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Poll: Jeff Hurd holds wide lead in Colorado’s 3rd District Republican primary
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Poll: Jeff Hurd holds wide lead in Colorado’s 3rd District Republican primary

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics Grand Junction Republican Jeff Hurd holds a comfortable lead in the six-way GOP primary in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District as ballots go in the mail to voters, new polling shows. Hurd, an attorney and first-time candidate, was the choice of 27% of the likely Republican primary voters polled, with none of his rivals breaking out of single digits, according to results of a co/efficient survey conducted this week and made available exclusively to Colorado Politics. Just over half of those surveyed said they were undecided. Covering most of the Western Slope and parts of Southern Colorado, the Republican-leaning district has been represented for two terms by U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, who moved across the state to another district ea...
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Colorado is charting a rise in potential money laundering. Could stopping it slow the fentanyl trade?
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Colorado is charting a rise in potential money laundering. Could stopping it slow the fentanyl trade?

By Ernesto Cabral | The Colorado Sun Colorado money service businesses, such as check-cashing businesses and money forwarding services, filed a record number of reports last year of possible money laundering by people using their services, official data shows. In 2023, money services businesses flagged more than 22,000 transactions in Colorado they suspected were intended to convert money from crimes into usable cash, according to data from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, known as FinCEN. That’s a 40% increase from the previous year and a 1,009% surge since 2014. The increase comes as federal authorities are eyeing the role money services businesses play in allowing fentanyl dealers — many associated with the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels in Mexico — to...
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Big money filtering into 5th District Republican race for Congress
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Big money filtering into 5th District Republican race for Congress

By Sandra Fish | The Colorado Sun The Republican primary in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District is becoming a battle for the soul of the GOP, with conservative groups spending $1.3 million and counting to beat state party chairman Dave Williams, who has been endorsed by Donald Trump. Williams is running against conservative commentator and activist Jeff Crank, who has been endorsed by U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, in the El Paso County district where U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, is retiring at the end of his ninth term. Whoever wins the primary is almost certain to win the general election in the highly Republican district.  That’s why the 5th District spending by outside political groups, more than what’s spent by outside groups in any of the state’s othe...
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Colorado Republicans call Biden’s asylum order ‘too little, too late,’ Dems say it’s ‘people over politics’
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Colorado Republicans call Biden’s asylum order ‘too little, too late,’ Dems say it’s ‘people over politics’

By By Nicole C. Brambila | Colorado Springs Gazette President Joe Biden’s sweeping executive action Tuesday to ban asylum seekers when illegal border crossings reach a certain threshold expectedly divided Colorado leaders along partisan lines, with Republicans calling the action “too little, too late” and Democrats describing the move as putting “people over politics.” Meanwhile, in Denver, a spokesperson for the city’s human services agency, which is in charge of the response to the crisis, said officials will closely monitor any impacts the executive order might have. “In the meantime, we will stay focused on what we are able to control, including our recent pivot away from emergency operations to a more sustainable programmatic approach,” Jon Ewing, a Denver Human Services spok...
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Coloradans have standing to sue over open meetings violations — no matter where they live, court finds
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Coloradans have standing to sue over open meetings violations — no matter where they live, court finds

By Jeffrey A. Roberts | Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition A Pagosa Springs attorney who has filed nearly 100 open-government lawsuits in the past several years has standing to sue the Elizabeth school board for alleged open meetings law violations even though he lives 300 miles away, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. Shutting down arguments made by the school district, the Colorado Association of School Boards and the Colorado Rural Schools Alliance, the state’s second-highest court concluded that the Colorado Open Meetings Law “creates a legally protected interest in favor of at least every natural person in Colorado — including the plaintiff here — in having public bodies conduct public business in compliance with the OML.” The school district had accused Mat...
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Broncos: Oklahoma WR Marvin Mims Jr. feels ‘night and day’ difference from rookie year to Year 2
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Broncos: Oklahoma WR Marvin Mims Jr. feels ‘night and day’ difference from rookie year to Year 2

