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Lauren Boebert lands 5th in GOP straw poll, Janak Joshi jumps into 8th CD race | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Jan. 29, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s middling finish in a straw poll Thursday night drew gasps from the crowd that had just witnessed the Colorado lawmaker face off against eight other Republicans in a congressional primary debate at a rec center in Fort Lupton. The…
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Colorado’s top election official targets AI-generated ‘deepfakes’ in elections
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold is targeting AI-generated “disruptors” – such as “deepfakes” – as her office prepares for this year’s elections. Griswold unveiled her legislative priorities at a time of social anxiety over “deepfakes.” This week, pornographic “deepfake” images generated by artificial intelligence and sexualizing people without their consent hit the singer Taylor Swift,…
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Denver tourism rebounds in 2021, but headwinds persist
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Denver’s tourism industry rebounded in a big way in 2021, drawing 31.7 million visitors who spent an estimated $6.6 billion, according to the Longwoods International Travel USA 2021 survey report. Visit Denver presented the report at a news conference Wednesday. “The travel industry was disproportionately harmed by the pandemic. … Thankfully, Denver is a very…
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Study: Colorado received $63 billion in COVID relief, stimulus
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Colorado landed more than $60 billion in federal COVID-19 pandemic assistance and other funding during the past two years, according to a recent study by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. The $63.6 billion in government cash, or more than $11,000 for each person in Colorado, came in stimulus checks sent to most Americans; a variety…
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Amazon buys Colorado Springs Airport site for massive distribution center, 1,000-plus jobs coming
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Gazette reporter Wayne Heilman describes Amazon’s plans to open a huge distribution and sorting center across from the company’s delivery station in Peak Innovation Park, the business park owned by the Colorado Springs Airport. Securing its future in the city, Amazon has bought land at the Colorado Springs Airport where it will build a 4-million-square-foot…
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Nordberg: No bail out for Puerto Rico
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If we ran the state of Colorado like Puerto Rico’s politicians have run that U.S. territory’s government for the last decade, we would have had to close up shop a long time ago. As a member of the Colorado House of Representatives, balancing our state budget on a yearly basis, and responsibly spending the taxpayers’…
