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Denver set to buy old state office in Capitol Hill, the first affordable housing project funded by Vibrant Denver
The city will pay $4.5 million for the former CDLE office at 251 E. 12th Ave.
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What vacant ambassador posts means for Colorado
Across the Western Hemisphere today, more than a dozen U.S. ambassador posts are either vacant or awaiting Senate confirmation. At the same time, instability across the region is growing. In Haiti, a worsening security and humanitarian…
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US Senate panel pans DHS plan to stop customs processing at blue-city airports
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin appeared before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Homeland Security panel Tuesday and defended his threats to cripple international air travel into some cities led by Democrats.…
The Colorado Sun
Colorado governor vetoes “surveillance pricing,” arbitration and plastic waste reduction bills
Polis rejects measures on data-driven pricing, arbitration rules and single-use plastics, citing concerns over scope and state authority
Colorado Public Radio
Polis vetoes three progressive bills
A ban on surveillance pricing, arbitration reform and limits on plastic utensils were all axed by the governor.
The Colorado Sun
How one place in Colorado achieved 100% clean energy this spring
The renewable power landmark comes courtesy of Holy Cross Energy in Glenwood Springs
The Colorado Sun
After a grim Colorado ski season, drought is crippling rafting
Drought impacts are straining household budgets and mountain town economies. Rafting outfitters urge visitors to come, saying there’s still room for fun on the milder flows
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Fifty for 150: World’s first recreational marijuana sales begin in Colorado in 2014
Colorado became a tourist destination for cannabis users in 2014, when the first legal recreational marijuana sales in the world began in the state. Legalization in Colorado marked the beginning of what would become a national shift in…
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Rising costs of fuel, other goods squeeze already strained abortion funds
The increasing costs of fuel for cars and airplanes are adding extra strain to abortion funds that help people pay to travel for care in other states, leaders of several funds said this week. Abortion funds can help when someone must…
Colorado Public Radio
Housing policy tug of war resumes in Congress
The House and Senate have passed different packages aimed at increasing housing supply and addressing soaring housing costs, but it’s unclear if the two chambers will make a deal.
Colorado Public Radio
In-house daycare doesn’t solve the cost problem, but does help one company practice what it sells
Educational resource company’s Beehive has the same cost and waitlist issue as other daycares. Should businesses have a stake in Colorado’s child care problems?
The Colorado Sun
Where the Democratic candidates for Colorado attorney general stand on the big issues
The Colorado Sun interviewed Jena Griswold, David Seligman, Michael Dougherty and Hetal Doshi to get their views on the issues facing the state’s next attorney general
Denverite
Denver’s clowns get serious (kind of)
Who is Crabman and, oh no, what is he doing?
The Colorado Sun
10 farms, ranches and markets that help shape Colorado’s agricultural character
Colorado’s agriculture heritage and community are central to the state’s identity. Here are some of those places as we celebrate 150 years of state history.
Colorado NewslineFull story
Colorado’s 3 Republican candidates for governor square off in first full debate
Colorado Springs ministry leader Victor Marx faced his two rivals for the Colorado Republican Party’s nomination for governor in a debate for the first time on Tuesday night, and quickly found himself the target of stinging criticism from…
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Colorado bill to ban surveillance prices, wages vetoed by Gov. Polis
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill on Tuesday that would have prohibited corporations from using someone’s personal data to set individualized wages and retail prices, writing in his veto letter that the policy is overly broad and…
Denverite
Denver statehouse candidates debate rent control as primaries approach
Chela Garcia Irlando and Andres Carrera are candidates for Senate District 34.
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Trump administration dumps $1.77B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has scrapped plans to use nearly $1.8 billion in taxpayer dollars to pay people who believe they were wrongly prosecuted by the Justice Department — a proposal that halted work on legislation to fund…