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After closing 48 locations, signs of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing exist for Red Lobster chain
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After closing 48 locations, signs of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing exist for Red Lobster chain

By Daniel Kline | The Street The big food court in the sky, or maybe it's a downtown entertainment district, features a lot of restaurants that once had a big following. You may not remember them all, but some brands that were once huge, fell into irrelevancy and then went away. Howard Johnson's, for example, used to be a staple of a road trip. If you couldn't find a HoJo's perhaps you would stop at a Big Boy, another chain that was once prominent. In addition, sometimes there are restaurant chains that maybe were never that well-liked but were still a big deal. Fashion Cafe and the Official All-Star Cafe were meant to reproduce the magic of the Hard Rock Cafe or Planet Hollywood but they never caught on. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE STREET
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Biden, Trump don’t even agree on crypto, with Trump saying he’s in support, Biden opposed
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Biden, Trump don’t even agree on crypto, with Trump saying he’s in support, Biden opposed

By The Street Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has recently signaled an about face on the digital assets industry, promising to support crypto in the U.S. during a recent campaign event and offering a stark contrast to apparent hostility from the Biden administration. “If you’re in favor of crypto you’re gonna vote for Trump because they want to end it,” Trump said recently.  Long-time advocates and investors in the space have decried harsh legislation from the Biden administration and Gary Gensler’s U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For instance, the White House recently vowed to veto legislation that could allow regulated financial firms to custody digital assets. Now, crypto-focused voters have reason to believe that Trump would offer a friend...
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Ballot initiatives seek to ban biological boys in girls’ sports, require schools to notify parents over ‘gender incongruence’
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Ballot initiatives seek to ban biological boys in girls’ sports, require schools to notify parents over ‘gender incongruence’

By Marianne Goodland | Denver Gazette A parent who sued the Wellington School District over an LGBTQ middle-high school club is seeking to put a measure in front of voters in November that would require schools to notify parents when their child expresses "gender incongruence." Another ballot initiative would prohibit biological males from participating in girls' sports at the K-12 level. The group collecting petition signatures for the two measures is called "Protect Kids Colorado," which is led by former state Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, and Erin Lee, a Fort Collins parent who earlier said her 12-year-old daughter was invited by an art teacher to an after-school art club that was really about gender and sexuality. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Caldara: The case for a 90-day Colorado legislative session
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Caldara: The case for a 90-day Colorado legislative session

By Jon Caldara | Complete Colorado I was that kid in high school who would wait until the night before the term paper was due to even get started, as you can tell, a practice I honor to this day with this column. Of course, it was good enough to slide through high school; the paper was always lousy. That’s OK, coming from a sloppy high school kid. But would you trust that kid to spend $35 billion of your money and make the laws that govern every aspect of your life? Because, you have. The Colorado legislative session is 120 days long and, yet again, almost all the important work was left to the last few days and done to the quality my high school teachers came to expect of me. A 120-day session is remarkably long. Texas, for example, has a 90-day session only every other year. ...
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Douglas County nullifies SB 131, allowing those with concealed carry permit to do so in government buildings
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Douglas County nullifies SB 131, allowing those with concealed carry permit to do so in government buildings

By Heather Willard | Fox 31 KDVR.com The Douglas County board of commissioners voted Tuesday to opt out of a new state law prohibiting individuals from carrying firearms in sensitive places, such as government buildings, schools and polling locations. The law will go into effect on July 1 and has a provision allowing local governments to enact legislation permitting people to carry firearms in the areas described in the bill. “Douglas County’s opting out of the requirements of the onerous SB24-131 allows visitors to county facilities and properties the ability to protect themselves as they choose,” said Commissioner Lora Thomas, a Republican, in a county release. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31
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Gov. Polis vetoes 6 bills dealing with variety of subjects, 300 more awaiting his penstroke
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Gov. Polis vetoes 6 bills dealing with variety of subjects, 300 more awaiting his penstroke

