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Former Judge’s Opinion on Trump’s Disqualification Raises Concerns
A former Republican judge, Clark Erickson, appointed to hear arguments on whether to disqualify former President Donald J. Trump from the Illinois primary ballot, made headlines on Sunday with his opinion that Trump engaged in insurrection by attempting to remain in office after the 2020 election.
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THIS WEEK AT THE COLORADO CAPITOL | Week of Jan. 29, 2024
Here are legislative committee hearings and other events of note for the week ahead for the Colorado General Assembly.
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Colorado’s Push for Multiple Housemates to Solve ‘Affordable Housing’ Raises Concerns
A controversial bill introduced in the Colorado legislature aims to tackle the state’s housing shortage by prohibiting cities from implementing limits on how many people can live together.
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Colo. lawmakers bring the heat on CPW leadership regarding wolf release
Department of Natural Resources Director Dan Gibbs, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Director Jeff Davis, and CPW Assistant Director Reid DeWalt appeared before the joint agriculture committees this week during the agency’s SMART Act hearing.
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More Colorado Springs-area students are homeschooling than before the COVID-19 pandemic
By O’Dell Isaac [email protected] COVID-19 turned living rooms into classrooms and parents into de facto teachers across the U.S. for more than a year. But now that the worst days of the pandemic appear to be well in the rearview mirror, a growing number of parents have decided to continue educating their children at home.
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Plotting Blodgett: Breaking down plan for beloved, expanded open space in Colorado Springs
By Seth Boster [email protected] One recent evening, in an auditorium of almost 100 northwest Colorado Springs neighbors worried or excited about the future of Blodgett Open Space, a presentation ended with a woman rising from her seat. She had a question for the audience. “How many would like Blodgett to stay a nature preserve?” She
30th anniversary of school choice in Colorado: Here’s how it works
By Savannah Eller [email protected] This year is the 30th anniversary of school choice, a state law that gives parents the freedom to send their children to any public school in Colorado free of charge. With an abundance of districts to choose from in the Colorado Springs area, the decision can be difficult to make for
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Failed Liberalism: A city of 710,000 struggles to cope with 40,000 indigent migrants
By the Lobby Denver, a city with a population of just over 710,000, has found itself at the forefront of the migrant crisis, with nearly 40,000 indigent migrants arriving in the past year. This makes Denver the top destination per capita for newly arrived migrants crossing the U.S. southern border and traveling north in buses
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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
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