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Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ advocacy group holds solidarity rally at Palmer Park
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Members of Colorado Springs’ LGBTQ+ community gathered with friends and allies to march in solidarity Saturday for those affected by the mass shooting at Club Q. The march, organized by Armed with Love, started at the Palmer Park Community Playground and ended at Club Q. Dozens of members of Colorado Springs’ LGBTQ+ community gathered with friends…
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El Paso County law enforcement, county officials discuss fentanyl crisis
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, local law enforcement leaders, county officials and health care leaders gathered to discuss the worsening fentanyl crisis and its impacts on El Paso County during a roundtable Wednesday at the Sheriff’s Office. The meeting was designed to raise public awareness about the proliferation of fentanyl and its deadliness as El Paso…
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Douglas County School Board race neared $1 million in spending
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This story has been updated and corrected. Due to an error in the TRACER reporting system, an expenditure was listed incorrectly with contributions. The Douglas Schools for Douglas Kids independent expenditure committee did report spending $131,000 on campaign expenses in the weeks leading to the Nov. 8 election. __ Final campaign finance reports for the 2017…
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Cold, fog, sense of urgency accompany Douglas County voters to the polls
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PARKER – Mainstreet in Parker is busy with traffic this cold, foggy Tuesday Election Day in November. Kids out of school for the day are hanging out at the the McDonald’s just a block away. No one is waving signs or honking horns for the candidates. There isn’t a political sign to be seen for…
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Voter suppression complaints hitting both sides in Douglas County
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It must be Election Day because complaints about harassment and voter suppression in one of the nation’s most-watched school board elections have begun to surface. The campaign manager for a slate of conservative education reformers known as Elevate Douglas County charged that an independent expenditure committee, Douglas Schools for Douglas Kids, has been sending out…
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Elevate Douglas County slate insists it is not pro-voucher
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For the past three months, a slate of four candidates, known as Elevate Douglas County, has championed the issue of “school choice” as they prepare for Tuesday’s election. The term “school choice,” according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, is just one way to describe vouchers, which is the biggest issue for voters to…
