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Colorado delegation splits in House vote to end federal government shutdown
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Colorado’s U.S. House members divided mostly along party lines Tuesday in separate votes on a funding deal to end the federal government’s partial shutdown, while giving Congress more time to negotiate long-term funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Lawmakers passed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package that finishes funding the vast majority of federal…
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Federal judge green-lights 2020 protesters’ lawsuit against Denver
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A federal judge on Tuesday agreed another lawsuit about the Denver police’s forceful response to 2020 demonstrations should face a jury trial over whether the city’s own policies led to violations of protesters’ constitutional rights. In the years since a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd in May 2020, sparking international demonstrations, plaintiffs injured in the Denver…
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Denver City Council set to vote on affordable housing policy
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Denver City Council will hold a public hearing and final vote on its Expanding Housing Affordability guidelines Monday, making changes to building requirements across Denver city codes to require affordable housing be built with market-rate projects. The full council has been in support of the program, which was made possible after the Colorado Legislature passed…