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Tax Relief for High Valuations To Be on the Fall Ballot

June 1, 2023 / Brian Heuberger / Politics, State Issues / No Comments

Many homeowners throughout Colorado were alarmed to discover that the home valuations they received in May were disproportionately higher than usual and could burden them with exorbitant property taxes.

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Monumental Gun Control Package Moves Through the CO Capitol

April 1, 2023 / Brian Heuberger / Community Issues, Politics, State Issues / 3 Comments

With two recent school shootings happening less than two miles from the Capitol and with residents becoming outraged about the rising rates of gun violence, Democrats in the Colorado Legislature have introduced a monumental gun control package consisting of four bills that began progressing through the Legislature in March.

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New Members, New Leaders in the Capitol Spotlight

January 1, 2023 / Todd Engdahl / Politics, State Issues / No Comments

The best one-word description of the 2023 Colorado General Assembly is simply­—new.

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Key 2022 Ballot Measure Results

December 1, 2022 / Brian Heuberger / Community Issues, Denver News, Elections, State Issues / No Comments

In November, Denver residents cast their votes on many ballot measures. Here are the results of some of the key city and state initiatives. 

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…NE News Updates

November 1, 2022 / Brian Heuberger and Mary Jo Brooks / Announcements, Arts/Culture, Business, Central Park, History, News Updates, State Issues / No Comments

This month: 1) East High Black Box Production; 2) Bistro Vendome Is Coming to Park Hill; 3) Solana Apartments at Beeler Park; and State Update: Sand Creek Massacre Historic Site Expands.

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High Court Limits EPA in Fight Against Climate Change

August 1, 2022 / Mary Jo Brooks / Commerce City, Community Issues, Health & Wellness, National Issues, Politics, State Issues / No Comments

“Colorado is on the front lines of our climate reality with wildfires, drought, extreme weather and all of the health and economic impacts that come with that. So, when the Supreme Court limits our tools in addressing those challenges, Coloradans are going to feel it.”

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Leaked SCOTUS Opinion Sparks Concern about Access, Overflow Care

June 1, 2022 / Tracy Wolfer Osborne and Carol Roberts / Community Issues, National Issues, Politics, State Issues / 2 Comments

In early May, a mystery leaker sent shockwaves through the nation after releasing a draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that ruled a woman’s right to abortion is protected by the constitution and therefore legal in all 50 states.

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2022 Colorado Legislative Session Wraps-up Under The Dome

June 1, 2022 / Todd Engdahl / Politics, State Issues / No Comments

Despite some nerve-wracking delays by House Republicans in the legislative session’s final days, majority Democrats went home and into the election season having achieved much of their ambitious 2022 legislative agenda.

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Colorado Congressman Crow Meets with Ukraine President Zelenskyy, Pledges Unwavering Support

June 1, 2022 / Tracy Wolfer Osborne / Announcements, National Issues, Politics, State Issues / No Comments

Colorado Congressman Jason Crow (D) recently returned from Kyiv where he and a congressional delegation spent nearly four hours meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his top advisors. 

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Addressing Past Injustices: How is CO doing?

January 1, 2022 / Tracy Wolfer Osborne / History, State Issues / No Comments

The country is struggling with how to address past injustices: The Sand Creek Massacre, Indian Boarding Schools, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Amache Internment Camp. How is Colorado doing?

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