Data center fees, special trust, sod tax could help raise $20B to protect water supply in Colorado

Severance tax revenue from energy production has too many ups and downs to stand alone as a reliable source to pay for infrastructure and access…

MS NOW Highlights – July 30

Does Colorado law allow immigration arrests at courthouses? 

No. A 2020 state law bars authorities from arresting people for most immigration violations at courthouses.

50 years after Colorado’s famous fourteener climb, a new generation heads for the summits

About 500 climbers will fan out across the state’s highest peaks this weekend to commemorate Colorado’s 150th anniversary and reimagine a 1976 tradition

NY migrant children face having to go it alone in immigration court

Dozens of women, men and their children, many fleeing poverty and violence in Honduras, Guatamala and El Salvador, arrive at a bus station following release…

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Texas businesses bracing for a financial hit from U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade limbo

Rising uncertainty has led businesses that depend on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) pact to pull back on investment in Texas, experts say.

For Texas DACA recipients, a fearful present and an uncertain future as protected status expires

Many of the roughly 80,000 Texas residents in the program are facing renewal delays that can leave them undocumented, unable to legally work and exposed…

An “absolutely insane” six weeks at the Durango Airtanker Base that supports firefighting across the West

The Sun caught a glimpse of the nearly nonstop activity and critical coordination necessary to battle a raging wildfire season

Fewer mosquitoes is good, right? … Right?

Plus: Cyberattacks linked to Iran; MN is the third-best state; xenophobia is not new; Yemeni and Egyptian coffeeshops; and more. The post Fewer mosquitoes is…

Whenever you hear about an encampment ‘sweep,’ first ask: Where will the people go?

Minnesota cities are struggling to confront public safety issues and budget constraints. What are really needed are state government solutions and funding.  The post Whenever…

EXCLUSIVE: Lawyers, Families Denied Access To Officers Held Over Alleged Coup Plot Against Tinubu For Nearly Three Weeks

EXCLUSIVE: Lawyers, Families Denied Access To Officers Held Over Alleged Coup Plot Against Tinubu For Nearly Three Weeks Family members who spoke to SaharaReporters said…

Abolish Bad Tweets

Progressive candidates have serious momentum going into the upcoming primaries in Michigan and Wisconsin — but they’ll have to figure out how to explain away…

‘Insufficient evidence’ to charge basketball coach over viral clip showing alleged abuse of students, police say

There is insufficient evidence to charge Hong Kong basketball coach Yung Kam-wah over alleged abuse of students, the police have said. Yung, a prominent basketball…

Inside the NYC Courtroom Where Detained Children Face Deportation Without Attorneys

Throughout the summer, inside a small, fluorescent-lit courtroom in Lower Manhattan, hundreds of migrant children, some as young as three, faced deportation hearings. Most appeared…

‘Try-again’ PM Burnham lauds nukes and militarism during BAE visit

New PM Andy Burnham’s left-wing credentials have lasted about as long as left-out milk. Less than a fortnight into his reign, the gimmicky Scouser was…

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As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice

The post As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice appeared first on ProPublica.

Cockroaches, Modi and the death of fear

India’s youthful cockroach protests have defanged the ruling regime’s primary tools of governance: fear, alienation and division

Trump peace deal: What would no war in Gaza truly look like?