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Aurora City Council eliminates homeless sweep requirements
Aurora no longer has to provide a 72-hour notice or sheltering option before sweeping encampments.
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10th Circuit overturns injunction on Denver’s homeless sweeps
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
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
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
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
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%
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.…