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Annual homeless person count uncovers the misery of cold Colorado streets
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It figured that Rena Cayou’s persnickety space heater would pick Tuesday morning’s darkest, most frigid hour to spark and sputter until it was a useless lump of metal. She gathered her belongings and walked to the nearest convenience store where she thought she fixed the cranky thing. When she returned to her original spot in…
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HUD chief Ben Carson tours Aurora complex, touts partnerships to ease housing crisis
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After meeting with an older couple who sang the praises of their new, affordable rental unit, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson surveyed the view from the fourth-floor deck of the Aurora apartment complex – Pikes Peak barely visible through a slight haze that clung to the foothills – and then paused for…
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Al Gore, disaster responders weigh impact of climate crisis: ‘We’ve never seen this before’
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Although he might be better groomed and more sharply dressed, close your eyes and former Vice President Al Gore sounds for all the world like an Old Testament prophet, ringing the alarm over impending floods, fires and pestilence. Only instead of wielding stone tablets and a staff, Gore conveys his warnings with handouts and a…
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Jensen: In defense of Ben Carson’s appointment to HUD
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How do we know Dr. Ben Carson is unqualified to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development? Because House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said so, calling him “disturbingly unqualified.” “There is no evidence that Dr. Carson brings the necessary credentials to hold a position with such immense responsibilities and impact on families and communities across…
