Tag: Exclude
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Regulators knew this marijuana product was harming people. It stayed on shelves for more than a year
Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found. This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. In March 2022, Colorado public health officials started…
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Regulators knew this marijuana product was harming people. It stayed on shelves for more than a year
Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found. This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. In March 2022, Colorado public health officials started…
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Sales tax for Front Range passenger train heading to Colorado ballot in November
NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO — The Front Range Passenger Rail District board of directors voted 14-1 Friday to refer a funding measure connected to the Colorado Connector train service to the November ballot. The vote was held at the Federal Railroad Administration’s testing facility northeast of Pueblo. Immediately after the vote, board members and supporters took…
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DOJ sues Colorado to overturn in‑state tuition for students living in the country illegally
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Colorado to dismantle a decade‑old law that grants in‑state tuition to students living illegally in the United States, setting up a high‑stakes clash over immigration policy. In 2013, after more than six tries in a decade, Colorado legislators passed Senate Bill 33, also known as the ASSET Act,…
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Colorado drivers tap ‘Montana loophole’ to avoid high vehicle registration and tax costs
Coloradans looking to avoid high vehicle registration fees have turned to what’s known as the “Montana loophole” — a strategy that surfaced recently at a luxury car event near the Cherry Creek Mall. Here’s how it works. A Colorado resident buys a high-end vehicle — anything from a large recreational vehicle to a supercar like…
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Water World evacuated due to false bomb threat Saturday
Water World in Federal Heights was evacuated Saturday due to a false bomb threat. A spokesperson for Water World said the park received the “unverified threat” via a phone call. The spokesperson said the park was safely evacuated by 12:10 p.m. Federal Heights police said the call came in before noon. Commander Jason Schlenker said…
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100-plus campers evacuated as hundreds of firefighters join battle against Snyder Mesa fire near Colorado-Utah border
More than a hundred campers recreating along the Colorado River have been evacuated, as more firefighters have joined the battle against a wildfire raging near the Colorado-Utah border. More firefighters are expected to arrive to help against the Snyder Mesa fire, which claimed the lives of three firefighters over the weekend in what has been…
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U.S. Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teams
WASHINGTON • The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams. The court’s conservative majority ruled that state bans in Idaho and West Virginia don’t violate the U.S. Constitution or the federal law known as Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education. What…
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Jeffco Public Schools: Boys on girls’ sports rosters were mascots, not athletes
Jeffco Public Schools this week said the boys the Trump administration claimed to have found on girls’ sports rosters were trainers, mascots and managers, not student-athletes. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced in March that a months-long investigation into alleged Title IX violations committed by Jeffco found that 61 boys were…
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Flat or graduated income tax? Colorado groups push dueling measures for November election
Colorado voters could face two opposing income-tax measures on the November ballot, with the dueling campaigns seeking to advance proposals that would take the state in sharply different fiscal directions. One initiative seeks to replace Colorado’s flat income tax with a graduated system, while the other aims to lock in the current rate. Both measures…