Colorado Week in Review

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• Polis Administration Secures Asteroid Mining Company for Denver Expansion
• Another child tax credit extension eyed by Sen. Bennet at end of lame duck session
• Colorado’s Joe Neguse gets new leadership role in next Congress

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• Local campaign encourages people to speak, be kinder
• Deion Sanders agrees to coach CU Buffs football
• Public funds are helping draw a stampede of Denver mayoral candidates

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• Colorado Democrats eye gun-purchase waiting periods, ban on so-called assault weapons, and red flag law expansion
• Denver police launch internal investigation after detective sued over ‘illegal search’
• Mystery cattle deaths in Colorado stump investigators

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• Brown enters plea deal, to testify against Peters
• Ordinance Would Allow $100,000 Penalties Against Any Abortion Clinic in Pueblo
• Colo GOP Activists ‘Declare War’ on Their Own ‘Party of Whores,’ Call for Ousting Leadership

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• The Tradition of Big Beer Releases on Black Friday Continues
• Holiday markets around Colorado offer a way to celebrate and support local artisans. Here’s where you can find them this year
• Customers flood bar co-owned by Club Q hero

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• Feds declare lesser prairie chicken “threatened” in Colorado, land use changes ahead
• Colorado’s ballot counting machines tallied votes securely and accurately, post-election audit finds
• Colorado offers Deion Sanders coaching job as Jackson State boss mulls options, per report

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• Colorado threat of “tripledemic” is coinciding with the holidays
• Colorado Springs dubbed ‘city of hate’ after passing Amendment 2 in the 90s
• ‘I’m sorry I let my son down’ | Father of accused Colorado club shooter speaks out

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• Uber and Lyft drivers strike over pay at Denver International Airport
• Denver Rescue Mission Removing Discriminatory Language From Employee Handbook
• Colorado deputies indicted, fired after fatal shooting of man, 22, who called 911 for help

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• NASA’s history-making Artemis I mission has extensive ties to Colorado aerospace industry
• Colorado’s Jared Polis talks about running for president
• Colorado board votes to change name of mountain honoring governor blamed for Sand Creek Massacre to Mount Blue Sky

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• Campaign concedes defeat of third-party alcohol delivery in Colorado, celebrates victory of wine in groceries
• Renewed recall of party-switching Colorado lawmaker “more unlikely” in wake of GOP’s election losses
• Some Colorado Starbucks employees join “Red Cup Rebellion” walkout

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• Colorado air regulators vastly underestimated ozone pollution from some oil and gas operations due to a data error
• Larimer County woman is first to face a state charge for providing a fentanyl pill that killed someone
• Mass shooting at Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub left 5 dead; Suspect, 22, in custody

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• Lauren Boebert’s Rival, Adam Frisch, Concedes Their Colorado House Race
• New Aurora Police Chief’s History of Misconduct, InfoWars Appearances
• Denver board’s inaction on school closures cheered, jeered

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• Resounding victories have Colorado Democrats celebrating — and debating what’s next
• Young Black and Latino voters seen as key in turning back midterm ‘red wave’
• Julie McCluskie selected as next speaker of the Colorado House, bringing Western Slope voice to top job

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• Election results: Colorado voters favor Proposition FF, free school meals
• Colorado becomes second state to legalize “magic mushrooms”
• Colorado voters say ‘no’ to 2 of 3 liquor issues; wine in grocery stores too close to call

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• ‘Unprecedented’ amount of kids are hospitalized with RSV in Colorado
• Colorado gig drivers make an average of just $5.49 an hour, study finds
• 2 boys facing 100 counts in deadly Lakewood fire

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• Trump loyalist Boebert’s reelection bid could go to recount
• Jeffco Public Schools Board of Education unanimously votes to close 16 schools in consolidation move
• “It’s about time,” City announces plans to clean up downtown Denver

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• To Sir Elton with love: Music legend Elton John makes stop in Colorado
• How Colorado plans to cover 99% of the state with super-fast internet
• Colorado 2022 Election Polls Update: Welcome to Blowout City?

