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Denver community workers struggle with housing
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
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’
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…