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Risks remain as more Colorado communities ponder their own broadband service
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Earlier this week Complete Colorado’s Sherrie Peif looked at the latest Colorado municipality to consider going into the broadband business in order to give residents an alternative to the big providers. The idea of municipally owned broadband has a distinct appeal for a lot of households and businesses – they’re lured by hopes of lower…
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet sets Wednesday town hall in Steamboat Springs
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet plans to hold a one-hour town hall in Steamboat Springs on Wednesday, his office announced. The Denver Democrat plans to answer questions chosen at random from the audience at the event. The town hall is scheduled for 2-4 p.m. at the Bud Werner Memorial Library, 1289 Lincoln Ave., in Steamboat Springs.…
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet to hold town halls in Greeley, Sterling next week
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has scheduled two hour-long town halls in Greeley and Sterling in Northeastern Colorado next week, his office announced. The Denver Democrat plans to answer questions chosen at random from the audience at the events. The Greeley town hall is scheduled for 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday at the UNC University Center…
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Denver community workers struggle with housing
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Many of Denver’s community workers – teachers, patrol officers, janitors, licensed nurses and full-time retail associates – cannot afford to either rent or buy a home, according to a study released last week by the National Housing Conference. Commissioned by Housing Colorado, and a supplement to the NHC’s Paycheck to Paycheck Report, the study profiled the five…
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Lockwood: Hickenlooper’s torrid red-light camera love affair continues
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Coloradans are still left wishing Gov. John Hickenlooper knew how to quit red-light cameras. His torrid love affair with the red-light camera industry continues to be exposed with his latest move to veto, for the second year in a row, a bipartisan bill to restrict red-light cameras in Colorado. We have said it before, and…
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House Dems seek to stop up soot-spewing ‘coal rollers’
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House Democrats are targeting Colorado “coal rollers” — drivers who modify emissions controls on their diesel cars or trucks in order to intentionally spew black smoke and soot. “This is harassment and it is blinding to bicyclists,” said Rep. Joann Ginal, D-Fort Collins. “We heard testimony on that. It’s harassment to pedestrians, to people running…
