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Bipartisan youth justice reform is now on its way to Colorado’s guv
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Kids under 12 years old who commit misdemeanors no longer will face mandatory detention in the Division of Youth Corrections if Gov. John Hickenlooper signs legislation unanimously approved by the Senate Monday. House Bill 1207, sponsored in the Senate by state Sen. Kevin Priola, R-Henderson, and in the House by state Rep. Pete Lee, D-Colorado Springs, gives…
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‘Economic gardening’ supports local business efforts
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It was 1987, and Chris Gibbons had a big problem. He was the business affairs director for the city of Littleton, and the biggest employer in town, Martin Marietta, had just announced that it was closing its Littleton operation and cutting 7,500 jobs. To fill that huge hole in the local economy, Gibbons could have…
