finance
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Colorado’s top election official targets AI-generated ‘deepfakes’ in elections
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold is targeting AI-generated “disruptors” – such as “deepfakes” – as her office prepares for this year’s elections. Griswold unveiled her legislative priorities at a time of social anxiety over “deepfakes.” This week, pornographic “deepfake” images generated by artificial intelligence and sexualizing people without their consent hit the singer Taylor Swift,…
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Rally against Park Hill redevelopment draws Wellington Webb, other politicos
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A rally against the proposed redevelopment of the Park Hill Golf Course attracted hundreds in Denver on Sunday, including former mayor Wellington Webb, who sought to portray the fight as a battle between those who have the financial means to push it – and gain from its completion – and advocates for preserving it as…
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Denver City Council cleans up election schedule, celebrates start of National Western Stock Show early
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With a change to when the City of Denver holds its municipal election, City Council tied up loose ends left over from the process. The bill comes as 25 candidates vie to be the next mayor. The bill, referred to as the “fair elections cleanup bill” by Andy Szekeres, the city’s campaign finance administrator, was…
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Judge green-lights ex-Denver police employee’s discrimination case for trial
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Jurors in federal court will have the ultimate say about whether a former Denver Police Department supervisor experienced discrimination based on his national origin and sexual orientation, as a judge was unable to find either side could clearly prevail under the law. In a brief order earlier this month, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Christine…
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Survey: More than half of Americans cutting expenses
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More than half of Americans, 52%, have cut back on daily expenses and 44% are delaying large purchases because of inflation, according to a survey released by Greenwood Village-based Empower, formerly Empower Retirement. With inflation hitting a new high Wednesday, 9.1%, the July Empower survey shows how spending and savings habits have changed — sometimes…
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Metro district bill dies in late-night committee hearing
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A bill that at first prevented, then allowed, then again prevented metro district developers from owning their own public financing died in a state Senate committee not long after the clock passed midnight Friday and bleary-eyed lawmakers trying to make sense of it all decided to put it to sleep. House Bill 1363 roller-coastered its…
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Denver to receive more COVID stimulus money this summer
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Just over a year after the passage of the federal American Rescue Plan Act, Denver is anticipating its second half of stimulus funding to come in July, city officials said Monday. Denver will receive $308 million in relief funds through the American Rescue Plan, the first half of which the city received in July. Since…
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Experts, candidates testify in lawsuit attempting to block Colorado campaign contribution limits
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A collection of former and current Republican candidates testified in federal court on Wednesday about the struggles they faced running campaigns with Colorado’s constitutionally-mandated contribution limits in an attempt to convince a judge to block the enforcement of those caps heading into the 2022 election. At the same time, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office questioned…
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State Supreme Court dismisses Adams County treasurer’s appeal in lawsuit with county board
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The Colorado Supreme Court has declined to weigh in on the Adams County treasurer’s attempt to prevent the county attorney’s office from representing the board of county commissioners in its legal fight with the treasurer. Lisa Culpepper, elected as a Democrat in 2018, is defending against allegations that she has failed to properly keep track…
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Colorado judge’s financial conflict did not bias ruling, colleague finds
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A federal judge in Colorado ruled how “any judge” would have in a case, even though he had an undisclosed financial stake in one of the corporate parties, a colleague of his determined this week. U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson was one of the 131 federal judges across the country identified in…
