin...
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In Colorado’s 3rd District, seat Boebert is leaving moves from ’tilt’ to ‘lean’ Republican
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In Colorado’s 3rd District, seat Boebert is leaving moves from ’tilt’ to ‘lean’ Republican

By Nathan L. Gonzales | Roll Call Nearly seven months before Election Day, the fight for the House majority is taking shape with a dozen rating changes in a dozen races. While eight of the changes made by Inside Elections benefit Democrats, some of those are on the outskirts of the battlefield, and Republicans are in a better position to control the House next year.  Overall, 72 races are rated as competitive by Inside Elections. That’s a slightly larger House battlefield compared with this point in 2022 (65 seats), 2020 (66 seats) and 2018 (69 seats) but dramatically larger than the end of March 2016, when just 34 House seats were rated as competitive.  There’s unintentional symmetry at the core of the battlefield, where Republicans currently represent 15 seat...
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Giordano: America’s woke education is fueling the mental health crisis
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Giordano: America’s woke education is fueling the mental health crisis

By Nicholas Giordano | FOX News According to a new Gallup poll, "happiness" is plummeting in America, adding to the mounting evidence that the U.S. has a mental health crisis on its hands. It is particularly alarming that these bleak findings include children, teens and young adults – demographics that have traditionally enjoyed relatively carefree lives and positive outlooks as they face a lifetime of promises.  But the data is sobering: suicide ranks as the second leading cause of death among children ages 10-14 and young adults ages 20-34. Furthermore, 55% of young adults under the age of 30 suffer from anxiety, and 47% are depressed and/or hopeless. Sadly, these statistics do not surprise me.  As a college professor, not only h...
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In Rhode Island’s primary today, new law will allow 17-year-olds to vote for President
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In Rhode Island’s primary today, new law will allow 17-year-olds to vote for President

By Paul Edward Parker | Providence Journal Although both major parties' presidential nominations are already sewn up, Tuesday's Rhode Island Presidential Preference Primary will be exciting for 1,894 voters in particular: 17-year-olds who will be able to vote for the first time ever under a new law passed last year. The law gives 17-year-olds the right to vote in a primary election if they will be 18 on the day of November's general election. And 1,894 such 17-year-olds took advantage of the new law and registered to vote by the March 3 deadline. "I actually think it's cool," said Atticus Thompson, of East Greenwich. "It gets more voters out, also." READ THE FULL STORY AT THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL
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In Yuma, after state law forced end to Indian mascot, school still has no mascot images
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In Yuma, after state law forced end to Indian mascot, school still has no mascot images

By The Yuma Pioneer The Yuma Outlaws don’t have a good image, at least not yet. Yuma School District-1 is turning to the public to help come up with the proper imagery. That was the direction the Y-1 Board of Education gave Superintendent Dianna Chrisman during its regular monthly meeting, Monday night at the District Office. The issue of “Mascot Graphic Planning” came up toward the meeting’s end. As most know, state legislation forced Yuma to drop “Indians” after nearly 80 years. The Yuma schools went without a mascot name for one school year. The community, through a tournament-type process, eventually selected “Outlaws” last September. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE YUMA PIONEER
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Sloan: Biden’s betrayal of Israel in war with Hamas
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Sloan: Biden’s betrayal of Israel in war with Hamas

By Kelly Sloan | Special Contributor, The Rocky Mountain Voice Back in October, in the stunned aftermath of the worst collective massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, Presideent Joe Biden told the Israelis and the world that the U.S. would stand by them. He pledged American support, including armaments. It was a good moment, one civilized nation pledging its solidarity with another in the face of barbarity. Five months later, Biden informed the Israelis that they were essentially alone. On March 25, the UN Security Council voted on yet another morally bankrupt resolution calling for a unilateral and unconditional cease fire in the war in Gaza, and this time the United States abstained. In all previous iterations of this and other UN resolutions like it, which stop just short of...
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Hillman: Progressive gun control bills defy common sense
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Hillman: Progressive gun control bills defy common sense

By Mark Hillman | MarkHillman.com Although I am less optimistic, I still hold out hope that Colorado isn’t irretrievably doomed to follow California, Oregon and Washington into the hopeless abyss of Progressivism. A few key indicators will soon reveal if we have passed the point of no return, including whether enough common-sense Democrats remain to stand with Republicans against the Far Left’s relentless assault on our 2nd Amendment rights. Senate Bill 131 would prohibit licensed concealed-carry permit holders from carrying their guns in “sensitive spaces,” which sponsors Sen. Sonya Jaquez-Lewis (D-Boulder) and Chris Kolker (D-Centennial) defined as most places outside your home. The bill would ban legal possession in these gun-free zones by licensed permit-holders.  It would,...
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Boeing’s troubles are spilling over to its airline customers, could impact air travel
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Boeing’s troubles are spilling over to its airline customers, could impact air travel

By Lori Aratani | The Washington Post After three years of scrambling to hire and train pilots, United Airlines is encouraging its aviators to take unpaid time off next month, the latest example of how woes at Boeing — including delays in aircraft delivery — are rippling through the aviation industry. Production limits imposed on Boeing after a piece of the wall blew off an Alaska Airlines plane midflight in January are in part responsible for the delays, which are forcing carriers to halt hiring and rethink schedules even as demand for air travel remains robust. Southwest Airlines, which operates an all-Boeing fleet, had anticipated receiving 58 737 Max 8 aircraft, but will instead receive 46. Boeing’s continued challenges, Southwest said in a regulatory filing, may require it to...
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