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Colorado officials encourage voters to be wary of intimidation, election disinformation

Two top state officials in Colorado recently shared information to ensure voters are informed on their right to vote free of intimidation and how to avoid election disinformation ahead of th...

DATE: Oct 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s unemployment rate at 4%, inching upward along with the U.S. rate

Colorado’s unemployment rate was stable at 4% in September, according to the state’s labor department. The unemployment rate, both in Colorado and nationally, has been climbing since reachin...

DATE: Oct 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Spending in support of Proposition 131 eclipses $9 million

About $26 million has been spent so far by groups supporting and opposing 14 statewide measures on the ballot

DATE: Oct 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Proposition JJ: Colorado would be allowed to keep all sports betting tax revenue it collects

State can currently keep up to $29 million; measure would remove that cap

DATE: Oct 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment 80: Placing a right to school choice in Colorado’s constitution

Measure would solidify parents’ right to send their kids to any public, charter, private or home schooling program

DATE: Oct 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment 79: An attempt to preserve abortion access in Colorado’s constitution

Amendment would prevent Legislature from limiting access

DATE: Oct 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment J: Removing Colorado’s constitutional prohibition on same-sex marriage

Measure would strike a phrase in the state constitution

DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment I: Should Colorado judges be able to deny bail to people charged with first-degree murder?

Measure is an effort to remedy an unintended consequence from when state’s death penalty was abolished in 2020

DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment H: Creating a new board to investigate and discipline judges in Colorado

Proposal comes amid an alleged cover-up scandal

DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

A rare comet last visible from Earth 80,000 years ago makes a return visit

Celestial object visible over western horizon shortly after sunset

DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment G: Should more disabled veterans qualify for Colorado’s homestead property tax break?

Measure would offer the state’s homestead property tax exemption to more veterans with disabilities

DATE: Oct 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado wildlife managers give up on finding fifth wolf pup

CPW called off capture operation because temperatures are dropping

DATE: Oct 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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