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10th Circuit overturns injunction on Denver’s homeless sweeps
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By a 2-1 decision, the federal appeals court based in Colorado overturned a judge’s injunction that directed the City and County of Denver to provide ample notice of encampment “sweeps” to homeless residents. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit decided that the plaintiffs in the case – Denver…
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City contractor dismissed from lawsuit over Denver’s encampment sweeps
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A federal judge has dismissed Denver’s hazardous materials contractor from the federal lawsuit that is challenging the constitutionality of the city’s encampment-clearing tactics and seeking to restrict future seizures of property. One of the defendants named in the lawsuit, Environmental Hazmat Services, is a Wheat Ridge company whose contract with Denver entails clearing encampments for…
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TRAIL MIX | Colorado’s 1974 ballot serves as a distant mirror to this year’s election
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The two major parties enter Colorado’s 2022 midterm election year in starkly different positions. The Democrats hold every statewide office on the ballot this year – from governor and U.S. senator to attorney general, secretary of state and state treasurer – and every one of those incumbents is seeking reelection. Republicans, on the other hand,…
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THE PODIUM | Without some rules, self-driving cars will compound congestion
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Imagine a big sporting event – say, the Broncos battle for the AFC championship or the USAF Falcons are playing for their conference title. Now imagine a miles-long parade of self-driving cars endlessly circling around the stadium, clogging up roads, and jamming up nearby residential neighborhoods because their human passengers don’t want to pay for…
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock rolls out Climate Action Plan
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock talked about it in his State of the City address Monday, and on Tuesday he unveiled Denver’s 80×50 Climate Action Plan to move the city to 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030. The plan provides strategies to address greenhouse gas emissions from three sources: buildings, transportation and electricity generation. The plan…
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Colorado regulators raise Xcel’s energy-efficiency target by 25%
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The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has raised the energy-efficiency bar for Xcel Energy Inc. even as Colorado’s biggest power utility sought to hold it steady. Under a 2007 state law, investor-owned utilities, like Minneapolis-based Xcel, have to implement programs to cut the demand for electricity-known as “demand-side management” or DSM- in return for financial incentives.…
