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COVER STORY | Locking up Colorado’s mentally ill

Jun 18, 2019

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Rachel Riley, The Gazette

They miss medication doses, sinking further into psychosis as their symptoms take hold. They try to kill themselves and sometimes succeed. They lash out at staff and fellow inmates in the midst of mental breakdowns, at constant risk of lengthening their sentences. Mentally ill people are wasting away in Colorado jails and crowding the state’s…
Politicians try their hand at April Fool’s gags

Apr 3, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

DENVER – State Rep. Leslie Herod of Denver and her partner in pranks Rep. Jovan Melton of Aurora were a day late but not a doughnut short Monday, catching lawmakers and statehouse staff off-guard for their April Fool’s trap. They loaded doughnuts with mayo and shared the mistreats the day after national observance for practical…
In ‘State of the Fifth’ address, Lamborn focuses on defense

Feb 21, 2018

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Rachel Riley, The Gazette

U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn on Tuesday hailed a $700 million defense budget, passed in December, as one of the biggest recent legislative victories for the Pikes Peak Region. The National Defense Authorization Act gives military personnel a 2.4 percent pay raise – the largest in eight years – and $90.5 million for local military construction,…
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos tours Air Force Academy, touts innovation

Sep 14, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

The U.S. secretary of education toured the Air Force Academy campus, chatted with cadets over lunch and even hopped into the cockpit of a T-53 aircraft training simulator during a visit to the school on Wednesday. But if Betsy DeVos shared any ideas about her vision for America’s education system, it wasn’t apparent. The academy…
Rail commission will advise legislators on paying for Pueblo-Fort Collins line

Sep 4, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

A state commission has begun exploring ways to realize Colorado transportation officials’ vision of passenger rail service that stretches up and down the Front Range. The commission, which includes government representatives from Denver to Trinidad, has until Dec. 1 to submit to the legislature a plan detailing steps forward and funding options. The ultimate hope…
El Paso County could chip away at I-25’s Gap, as locals hit go on funding

Aug 14, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

By chipping away at The Gap, El Paso County voters could do something that some state legislators encourage and others dread: siphon off support for a statewide transportation plan by spending their money locally. The Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority board last week approved a ballot question to ask voters if it’s OK to set…

rachel riley

COVER STORY | Locking up Colorado’s mentally ill

Politicians try their hand at April Fool’s gags

In ‘State of the Fifth’ address, Lamborn focuses on defense

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos tours Air Force Academy, touts innovation

Rail commission will advise legislators on paying for Pueblo-Fort Collins line

El Paso County could chip away at I-25’s Gap, as locals hit go on funding