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Second jury to decide fate of former deputy in Christian Glass shooting death
The parents of 22-year-old Christian Glass recoiled on Wednesday as Clear Creek County prosecutors showed autopsy photos of their son after he was shot to death by a former Clear Creek County Sheriff’s deputy. Simon and Sally Glass faced the back courtroom wall, covering their ears, as Chief Deputy District Attorney Joe Kirwan discussed the photo,…
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125 Arapahoe County vehicles towed under new parking ordinance, ‘it’s worked’
Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office deputies have towed more than 125 vehicles since Jan. 1 under a new parking ordinance, which is about four times the number they’d towed by the same time last year. The county’s new parking ordinance went into effect on Jan. 1 in unincorporated Arapahoe County, allowing deputies and other county staff…
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Colorado Springs to break ground on major downtown revitalization project
Starting in March, downtown Colorado Springs will see major changes. The city is embarking on a multimillion dollar project to widen and improve two blocks of Tejon Street. The first phase will impact South Tejon from Colorado to Pikes Peak avenues, a section of downtown that holds many of the area’s restaurants including Jack Quinn’s…
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Denver amends campaign finance ordinance to ban anonymous donations
Denver’s revised campaign finance ordinance now prohibits anonymous donations to candidates running for elected office. The new ordinance clarifies requirements for neutral debates, updates requirements for neutral hearing officers, lists prohibited expenditures for FEF money, and tweaks language to improve readability and accessibility. The City Council approved the changes at its Tuesday meeting. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”);…
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Denver approves $2.5 million payment to individuals over 2020 protests
Denver has approved a resolution to approve a $2.5 million expenditure settling a liability claim involving the Denver Police Department and 13 plaintiffs who assert violations of their First and Fourth Amendment rights during the 2020 George Floyd protests. The plaintiffs’ complaint alleged that DPD officers from other agencies in its mutual-aid network used “violent…
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Colorado Gov Jared Polis backs bill supporters say will boost affordable condo market
A proposal intended to tackle “construction defects” and jumpstart the affordable condo market has begun its journey through the General Assembly. House Bill 1272 — introduced on Tuesday and first reported by Colorado Politics last week — would require a third-party, independent inspector to make periodic checks during the condo construction process. The builder would be…
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Lawyer asks federal judge to recuse himself due to pronoun policy in courtroom
Lawyers challenging a collegiate athletic association’s policy regarding transgender participants have asked a federal judge to recuse himself from handling the case because of his courtroom protocols requiring people to use the appropriate pronouns when referring to others. U.S. District Court Judge S. Kato Crews, an appointee of Joe Biden, has adopted practice standards addressing…
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Colorado tax returns online processing delayed, state blames system updates
Colorado’s processing of tax returns online is delayed. As of Feb. 19, the state’s online website says the links for filing individual, fiduciary and business income taxes are “coming soon.” The agency advised would-be filers to check back in late February. The Colorado Department of Revenue said it will soon begin processing state income tax returns following…
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Markwayne Mullin credits Trump for mending fences with Teamsters President Sean O’Brien
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean O’Brien have made up after coming to blows during a Senate hearing in 2023 in an effort to prop up President Donald Trump’s pick for labor secretary, Lori Chavez-DeRemer. During a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in November 2023, Mullin challenged…
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Trump appears to side with Putin, blames Zelensky for Russia’s 2022 invasion
TRUMP: UKRAINE ‘SHOULD HAVE NEVER STARTED IT’: As Russia launched another massive drone and missile attack on civilian targets in Ukraine’s port city of Odesa, President Donald Trump was bristling at the suggestion that Ukraine was being sidelined as the U.S. pursues a better relationship with Russia and an end to the war on President…





