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Colorado, other states call on court to block Idaho’s abortion travel ban
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Colorado is weighing in on a legal battle against Idaho’s new law restricting a minor’s ability to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser filed a brief Monday in support of a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s law, which makes it a crime for adults to help minors obtain abortion pills, or for…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Sick mine workers allege insurer delaying medical payments
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MONTANA Sick mine workers allege insurer delaying payments BILLINGS – Attorneys for Montana mine workers sickened and killed by toxic asbestos exposure filed a lawsuit against Zurich American Insurance on March 21 for allegedly stalling legal settlements and medical payments after transferring the workers’ claims to investors who can profit off the delays. The lawsuit…
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Outdated? Marshall fire area mitigation plans more than a decade old
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The wildfire mitigation plan for the area where the Marshall fire ripped across a suburban landscape on Thursday hadn’t been updated since 2010, predating heavy population growth in the area. The plan, managed by the Rocky Mountain Fire Protection District, includes evacuation routes for the area, the designation of subdivisions in hazardous locations and places where…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Yellowstone’s bison herd faces reduction; Wyoming eyes salary boosts
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MONTANA Deal reached to reduce Yellowstone’s bison herd by 600-900 MISSOULA – Officials have agreed to allow as many as 900 bison from Yellowstone National Park to be shot by hunters, sent to slaughter or placed in quarantine this winter in a program that seeks to prevent the animals from spreading a disease to cattle.…
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Anti-growth backlash bubbling up in fast-growing Western states
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Colorado’s job growth has a downside. Along the urban corridor where the Rocky Mountains meet the plains, home prices are climbing, luxury apartments are multiplying, and commuters are getting stuck in traffic. Parking spaces on some main streets and popular trailheads are jam-packed. Now some locals, frustrated with the pace of development, are trying to…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | New Mexico bills, governor test appetite for gun control
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NEW MEXICO Bills, governor test appetite for gun control SANTA FE – The Democrat-led Legislature and governor are pushing to increase oversight of firearms sales and place new limits on gun possession and ownership. During its 60-day annual legislative session, lawmakers could make New Mexico the first state to enact major gun control reforms in…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Dodge City moves its only polling place outside town
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Here’s a roundup of news from Colorado’s neighbor states. Iconic Dodge City moves its only polling place outside town WICHITA, Kansas – Access to the ballot box in November will be more difficult for some people in Dodge City, where Hispanics now make up 60 percent of its population and have remade an iconic Wild…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Mushrooms could help clean toxic groundwater in New Mexico
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Mushrooms could help clean toxic groundwater SANTA FE – Water conservationists and a Native American women’s advocacy group believe they’ve found a potential solution to a massive, decades-old underground plume of toxic chromium that likely has spread from property owned by Los Alamos National Laboratory to San Ildefonso Pueblo land. The key ingredient? Mushrooms. They…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate discloses cannabis investments
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Libertarian Senate candidate discloses cannabis investments SANTA FE – U.S. Senate candidate Gary Johnson of New Mexico has disclosed personal financial interests in the cannabis sector that include stock holdings, a profit sharing agreement and recent capital gains on investment sales, according to filings reviewed by The Associated Press. Johnson in Senate filings in September…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Smallest North Dakota city to double in population — to 4
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State’s smallest city to double in population – to 4 RUSO, N.D. – North Dakota’s smallest incorporated city was on the verge of dissolving after the death of its longtime mayor. But now it’s rebounding, with expectations to double its population – from two residents to four. The McLean County community of Ruso was on…
