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Colorado is charting a rise in potential money laundering. Could stopping it slow the fentanyl trade?

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.

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Big money filtering into 5th District Republican race for Congress

The Republican primary in Coloradoโ€™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.

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Colorado Republicans call Biden’s asylum order ‘too little, too late,’ Dems say it’s ‘people over politics’

President Joe Bidenโ€™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 โ€œtoo little, too lateโ€ and Democrats describing the move as putting โ€œpeople over politics.โ€

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Coloradans have standing to sue over open meetings violations โ€” no matter where they live, court finds

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.

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Candidate conflict unfolds at Congressional District 5 debate hosted by The Gazette, KOAA

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.ย 

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Under Colorado’s ‘hands-free’ device law, it cannot be primary reason for law enforcement stop

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.

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Primary Election ’24: In 5th District, both Democratic and Republican races are opposed

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.

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