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Eight measures expected to make November ballot, dozens more possible

Westword, Approved, State / May 14, 2024 / Ballot initiatives, Elections

The list of ballot measures awaiting Colorado voters in November is growing. State lawmakers voted to send five measures to the ballot before the Colorado Legislature adjourned on May 8, adding to two citizen-initiated measures that had already officially qualified for the ballot: an effort to include economic impact statements before the questions on ballot measures, and another to cap property tax revenue increases at 4 percent each year.

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Voters might get chance to tell schools to notify parents of signs their kid is transgender

State, Westword / May 11, 2024 / Education, Elections, Legislative Session, Transgender

Days after a new state law began allowing Colorado students to choose their names at school, an effort to require parental notification for such behavior started petitioning for the November ballot.

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Bob Gardner’s infamous filibusters, policy prowess made him one of the GOP’s most effective weapons

Approved, State, Westword / May 11, 2024 / Bob Gardner, Legislative Session

Eighteen years after he was first elected to the Colorado Legislature, state Senator Bob Gardner concluded his final legislative session on Wednesday, May 8.

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‘The Most Legit Dude’ in the Colorado Capitol: Senator becomes unlikely celebrity

Approved, State, Westword / May 10, 2024 / Legislative Session, Perry Will

One Colorado legislator has become the subject of fan pages, a weekly holiday and an effort to replace Mayor Mike Johnston’s greeting at the Denver airport with his voice instead.

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O.J. Simpson was familiar sighting in some Colorado mountain towns

Westword, Approved, State / April 12, 2024 / O.J. Simpson

It’s not often that an accused murderer and convicted felon gets treated like royalty, but that’s what happened for years in Summit County and popular mountain towns like Vail and Aspen when O.J. Simpson showed up.

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‘How much are we spending on it?’: Denver auditor reviewing costs of city’s homeless shelters

Approved, Local, Westword / April 9, 2024 / Denver, Homeless

An audit of Denver’s shelter system and how much the city is actually spending on housing the homeless is in full swing, according to the Denver Auditor’s Office, which hopes to have things wrapped up by late July or early August.

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Denver has a ‘Newcomer Director’ and a continuing illegal immigration crisis

Approved, Local, Westword / March 22, 2024 / City of Denver, Immigration

In December 2022, the City of Denver declared an emergency after the arrival of thousands of migrants from the southern border. Since then, nearly 40,000 of them have come to the city.

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Denver to close four shelters for illegal immigrants, starting with Aurora

Westword, Approved, Denver Metro / March 1, 2024 / City of Denver, Immigration

The migrant crisis in Denver is Mayor Mike Johnston’s biggest challenge so far in 2024. Since December 2022, more than 39,000 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, have shown up in Denver.

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