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State regulators on verge of passing new cumulative-impact requirements on oil-and-gas projects

Colorado regulators are debating an “enormous” set of regulations that will require consideration of the cumulative impacts of any new or expanded oil-and-gas project on air, water and other natural resources before state officials can grant operating permits.

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Colorado avoided big funding cuts for schools. But relief for districts could be short-lived.

Colorado lawmakers averted the potential for serious funding cuts for schools after passing a set of modest property tax cuts during the special legislative session in August. But the relief for school districts could be short-lived.

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Colorado Sens. Bennet, Hickenlooper introduce legislation to finish financing the long-delayed Arkansas Valley Conduit

The hopes for clean drinking water for more than 50,000 families in the Arkansas Valley in southeastern Colorado could take one more significant step forward with the introduction of legislation this week to finalize payment arrangements for the Arkansas Valley Conduit.

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Aurora officials admit knowing about Venezuelan gang’s activities months ago

Aurora officials on Wednesday admitted they had been arresting people suspected — though not yet confirmed at the time of their apprehensions — of being members of a Venezuelan gang operating in the metro Denver long before the media spotlight on the city.

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