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COLORADO ROUNDUP | Sheriff can’t honor ICE hold on inmates
COLORADO SPRINGS Sheriff can’t honor ICE hold on inmates, judge rules El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder can’t hold inmates if they are eligible for release solely on the basis of federal immigration authorities’ suspicion that they are in the country illegally, a judge ruled Dec. 6. The decision by 4th Judicial District Judge Eric…
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Drilling setback ballot measure would keep rigs off of most Colorado lands
About 85 percent of the state and private land in Colorado would be unavailable for surface development by the oil and gas industry if a ballot measure adopting a 2,500-foot setback for new wells from homes and schools is adopted, according to an analysis by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. The analysis was…