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Senate advances judicial nominee, Montezuma County judge agrees to discipline | COURT CRAWL
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. A U.S. Senate committee advanced a judicial nominee from Colorado, plus a Montezuma County judge agreed to receive discipline for his misconduct that stops short of removal from the bench. Senate advances Domenico • The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along…
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First-ever Red Rocks naturalization ceremony draws most diverse group of new citizens
Colorado’s federal trial court held its first-ever naturalization ceremony for nearly 300 new citizens on Thursday at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre. “We’re doing it to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the United States. Red Rocks is a particularly fitting location for this. It’s a place that, of course, reminds…
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Walker Stapleton comments on an ancestor’s ties to the KKK following NY Times story
A lot of people have ancestors who said or did things that make their descendants cringe. But there’s an extra burden if your name is Walker Stapleton, a candidate for governor and scion of a proud family with a last name written large in Denver’s history. The New York Times wrote an article Tuesday that…
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Audit: Denver can’t tell if Red Rocks vendor pays up on concessions
Denver can’t tell if it’s collecting all it should from concessions sold at Red Rocks Amphitheater and the Denver Coliseum, a new audit finds. “Weak oversight” of inventory and the way cash is handled at the venues present a risk of theft and other security issues, according to Denver Auditor Tim O’Brien. Denver Arts &…
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City moves to protect Denver parks through new designations
The city moved to designate about 65 acres of open space as new Denver parks May 2, protecting the land from being developed or sold. The new park designations include 30 acres of Northfield Pond Park and six acres at the Southwest Recreation Center and were part of the city’s tenth round of designations over a…