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Three cities in Boulder County tighten gun-control laws
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Insisting on local control, three cities in Boulder County voted to adopt their own gun-control ordinances Tuesday night in response to 2021 legislation that gives local governments power to enact gun regulations stricter than state laws. Before the 2021 law, Colorado statutes preempted cities and counties from passing any regulation that prohibits the sale, purchase or possession of a firearm. Senate…
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Boulder launches survey on proposed climate tax
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Boulder residents will soon receive a survey about the city’s proposed climate tax that could appear on the November ballot. Registered voters will received a link to the survey via a text message. The survey is open through June 2 and is offered in English and Spanish, according to the city. The survey will ask…
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NCAR fire was human-caused, investigators seek tips
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Investigators have determined that the NCAR fire was human caused, and the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help in identifying a suspect. The blaze ignited March 26 near Bear Canyon Trail along the Boulder Open Space Mountain Parks property south of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The fire caused thousands of people…
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Colorado unemployment rate falls as payrolls surge to record
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Colorado’s unemployment rate fell in February to its lowest level in two years as payrolls surged to a record high, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. Colorado recovers jobs lost in first months of pandemic The 4% jobless rate, down from 4.2% in January, is the lowest since February 2020, just before…
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Boulder asks 10th Circuit to overturn multimillion-dollar jury verdict
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After a federal judge determined that the evidence and the law supported a jury’s multimillion-dollar verdict against the City of Boulder for failing to train its police officers, the city is hoping the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit will overturn that decision. Last October, a seven-member jury decided after a weeklong trial…
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Colorado recovers jobs lost in first months of pandemic
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Colorado’s private sector has recovered all of the jobs lost early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Since May 2020, the state has added 370,000 private sector payroll jobs, compared to losses totaling 358,800 in March and April 2020 that were triggered by a stay-at-home state…
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Over $44M in COVID relief funds distributed to CU Boulder students
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The University of Colorado Boulder awarded more than $44 million in federal emergency funds to thousands of students to help pay for COVID-19 related expenses, the university announced Wednesday. More than 14,000 students were given emergency grants that ranged between $500 and $2,000, according to the university. The money came from the Higher Education Emergency…
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Insurance companies are ‘victims’ under state restitution law, appeals court says
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The Court of Appeals agreed that insurance companies qualify as “victims” that are entitled to restitution under state law. A three-judge panel for the state’s second-highest court interpreted a change in the law from 2000 and concluded the legislature had not intended to erase insurers from receiving compensation for losses due to crime. The panel…
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State Supreme Court grants Boulder immunity for defective sidewalk by 4-3 decision
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Local governments dodged a potentially massive liability for their defective sidewalks on Tuesday, as the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in a split 4-3 decision that the city of Boulder could not be sued for a misaligned portion of sidewalk that caused a woman to fall and injure herself. Colorado’s governmental immunity law generally prohibits liability…
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Marshall Fire weighs on justices as high court considers arson laws
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A Jefferson County jury convicted Christopher Magana of arson years before the recent Marshall Fire became the most destructive in the state’s history, but the members of the Colorado Supreme Court wondered openly what the prosecution’s charging decisions in Magana’s case would mean if applied to a much more catastrophic blaze. The justices heard oral…