Author: The Denver Post
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‘Jude’s Law’ transgender namesake gets new birth certificate
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Jude spent so many years fighting for the bill to allow transgender Coloradans to more easily change their names and gender designations on identity documents that, eventually, they named the thing after her. That bill became a law in 2019 — “ Jude’s Law ” — and went into effect Wednesday. And early Thursday morning, Jude, 13, rode…
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Denver Post editorial: Denver Broncos were right to revoke some season tickets
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The Denver Broncos were right to revoke tickets from season ticket holders who sold every ticket they had in the 2016 season to strangers on a secondary market. These were not fans who gave all their tickets to friends and family, or even fans who sold their tickets to neighbors and acquaintances. No, these fans…
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The Denver Post editorial: A smart reform for veterans’ education
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Coloradans should take heart that a bill moving through the legislature would make it easier for veterans to translate military training into college credit. As parents and educators of traditional college students know all too well, sometimes even small roadblocks can get in the way of graduation, and the status quo for veterans contains more…
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The Denver Post editorial: Mayor Michael Hancock’s jail sentencing reforms send a better message to immigrants
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s plan to reform low-level jail sentences, and in doing so protect immigrants from deportation, makes a lot of sense and has a lot of heart. The new sentencing structures would alert Immigration and Customs Enforcement to truly bad actors, but would avoid what amounts to reckless notification of federal officials when…
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The Denver Post editorial: Jalopy of a budget deal is too sweet to pass up
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The deal to drive Colorado’s budget into 2018 without massive cuts to hospitals, roads and schools is unbelievably complicated — there are parts we don’t like about it — but when the jalopy starts falling apart you don’t turn down duct tape to hold it together. Colorado lawmakers came into the 2017 General Assembly with…
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The Denver Post editorial: Donald Trump and Ryan Zinke should protect our national monuments
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President Donald Trump’s administration will spend the next 120 days reviewing every large national monument designation made since 1996. An estimated 24 sites will fall under review. That’s a laughably short time to review the merits, uses and boundaries of national monuments, some of which have been in place for 20 years protecting unique geological…
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The Denver Post editorial: Hickenlooper should commute Nathan Dunlap’s sentence and lead on death penalty debate
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If Colorado’s courts won’t allow Nathan Dunlap’s legal team to lobby Gov. John Hickenlooper for the life of their client, we’ll do it for them. Hickenlooper — as we’ve said before — should commute Dunlap’s death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole. As Hickenlooper noted when he granted Dunlap a temporary…
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The Denver Post editorial: Jeff Sessions wise to hear out Hickenlooper on marijuana
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Colorado’s cannabis industry and its fans should take note. A meeting Wednesday in Washington between Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Gov. John Hickenlooper suggests the federal crackdown we’ve been concerned about isn’t coming any time soon, and likely isn’t coming at all. Hickenlooper’s chief of staff, Doug Friednash, tells us the hour-long meeting to discuss…
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The Denver Post editorial: Feds could learn a lot about pot from Hickenlooper
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Earlier this month, Gov. John Hickenlooper joined governors from other states that have legalized cannabis consumption — both for medical use and just for fun — in a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. Extending an olive branch, the governors reasonably ask the Trump Cabinet members to “engage with us…
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The Denver Post editorial: Trump is escalating foreign conflicts
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President Donald Trump’s foreign policy has gone from confusing to terrifying. He’s escalating our conflicts abroad at an alarming rate and has been either unwilling or unable to articulate a clear strategy. His interview on Wednesday morning with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo didn’t inspire confidence, it stoked concern.Trump said he’s sending an “armada” to North…
