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Trump survives Illinois Board of Elections vote determining his 2024 ballot status
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Trump survives Illinois Board of Elections vote determining his 2024 ballot status

By Jack Birle, Washington Examiner The Illinois Board of Elections unanimously decided to allow former President Donald Trump to remain on the ballot in the state, arguing it did not have the authority to determine his eligibility under the Constitution. The petitioners had argued Trump was ineligible to run for president, alleging he committed an insurrection with the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, in violation of section three of the 14th Amendment. The board, made up of four Democrats and four Republicans, voted 8-0 to heed the recommendation of its general counsel and leave eligibility questions up to the courts. "I think that we do not have jurisdiction to wade into the constitutional issue to decide the question of whether the candidate engaged in ins...
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Survey: Colorado voters agree state is too expensive, disagree on election integrity
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Survey: Colorado voters agree state is too expensive, disagree on election integrity

By Thelma Grimes [email protected] While Democratic and Republican voters may be split on who they want to lead the country and whether they trust the integrity of national elections, a recent survey shows Colorado residents agree that the cost of living in the state is too high. One of the top takeaways from the annual Colorado Political Climate Survey conducted by the American Politics Research Lab at CU Boulder and the polling company YouGov is that 80% of survey participants said they are either “concerned” or “very concerned” about the rising cost of living. According to a Forbes Advisor analysis, Colorado’s affordability continues to trend high. Ranked 11th in the nation, Colorado’s total cost of living for residents is estimated at around $45,931. The analy...
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Denver concedes to homeless micro-community zoning code appeal
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Denver concedes to homeless micro-community zoning code appeal

By Noah Festenstein [email protected] A Denver resident on Tuesday successfully appealed the zoning decision to build a "micro-community" site in the Overland Park neighborhood in Denver, forcing Mayor Mike Johnston's office to refile the permit request. The successful appeal is unlikely to stop the building of the "micro-community" at 621 W. Wesley Ave., which already broke ground. But it offers a symbolic victory to residents opposed to the city's plans to erect "micro-communities" in their neighborhoods to house homeless people.   READ FULL ARTICLE ON DENVERGAZETTE.COM
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Rumored Biden replacement Gavin Newsom tells Joe how he would beat Trump
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Rumored Biden replacement Gavin Newsom tells Joe how he would beat Trump

By Misty Severi, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said he would focus on telling voters about the “extraordinary successes” of President Joe Biden’s administration if he was in the president’s shoes. The California governor claimed Biden had “the best three-year record” of any modern president, and that Democratic and independent voters needed to be more aware of those successes as the president sees low approval ratings. “We need to lift up the issues, the successes, the extraordinary successes of the last three years, [of] the Biden-Harris administration,” Newsom told ABC’s This Week on Sunday. “It’s not even a complicated campaign. We have the receipts. We have the best three-year record of any modern American...
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RFK Jr. says Trump team reached out about VP spot
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RFK Jr. says Trump team reached out about VP spot

By Luke Gentile, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would not accept the vice presidential spot on former President Donald Trump's 2024 ticket, despite already having been approached by Trump's team. "I would not take that job," Kennedy, 70, said in a recent interview with NewsNation. "I'm flattered that President Trump would offer to me, but it's not something that I'm interested in." The idea of a Trump-Kennedy ticket had been floated by the Trump campaign, according to Kennedy. READ FULL ARTICLE ON GAZETTE.COM
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The politics complicating the $78 billion child tax credit and business tax bill
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The politics complicating the $78 billion child tax credit and business tax bill

By Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE Election-year politics threaten the passage of the bipartisan $78 billion child tax credit and business tax break bill. The bill faces hurdles in the Senate and the House, even after clearing the House Ways and Means Committee in an overwhelming 40-3 vote. Two big political winners of the legislation's passage would be Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), who crafted the plan during weeks of negotiations. And the White House, at least from a messaging standpoint, also stands to gain a political advantage whether the legislation passes or not. READ FULL ARTICLE ON GAZETTE.COM
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Another state could try to boot Trump from the 2024 ballot
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Another state could try to boot Trump from the 2024 ballot

By Peyton Sorosinski, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE Retired Republican Judge Clark Erickson, who said former President Donald Trump’s name should be removed from the Illinois ballot ahead of the March 19 primary for inciting an insurrection, recommended Sunday that a higher court should make the decision, not the state board of elections.  The objection to Trump’s ballot eligibility was brought forth by five Illinois voters who filed a petition earlier this month seeking to remove the former president from the state’s primary ballot. Trump’s attorneys, along with the group of objectors, presented their arguments on Friday to Erickson, the hearing officer.  “[Trump] does not dispute that he knew violence was occurring at the Capitol. He und...
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Voters back Texas border wall, feel Biden starting ‘civil war’
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Voters back Texas border wall, feel Biden starting ‘civil war’

By Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE A sizable majority of the public supports Texas’s construction of a wall along its border with Mexico and feels that President Joe Biden’s efforts to stop it are the first step toward civil war. In a sobering analysis of the escalating topic, 69% of likely 2024 voters said that they support the border wall and razor-wire fence that Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) has ordered. Among those, a majority, 51%, said they “strongly” back Texas in its fight to stop illegal immigration and the surge of "gotaways" getting past federal border agents. The White House won the Supreme Court's support for stopping Texas, but not voters. Besides fighting voters, Biden has clashed with members of his own party over ...
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Date set for Supreme Court hearing on major free speech Big Tech case
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Date set for Supreme Court hearing on major free speech Big Tech case

By Christopher Hutton, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: DENVER GAZETTE The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear arguments on March 18 in Murthy v. Missouri, a major case involving free speech, government agencies, and social media that could have monumental implications for content moderation. The case deals with whether or not federal agencies indirectly encouraged social media platforms such as Facebook and X, formerly Twitter, to take down posts on the basis that they contained false information about COVID-19. The case could set a significant precedent around social media and how much communication is allowed between federal agencies and tech companies before the speech becomes coercive. Louisiana-based U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty i...
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EDITORIAL: Cracking down on Denver’s car theft
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EDITORIAL: Cracking down on Denver’s car theft

By The Gazette editorial board Kudos to Mayor Mike Johnston and Police Chief Ron Thomas for developing what they tout as a new “comprehensive strategy for fighting auto thefts” in the city. The strategy, according to a press statement from the mayor’s office last week, will expand existing efforts and “ensure that Denver’s auto theft response remains coordinated and effective.” Time will tell if the enhanced program proves a success, but it’s already encouraging simply to see the Johnston administration prioritize auto theft. Perhaps that’s no surprise considering the mayor himself has been an auto-theft victim twice in the past several years, most recently last October. “Around 30 cars a day are stolen in our city. This is a huge impact on people’s lives, especially families with...
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