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Polis to congressional panel: Climate change is ‘an existential threat’
BOULDER ? Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told a congressional climate-change committee’s field hearing Thursday that he considers global warming to be “existential threat to our security, our health, our economy, our public lands and eco-systems and our very way of life.” Polis was the lead speaker in a morning of testimony taken at the University…
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Denver City Councilman Albus Brooks lands new job
Denver City Councilman Albus Brooks, who lost his bid for re-election in a campaign that centered on development, has accepted a job with Milender White Construction Co., which has undertaken several major projects in Colorado. “Albus has been an outstanding community leader in Denver for the last 19 years,” said Bryon White, president and chief…
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Kavanaugh accuser Deborah Ramirez garners strong support from Colo. associates
BOULDER – Deborah Ramirez’s associates are standing with the intensely private Boulder woman who launched herself into the national spotlight Sunday with allegations of sexual misconduct by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. “I fully support Debbie, 100 percent,” said Lisa Calderon, who hired and supervised Ramirez more than a decade ago to work with…
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Boulder to vote on keeping money from sugary-drinks tax
Voters in Boulder will be asked whether they want to allow the city to keep extra money raised by a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. The 2 cent-per-ounce tax approved in 2016 has so far brought in more than $3.2 million for health and nutrition programs for low-income residents and those with chronic diseases and illnesses…
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Colo. Supreme Court recharges Xcel’s challenge to Boulder utility
The Colorado Supreme Court has revived Xcel Energy Inc.’s legal challenge to Boulder’s plans to establish its own municipal power utility. The court Tuesday overruled decisions by a Boulder district judge and the Colorado Court of Appeals in saying the 2014 Xcel suit should be heard in district court, the Boulder Daily Camera reports. Xcel…
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NRA affiliate sues over Boulder’s new assault-weapon ban
BOULDER – The Colorado affiliate of the National Rifle Association has filed a lawsuit against the city of Boulder in an effort to push back against the city’s new assault-weapon ban. Lawyers for the Colorado State Shooting Association, Boulder-based Gunsport of Colorado and two private citizens say the new ordinance, which took effect Friday, is…
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Jon Caldara, rifle club sue over Boulder ‘assault weapons’ ban
Boulder’s new ban on assault weapons is already being challenged in court. The ban – city Ordinance 8245 – was passed unanimously by the Boulder City Council. It bans sale and possession of guns the city defines as assault weapons along with bump stocks (a.k.a. “multi-burst trigger activators”) devices that allow a gun to be…
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Boulder passes ‘assault’ weapons ban — again
The Boulder City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night at a third meeting to ban the sale and possession of assault-style weapons, bump stocks and high-capacity magazines within city limits. The proposal was given tentative approval May 2. The ordinance defines “assault weapons” as semi-automatic firearms designed with military features to allow rapid spray firing for…
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Boulder ready to pull the trigger on assault-weapons ban
Boulder – a city where a local bank once handed out rifles to customers – is about to pass a law far less friendly to firearms. The Boulder City Council Tuesday night gave tentative approval to a ban on the sale and possession of what the city defines as “assault weapons” – a proposal that sparked…
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Gun control backers urge Boulder to pass assault weapons ban
BOULDER – Gun control advocates in Boulder are urging the City Council to pass the city’s proposed ban on assault weapons, bump stocks and high-capacity magazines as soon as possible. The Daily Camera reports Councilman Sam Weaver said after a public hearing earlier this month that the proposal should be left to voters. But some…