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Boulder County residents cannot sue over firearm discharge on federal land, appeals court rules
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that two residents of Boulder County could not sue the county’s commissioners for walking back a policy originally banning firearms discharge on nearby land owned by the U.S. government. Boulder County leaders enacted a resolution in 2022 expanding the area near Sugarloaf Mountain in which it was unlawful to…
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Former Colorado state legislator Jeanne Labuda dies at 75
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Former Democratic state Rep. Jeanne Labuda passed away on July 25, 2022 after battling ALS for the last 18 months. Born Feb. 6, 1947 in Aqua Dulce, Texas, Labuda was one of five children of Lillian and Steve Labuda. She grew up in Kingsville, Texas, south of Corpus Christi. After high school, she attended Texas…
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Democratic secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold lands backing from unions, elected officials
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Jena Griswold, a Democratic candidate for Colorado secretary of state, announced Monday she’s won the endorsements of two local unions and more than a dozen current and former elected Democrats, including state lawmakers, city council members and county officials. “Colorado needs a secretary of state who will protect all eligible voters’ right to vote and…
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Former Rep. Claire Levy supporting fellow Democrat Karen McCormick in CD4 race
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Democrat Karen McCormick, the Longmont veterinarian hoping to unseat Republican Ken Buck in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, this week picked up an endorsement from a well-known fellow Democrat, former state Rep. Claire Levy of Boulder. “I am humbled and so excited to share that I have been endorsed by former Rep. Claire Levy,” McCormick said…
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Former legislator Claire Levy endorses Democrat Michael Dougherty in attorney general race
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Claire Levy, executive director of the Colorado Center on Law and Policy and a former state legislator, endorsed Democrat Michael Dougherty in his run for attorney general Thursday. Dougherty, the assistant district attorney for Jefferson and Gilpin counties, is one of five Democrats running in a primary for the office held by Republican Cynthia Coffman, who…
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Athlete agents registration bill proposed by commission
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A bill addressing the registration of agents of professional athletes is among a handful of measures recommended for introduction in the 2017 General Assembly by the Colorado Commission on Uniform State Laws. Other proposed bills are a Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, a Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act to permit the use of unsworn declarations made…
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Health impacted outside the doctor’s office
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Research consistently shows a direct correlation between income, race, where people live and their health. That research also finds health outcomes for low-income Latinos, Blacks and other minorities are not as favorable as those for affluent White people. Colorado is no exception to this scientifically validated – but preventable – trend, despite significant gains in providing health…
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Levy: Let’s build an economy that works for everyone
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What should an economic recovery look like in Colorado? Is it a period of prosperity during which everyone in the state has a chance to work, build their economic security and provide for their families’ needs? Or is it a time when peoples’ wages stagnate, Coloradans struggle to make ends meet and only those in…
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Gambling at Arapahoe Park racetrack is not a winning solution for education
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Using gaming money for education is hardly a winning solution. I don’t know where to begin with this article expressing my profound dismay over the prospect of Colorado resorting to gambling to pay for education. Evidently, the Arapahoe Park racetrack isn’t making as much money as Rhode Island-based Twin River Worldwide Holdings Inc. would like…
