steve farber
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Photo Gallery: Colorado Remembers 9/11 event
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A photo gallery compiled by Statesman photographers from the Colorado Remembers 9/11 event that took place Sunday, September 11, 2016, in downtown Denver’s Civic Center Park to mark the 15th Anniversary of 9/11.
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YESTERYEAR: Bush clears brush, raises big bucks during Colorado visit
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Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … More than a year before the midterm elections, President George W. Bush made a stop in Colorado – his first since assuming the presidency – as part of his “Heartland” tour, signaling the start of the political season. Before attending an enormous fundraiser for U.S.…
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YESTERYEAR: Colorado Supreme Court overturns death penalty statute
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Twenty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … The lawyer who led a successful constitutional challenge against Colorado’s death penalty law said no one should have been surprised that the Colorado Supreme Court overturned the statute, pointing out that some legislators had warned it was defective when it passed. University of Denver law professor…
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YESTERYEAR: Special session looms after high court tosses immigration initiative
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Ten Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Gov. Bill Owens threatened that he would be forced to call a special session on immigration matters later in the summer if the Colorado Supreme Court didn’t reverse its decision throwing out a proposed ballot measure that would deny government services to undocumented immigrants. “In…
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Hancock honored as ‘heart and soul’ of Denver at Mizel Institute dinner (PHOTOS)
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More than 2,000 civic, philanthropic and political leaders filled a converted Air Force hanger on Wednesday night to honor Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, the 2016 recipient of the Mizel Institute’s annual Community Enrichment Award. The institute’s annual dinner, dubbed “spring political prom” by one wag on Twitter, returned to the Wings Over the Rockies…
