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Naturalization: The little-known, big-impact work of Colorado’s federal court | COVER STORY
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“Fans, direct your attention to the field,” an announcer’s voice boomed over the mostly empty seats at Coors Field. The Colorado Rockies’ game against the Miami Marlins was not ready to begin, nor were the teams in sight. Instead, cheers, waves and shouts of “god bless America” came in response to the 25 people huddled…
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Rockies to host naturalization at Coors Field, a year after calling it too ‘political’
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The Colorado Rockies will for the first time host a naturalization ceremony for new citizens at a baseball game later this month in conjunction with Colorado’s federal trial court. The ceremony – which appears to be the first instance in which the U.S. District Court has worked with a Denver-based sports team to host such an event…
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NEIL WESTERGAARD | To move forward, Colorado must move beyond tribal politics
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COMMENTARY: This is part of our series of contributed essays, “Imagine a Great Colorado.” See below for more. Is there really that much disagreement about the biggest problems facing Colorado? I would argue there is not. Coloradans want a sustainable economy, good schools, efficient transportation, a fair tax system, safe communities and reasonable protection of…
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Noonan: TABOR is 25 and too alive and too well
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Colorado’s population in 1992 was 3.5 million. Census projections put the state’s population in 2017 at 5.5 million. In 1992, 812,308 citizens – 53.68 percent of voters – said yes to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), and 700,906 citizens – 46.32 percent of voters – said no. Not to make too fine a point,…
