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Colorado’s recidivism rate has decreased significantly, but violent crime is up, new analysis claims
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Changes to Colorado’s crime policies led to a significant decrease in recidivism in the state’s prisons, but lowering penalties for certain offenses also increased the number of violent crimes, according to a new analysis. In its report “The Reform Paradox: How Reduced Incarceration has Coincided with Rising Crime,” former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen, along…
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RTD budget rises as ridership numbers remain low, study says
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Metro Denver’s Regional Transportation District, despite budget increases over the past four years, is witnessing a slow post-pandemic recovery in ridership levels amid a simultaneous rise in RTD crime rates, according to a Common Sense Institute study. The study, titled “A Fork in The Railroad,” shows how RTD has fared with lower ridership amid increased…
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Town hall: Regional leaders delve into Denver’s illegal immigration crisis
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Metro Denver’s regional leaders on Tuesday delved into what one official described as the moral obligation to help immigrants who have arrived in Colorado after illegally crossing America’s southern border, as well as the economic and fiscal impact of spending potentially $90 million of taxpayer dollars this year alone on the crisis. And…
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Denver councilmembers defend budget cuts, as city struggles to find money for immigration crisis
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Denver’s councilmembers on Monday defended about $42 million in proposed budget cuts aimed at cobbling together enough funds to pay for the thousands of immigrants who arrived in — or yet to come to — the city after illegally crossing the southern border. During the hearing, one councilmember blasted the “national media” for allegedly reporting that the…
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Denver councilmembers defend budget cuts, as city struggles to find money for immigration crisis
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Denver’s councilmembers on Monday defended about $42 million in proposed budget cuts aimed at cobbling together enough funds to pay for the thousands of immigrants who arrived in — or yet to come to — the city after illegally crossing the southern border. During the hearing, one councilmember blasted the “national media” for allegedly reporting that the…
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Study: Colorado ban on oil and gas drilling will take a toll on education, destroy jobs, cut GDP
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A bill introduced in the state senate to end oil and gas drilling poses a catastrophic threat to Colorado’s economy, according to researchers from the Common Sense Institute. Senate Bill 24-159 would require the state to cease issuing new oil and gas drilling permits by 2030. The bill was set to be heard on Thursday…
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Study: Colorado ban on oil and gas drilling will take a toll on education, destroy jobs, cut GDP
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A bill introduced in the state senate to end oil and gas drilling poses a catastrophic threat to Colorado’s economy, according to researchers from the Common Sense Institute. Senate Bill 24-159 would require the state to cease issuing new oil and gas drilling permits by 2030. The bill was set to be heard on Thursday…
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Study: Colorado ban on oil and gas drilling will take a toll on education, destroy jobs, cut GDP
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A bill introduced in the state senate to end oil and gas drilling poses a catastrophic threat to Colorado’s economy, according to researchers from the Common Sense Institute. Senate Bill 24-159 would require the state to cease issuing new oil and gas drilling permits by 2030. The bill was set to be heard on Thursday…
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Cyberattack disables Colorado public defender’s network; groups seek cap on property tax revenue growth; lawmakers eye ban on cellphones while driving | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 13, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Two groups at the opposite ends of major tax policies in past years have banded together to push for a ballot measure to reduce residential and business property tax rates down to roughly 2022 levels and cap future revenue growth to no more…
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Denver crime rates ‘skyrocket’ as policing decreases, Colorado think tank says in report
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As the number of uniformed officers per capita dwindled and public safety’s share of city spending – although it remains to be the single biggest item – fell, Denver’s crime rates skyrocketed, according to a new analysis from a think tank. Some 70 miles away, Colorado Springs had the opposite experience. Its crime rate decreased, as…
