Dafna Michaelsen Jenet and yo-yo
Rep. Dafna Michaelsen Jenet of Aurora, showing off her yo-yo chops.
Trump lowers flags to half-staff for Dolly Parton: ‘The World loves you’
Naomi Lim
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Updated 10 hours ago
President Donald Trump is honoring the life of country music legend and philanthropist Dolly Parton by ordering federal buildings across the country to lower flags to half-staff for a week. “Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the...
Ted Cruz suggests GOP realignment coming after Trump leaves office
Emily Hallas
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Updated 10 hours ago
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday suggested the Republican Party could embrace a directional shift after President Donald Trump leaves office, a transition that promises to leave a gaping hole in the GOP. Cruz is known as a critical ally...
2 Colorado State troopers shot near Woodland Park; suspect killed
DEBBIE KELLEY
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Updated 9 hours ago
Two Colorado State Patrol troopers were hospitalized, and a suspect is dead after a shooting during a traffic stop Tuesday. The initial incident happened at about 7:15 a.m., when a resident reported suspicious activity in the area near milepost 286...
Aurora moves forward with data center regulations
Kyla Pearce
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Updated 10 hours ago
The Aurora City Council approved moving forward with two new regulations on data centers and directed staff to come back at the next study session with others. At a council meeting in early August, council members directed city management to...
Aurora City Council considers stricter food truck regulations
Kyla Pearce
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Updated 10 hours ago
The Aurora City Council is considering passing laws to limit the number of food trucks on properties in the city and how and when they operate. Councilmember Angela Lawson, who sponsored the ordinance, said she understands the importance of food...
Denver murder conviction reversed for incomplete self-defense instruction
Michael Karlik
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Updated 8 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a defendant’s murder conviction last week because a Denver judge gave an incomplete instruction to the jury about the man’s right to self-defense. Donald R. Gonzales and Gary McLaughlin met up in a Capitol Hill parking...
Colorado lawmaker, House leaders named in workplace-retaliation lawsuit
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 10 hours ago
A former legislative aide has filed a lawsuit alleging she was mistreated, illegally directed to perform campaign work and harmed by a House leadership structure she charged was fragmented, politicized and ineffective at protecting employees. The lawsuit, filed by Jennifer...
Secret Service confirms awareness of Iranian state media video threatening Barron Trump’s life
The Associated Press
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Updated 15 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service has confirmed it is aware that Iranian state media has aired a video that appears to threaten the life of Barron Trump, President Donald Trump’s youngest son. “The U.S. Secret Service is aware...
Blue states should avoid disasters | Hal Bidlack
Hal Bidlack
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Updated 15 hours ago
Back when I was teaching political science at the U.S. Air Force Academy (and amazingly to me, a week from this column’s publication will mark 20 years since my retirement from active duty. Where the heck did that time go?)...
Right-to-hunt ballot measure’s a cruel, anti-wildlife solution to a nonexistent problem | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
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Updated 1 day ago
By Eric Washburn I love to hunt. Every year I try to hunt big game in Colorado and waterfowl in Louisiana. This year, I applied for five Colorado big game licenses — elk, deer, pronghorn, moose and bighorn sheep. I...