Angela Paxtonβs Message: Elect the Elephant at All Costs
When Angela Paxton spoke to a room of Republican women in Texas in September, she named her speech βThe Elephant in the Room.β The elephant,…
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Catch 55 bands in Trinidad this weekend
An eclectic lineup of acts are making their way down south for this weekend's Fancy Spider Music Festival. The post Catch 55 bands in Trinidad…
Read full article βAfter 3 decades, Crested Butte ski film company is still on tourΒ Β
Matchstick Productions will premiere its 33rd movie this weekend to skiers and riders praying for a snowy season.
Read full article βAmendment 87: A graduated income tax would raise taxes on Coloradoβs highest earners
Amendment 87 would raise an estimated $2 billion a year for public services, while cutting taxes for individuals and businesses that make less than $500,000…
Read full article βProposition 136 explained: Colorado income tax limit would hinder attempts to tax the rich
Proposition 136 wouldnβt change current tax rates, but it could undermine a separate proposal to raise taxes on higher earners
Read full article βColorado canβt back out of federal program some say will create K-12 school vouchers
Even if Coloradoβs next governor is a major critic of the program, the state is committed for at least next year under new federal rules
Read full article βProposition 132: Colorado voters will decide whether to increase penalties for possessing, selling fentanyl
The measure was written by conservative activists, who also paid millions of dollars to collect voter signatures and get it on the ballot
Read full article βDrew Litton: Itβs a MacK attack!
Cartoonist Drew Litton celebrates one of Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon's lesser-known talents β dropping the gloves β in the team's opener.
Read full article ββWhatβd I Miss?β: When is a handout β¦ a handout?
In "What'd I Miss?" Myra passes time in the Social Security waiting room exploring exactly what constitutes a government handout.
Read full article βTucson wants public input on city budget for streets, transit
The city of Tucson will be holding three in-person public meetings, with food provided, plus a virtual session to discuss budgeting for transportation.
Read full article βHow a Tennessee execution gone wrong connects to Arizonaβs capital punishment troubles
Christa Pike, the Tennessee death row prisoner who survived an attempted execution by lethal injection Wednesday night, was still in critical condition as of Thursday…
Read full article βSupreme Court clears the way for receiver to run Arizona prison healthcare
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Arizona corrections officialsβ last-ditch attempt to delay a court-ordered takeover of the stateβs unconstitutional prison healthcare system.Β After facing rejections…
Read full article βJay Feely called Social Security a βPonzi scheme.β In CD1, 175,000 people rely on it.
In the hotly contested Congressional District 1, roughly 175,000 people receive Social Security, a program whose fate could be decided by whoever wins control of…
Read full article βFormer Colorado Supreme Court justice Melissa Hart dies
Hart was appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court in 2017 by then-Gov. John Hickenlooper
Read full article βTrump admin refuses to renew permits for 12 Humane Borders water stations in Southern Az
Trump administration officials refused to renew permits for a dozen water stations operated by Humane Borders on federal lands across Southern Arizona's parched deserts.
Read full article βEnmienda 86: La redistribuciΓ³n de los distritos electorales del Congreso fuera del proceso habitual serΓa mΓ‘s difΓcil en Colorado
La Enmienda 86 exigirΓa la participaciΓ³n del pΓΊblico y una revisiΓ³n judicial de cualquier redistribuciΓ³n de los distritos electorales del Congreso a mitad de la…
Read full article βEnmienda 83: Los votantes de Colorado decidirΓ‘n si incluyen el derecho a cazar y pescar en la ConstituciΓ³n estatal
La medida fue financiada con al menos $1.5 millones de la conservadora Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Alliance
Read full article βEnmienda 81: La policΓa y los fiscales de Colorado estarΓan obligados a alertar a ICE despuΓ©s de presentar ciertos cargos
Una medida electoral impulsada por una organizaciΓ³n polΓtica conservadora sin fines de lucro exigirΓa que la policΓa y los fiscales notificarΓ‘n al Departamento de Seguridad…
Read full article βProposiciΓ³n 137: $175 millones de ingresos fiscales existentes se destinarΓ‘n a la conservaciΓ³n y la mitigaciΓ³n de incendios forestales
Los partidarios dicen que el dinero reforzarΓa esfuerzos cruciales de mitigaciΓ³n de incendios forestales y restauraciΓ³n de cuencas hidrogrΓ‘ficas mientras el estado enfrenta sequΓa, temperaturas…
Read full article βMy Famous Friends from the Denver scene
Westword's new music editor caught up with old friends and made new ones at our 50th Anniversary party. The post My Famous Friends from the…
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