By Thelma Grimes | Colorado Politics Gov. Jared Polis’ office announced late Friday evening that the governor has rejected six bills, including measures that deal with employee discipline, construction wages and the treatment of energy derived from burning solid waste.  It's the governor's first vetoes of bills passed in this year's legislative session, when lawmakers sent more than 500 bills of the 705 introduced to Polis' desk. As for Friday night, Polis was still working through more than 300 bills that needed his action. One of the bills vetoed involved wage claims in the construction industry. House Bill 1008 would have made a general contractor liable for wage claims by workers for salaries allegedly owed by a subcontractor. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO ...
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‘Wait, They Left’: College students stumped by simple questions about Israel and Hamas
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‘Wait, They Left’: College students stumped by simple questions about Israel and Hamas

By Matt Vespa | TownHall.com With colleges becoming hotbeds for antisemitism and pro-Hamas propaganda, comedian and actor Zach Sage decided to play a little game with the future minds of tomorrow. He introduced “Gaza Graduation: The Game Show” to these kids, asking simple questions about Hamas, Israel, and the Middle East. It was a trainwreck.  Some of these students were paying an arm and a leg to attend schools like Pace and Sarah Lawrence and were egregiously ignorant of the questions. Not that’s a shock to you, but it’s pretty heinous that some of these clowns didn’t even know that Gaza was under the control of Egypt, and then Israel left Gaza in 2006.  “Wait—they left,” responded one flummoxed student. READ THE FULL STORY AT TOWNHALL.COM
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Avalanche fall 2-1 in double OT, as Dallas Stars advance in Stanley Cup Playoffs
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Avalanche fall 2-1 in double OT, as Dallas Stars advance in Stanley Cup Playoffs

By Coby Maeir | ColoradoAvalanche.com The Dallas Stars eliminated the Colorado Avalanche with a 2-1 double-overtime win in Game Six on Friday to win the playoff series 4-2. Mikko Rantanen scored for Colorado while Jamie Benn and Matt Duchene scored for Dallas. Alexandar Georgiev made 37 saves, including 23 in the third and overtime periods. Rantanen opened the scoring at 5:48 of the second period with his fourth goal of the playoffs, when he fired a top-shelf shot from the right doorstep past Jake Oettinger on the power play thanks to assists from Jonathan Drouin and Cale Makar. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADOAVALANCHE.COM Postgame - Bednar (May 17) | Colorado Avalanche (nhl.com)
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Dow surges to first close above 40,000 as stocks continue to climb in value
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Dow surges to first close above 40,000 as stocks continue to climb in value

By Charley Blaine | The Street It took literally all of Friday's trading session, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its first close above 40,000.  The blue-chip average finished at 40,000.59, up 132 points, or 0.34% right at the 4 p.m. ET close. The index had hit an intraday high of 40,051.05 on Thursday before dropping back to 39,865.  The Dow's performance was the day's best among the major averages. The S&P 500 was up 6 points, or 0.1%, to 5,303. The Nasdaq Composite was down 12 points, or 0.1%, to 16,685.97.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE STREET
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Only 3 state legislators get ‘A’ grade on ’24 Liberty Scorecard, 87% of legislators fail the test
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Only 3 state legislators get ‘A’ grade on ’24 Liberty Scorecard, 87% of legislators fail the test

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Three percent of all state legislators graded an A and 87% of legislators had a failing grade in the Liberty Scorecard Colorado ratings released Friday following the close of the 74th General Assembly. The annual study found the three lawmakers most strongly adhering to the principles of the U.S. Constitution through their legislation and votes are the same from last session, with a different order. Rep. Ken DeGraff, an El Paso County Republican ranked second last session, earned an A-grade and topped the list with a score of 95 this session. Rep. Stephanie Luck, a Freemont County Republican who was rated first last year, was rated third this session with an A grade and 92-point score. Ranking second was Rep. Scott Bottoms, an El Paso County ...
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