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WATCH: Colorado lawmaker wants rules for when police can come back to work after a shooting
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Colorado state Sen. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora.KUSA-9News, Denver A Colorado lawmaker wants to create a statewide standard for when law enforcement officers could return to work after being involved in a shooting. Sen. Rhonda Fields, a Democrat from Arapahoe County, is working to write that legislation. Watch a 9News report below.
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WATCH: Denver City Council considers a plastic bag ban
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Denver City Council members are discussing the pros and cons of banning plastic shopping bags in the city. City Council President Jolon Clark said the issue came up at a policy committee last Wednesday as a potential way to help protect the environment and encourage people to use reusable bags. At this point, there aren’t…
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WATCH: Why abandoned at-risk people can’t get help from the state
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Every month in downtown Denver, five unpaid public officials sit around a table at an official meeting over an office that doesn’t exist. They’ve held 15 of these meetings over the last year, complete with minutes and agendas in a borrowed room because there’s no office for this office that really isn’t an office. You…
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INSIGHTS: Will candidates talk differently after primary?
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What is true in everything else is usually true in politics. First impressions matter. After the primaries were settled, more or less, on June 26, general election voters were primed to be impressed. In most election years, politicians would see the critical need. But not this year. Stay with me on this. If first impressions…
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WATCH: Denver’s getting a new police chief; what will change?
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Commander Paul Pazen officially takes over for Robert White as the Denver police chief on Monday. Pazen sat down with 9News reporter Marshall Zelinger to talk immigration policy, his plan to cut domestic violence calls and use of force. An edited version of the interview aired on Next with Kyle Clark; watch the full length…
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Teachers union’s false attack in Colorado governor’s race
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Colorado’s largest teachers union sent its 35,000 members a false attack on Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Johnston. Johnston did not receive $2 million from a group advocating for the reform of the teachers’ pension fund, PERA. In fact, when challenged, the Colorado Education Association admitted the group did not give Johnston a dime. The CEA…
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Truth Test: Walker Stapleton’s a ‘fourth-generation Coloradan’ from Connecticut
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Coloradans know that Colorado natives have a thing for other Colorado natives. You can argue it’s silly, and that nobody has a choice about who they were born to or where. Or, you can use it in your campaign for governor. Republican frontrunner Walker Stapleton is campaigning on the idea that he’s a “fourth-generation Coloradan.”…
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Next Question: Why am I getting texts from political campaigns in Colorado?
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What’s with the mass textodus? Political campaigns are hitting up cell phones across the state with last-minute pleas for votes in the primary that ends June 26. Voters have contacted Next with Kyle Clark wanting to know why they’re getting political texts and phone calls despite being on a “Do Not Call” registry. The short…
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Hickenlooper frowns at Polis ads attacking Kennedy, says one hits ‘below the belt’
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Gov. John Hickenlooper said Wednesday he’s disappointed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis and his supporters are running ads attacking Cary Kennedy, one of Polis’ primary rivals. The term-limited Democrat, who famously took a shower with his clothes on in a campaign ad decrying negative campaign ads, said he was particularly bothered that Bold Colorado, a…
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WATCH: Republican candidates for Colo. governor debate on 9News
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9News hosted the second in a pair of debates of Colorado gubernatorial candidates on Thursday night – this one with the Republican candidates. The candidates – former Parker Mayor Greg Lopez, former state Rep. Victor Mitchell, businessman Doug Robinson and State Treasurer Walker Stapleton – answered questions selected by 9News, debated the issues and argued…
