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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Aging lookout towers still key during fire season across the West

Aug 3, 2018

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Associated Press

Idaho Aging lookout towers still key during fire season across the West BOISE, Idaho – Fire-lookout towers perched atop remote, craggy peaks across the U.S. West may seem like quaint reminders of an era before satellites, smartphones and jet-propelled air tankers. Indeed, some of the structures are more than 100 years old. But with their…
What Masterpiece ruling means for the Colorado Civil Rights Commission

Jun 4, 2018

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Marianne Goodl

Monday’s U. S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Lakewood baker Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop focused on the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, whose action against Phillips over his refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple was overturned by the high court. The narrowly focused Supreme Court ruling itself is likely…
E-notary bill raises concerns over consumer data privacy and sales

Apr 10, 2018

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Marianne Goodl

While Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook testifies to Congress and offers yet another apology for Facebook’s inability to protect user data, lawmakers at Colorado’s state Capitol are working on a bill that some claim would open up yet another opportunity for misuse of consumer data – a concern that backers refute. The bill is Senate Bill…
‘Nobody is Above the Law’: Thousands pledge to protest across Colorado if Trump fires Mueller

Dec 30, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A coalition of groups organizing protests in the event President Donald Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller has gathered thousands of pledges by individuals who say they’ll be ready to assemble on short notice at more than a dozen “Nobody is Above the Law” rallies across Colorado. Groups have been preparing to mobilize nationwide protests…
Out West Roundup: Utah needs $39M to improve venues for new Winter Olympics bid, audit says

Oct 27, 2017

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Associated Press

Utah Audit: Utah needs $39M to improve venues for new Olympic bid SALT LAKE CITY – A foundation that runs venues from the 2002 Winter Olympics in the Salt Lake City area needs $39 million over the next decade for infrastructure improvements that would put the city in position to make a bid for a…
Rep. Dave Williams asks for Trump’s help to block Denver ordinance on immigrants

Aug 27, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Rep. Dave Williams is accusing Denver Mayor Michael Hancock of pandering to the “alt left” with a city policy not to help enforce federal immigration laws. The Republican from Colorado Springs is calling on President Trump to crack down on Denver. The Denver City Council is set to vote Monday night on the Public Safety Enforcement…
Knife Rights group thanks lawmakers, celebrates ‘sharper future’ as Colorado lifts ban on switchblades

Aug 10, 2017

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Ernest Luning

After 54 years of “silliness,” switchblades are again legal in Colorado, and knife rights activists are cheering. “Today we celebrate a sharper future in Colorado,” said Doug Ritter, chairman of Knife Rights – motto: “A Sharper Future” – at a press conference Wednesday at a knife factory in Golden. Ritter, whose organization is dedicated to…
Election officials slam Kobach claim that Colorado voters canceling registration might be felons, non-citizens

Jul 15, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Election officials on Friday tore into a suggestion by the co-chair of a White House commission on election fraud that Colorado voters withdrawing their registration might have something to hide. After Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the Republican vice chair of the bipartisan Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, asked for extensive voter registration data…
Federal election commission puts a hold on request for Colorado voter data

Jul 11, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The White House election commission that’s caused such a stir with its request for troves of voter data from every state hit the pause button Monday. In an email delivered to Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams and other election officials across the country, an officer with the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity told officials to…
Protesters target Colorado anti-sanctuary cities bill ahead of hearing

Feb 22, 2017

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John Tomasic

Civil rights protesters gathered Wednesday at the Capitol to protest the “Colorado Politician Accountability Act,” a hot-button Republican House bill being heard in the House State Affairs committee. The bill, HB 1134, is sponsored by Colorado Springs freshman Rep. Dave Williams. It taps into the harsh view of so-called sanctuary policies that marked the Trump…