By Aric DiLalla | DenverBroncos.com Shortly after the Broncos drafted Marvin Mims Jr. in 2023, Head Coach Sean Payton compared the Oklahoma product's speed to driving on an open highway. During Thursday's OTA practice, the second-year player again ran away from all the traffic. Mims caught a deep ball from Jarrett Stidham — one of the highlight plays of Thursday's practice — and demonstrated his playmaking ability. "It was a good play call," Mims said. "We ended up getting matched with the right coverage. Incredible ball. [It was] just me running. Didn't have to break stride. Caught it. Touchdown." READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVERBRONCOS.COM
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Candidate conflict unfolds at Congressional District 5 debate hosted by The Gazette, KOAA
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Candidate conflict unfolds at Congressional District 5 debate hosted by The Gazette, KOAA

By Savannah Eller | Colorado Springs Gazette Debate rules momentarily broke down at a Congressional District 5 debate Monday evening hosted by The Gazette, KOAA and the El Pomar Foundation, as the intraparty conflict between Republicans Jeff Crank and Dave Williams came to a boil onstage.  Held at the Centennial Hall and moderated by KOAA's Alasyn Zimmerman, the debate covered a range of topics impacting the district that roughly encompasses El Paso County, including affordable housing, military assets in Colorado Springs and national immigration policy. At the debate were Democratic candidates River Gassen and Joe Reagan, along with Williams and Crank.  While Gassen, a scientist and educator, and Reagan, a veteran, businessman and nonprofit leader, made the case for their expe...
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Under Colorado’s ‘hands-free’ device law, it cannot be primary reason for law enforcement stop
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Under Colorado’s ‘hands-free’ device law, it cannot be primary reason for law enforcement stop

By Marissa Ventrelli | Colorado Politics Under a new "hands-free" law, Colorado drivers will be prohibited from using cellphones while driving, but it is a secondary offense, meaning it cannot be the primary reason to be pulled over. Next year, Colorado will join 27 other states in adopting a "hands-free" law, prohibiting the use of electronic devices like cellphones while driving.      Under Senate Bill 065, law enforcement officers can't stop a driver solely because they're using a phone while driving. Instead, using an electronic device while driving is classified as a secondary offense, meaning drivers can only be cited for it if they are pulled over for something else, such as reckless driving.  Drivers are permitted to use their phones while opera...
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Primary Election ’24: In 5th District, both Democratic and Republican races are opposed
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Primary Election ’24: In 5th District, both Democratic and Republican races are opposed

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice In Colorado's 5th District, both Republican and Democratic registered voters will be asked to weigh in on contested races for their party's nomination to the general election ballot. U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn announced earlier this year his decision to retire at the conclusion of his term, setting up an open-seat election for the central and southern Colorado district. Ballots began hitting the mailstream Monday in the state's primary election and must be mailed to all registered voters by Friday. Election Day is June 25. In the 5th District Republican Party primary election, the decision is between Jeff Crank and Dave Williams. Crank twice previously opposed Lamborn for the seat and the vice president of Americans for Prosperity is back for ...
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Ballots to begin hitting mailstream for June 25 primary election
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Ballots to begin hitting mailstream for June 25 primary election

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Ballots will begin hitting the mailstream today, June 3, in the state's primary election, Secretary of State Jena Griswold has announced. Election Day is Tuesday, June 25. “Ballots are arriving to your mailbox soon,” said Griswold, in a press release. “There is still time to register to vote if you have not already, and I encourage every eligible Coloradan to do so.” Active voters must be mailed a ballot by Friday, June 7. The ballot will include party-related ballot items and a special election to select what has been termed a "placeholder" in Colorado's 4th Congressional District, completing the unexpired term of U.S. Rep. Ken Buck. In that election, there will be a choice of a Democrat, Republican and two minor-party candidates for the une...
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