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• Bustang adds Outrider service connection Sterling, Greeley
• Abortions up 33% in Colorado, fueled by out-of-state residents seeking treatment
• The Reserves at Green Valley Ranch pioneers new approach to affordable apartments

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• ‘He was always there to help’: Colorado lawmakers remember Hugh McKean, GOP statehouse leader
• Denver man sentenced to life in prison in AK-47 killing of woman walking dog near Coors Field
• Idaho Springs police settle lawsuit from 76-year-old man tased during arrest

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• Denver Public Schools presents school closure, consolidation plan to the public for the first time
• Colorado TV stations urged to pull Kirkmeyer ad centered on ‘flat-out lie’
• Boebert Campaign Again Refuses to Commit to Accepting Nov. 8 Election Results if She Loses

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• Dia de los Muertos, glowing Jack-o-lanterns and pumpkin beers on tap this weekend in Denver
• Broncos win ugly as Trevor Lawrence interception seals Jaguars’ fate
• Denverites worried crime would accompany safe outdoor spaces. Data shows the opposite happened.

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• Coloradans search for pumpkin spice lattes more than people in other states
• Mural project will honor Denver’s historic Chinatown
• Dean Schiller on Acquittal in First Boulder King Soopers Shooting Trial

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• Colorado lawmakers call for probe after detainees’ death at Aurora ICE facility
• Castle Rock man found guilty in “We Build the Wall” fraud trial
• 4 dead in Aurora house shooting, suspect still at large

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• 10 Colorado communities support lawsuit to block Utah oil trains along Colorado River
• Ballot drop box intimidation will ‘not be tolerated,’ Colorado secretary of state says
• O’Dea to Campaign with Chris Christie

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• Denver weather: Near 80s on Friday, weekend mountain snow, wind
• RTD offers zero fare days to encourage voter participation
• Nikola Jokic makes more NBA history, Nuggets survive Thunder on second night of back-to-back

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• Colorado continues to lean toward Democrats, new poll shows
• Castle Rock to use treated wastewater for drinking; Aurora has re-used downstream water for years
• Denver Art Museum gives up 22 pieces from India linked to one of world’s largest antiquities smugglers

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• Again plagued by penalties, Broncos fall 19-16 to Chargers in OT
• Colorado woman with developmental disabilities wins $8.25M in sex assault lawsuit against sheriff: “I got my justice… he can’t hurt me”
• Ride-share driver John Pastor-Mendoza charged in sexual assaults of 10 women

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• How the conservative parents’ rights movement — fueled by LGBTQ backlash — is shaping Heidi Ganahl’s campaign
• O’Dea claims Google censorship, refuses to provide evidence
• Election Conspiracy Group — Which Has a Militia Division — Organizes ‘Parties’ at Ballot Dropoff Locations To ‘Deter Crime’

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• Colorado native returns to Earth after nearly six months in space
• Pride of lions airlifted from Ukraine to Colorado in “biggest-ever warzone rescue of lions”
• The two largest pumpkins ever weighed in Colorado will be on display this weekend in Denver and Aurora

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• Biden designates Camp Hale a national monument, moves to block drilling and mining on Thompson Divide
• Denver’s E-Bike Rebates Are So Hot They’re Gone Within Minutes
• Inflation in Colorado drops below national level — but remains high

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• Unionized Starbucks on S. Nevada Ave. set to close one day before first union bargaining date
• 1 dead, 7 injured in shooting at house party, according to Adams County Sheriff’s Office
• Kroger, Albertsons merger would leave some Colorado towns with only 1 grocer, costing consumers

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• Are Ads Attacking Yadira Caraveo Racist?
• Political rift shows up in Board of Education’s vote to veto conservative American Birthright social studies standards
• Third campaign finance complaint filed against GOP AG candidate’s campaign

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• Great American Beer Fest returns after two-year pandemic hiatus
• New ballot box good for 3 counties: Denver, Arapahoe and Adams
• Marches for women’s rights take place across Colorado Saturday

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• Biden to pardon all federal offenses for simple marijuana possession, review criminalization
• Sausage makers compete in Colorado Springs
• Ballot measure would direct hundreds of millions toward affordable housing

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• State website up and running again after cyberattack
• Aurora ends police chief search emptyhanded after 2 of 3 finalists withdraw
• Avian Flu declared disaster emergency in Colorado

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• Lauren Boebert’s re-election in jeopardy, new poll shows
• What does Joe O’Dea’s record as an employer mean to his Senate campaign?
• Inside Jeffco Kids First, and Ganahl’s furor over students

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• Squeak! Squeak! You can track Colorado’s climate-threatened pikas with a new app
• Tom’s Diner reopens as Tom’s Starlight Lounge, ending years of drama around historic building’s future
• Expanded protections for Colorado mobile-home owners start Oct. 1

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• Amy Schumer Praises Colorado Abortion Access in New Skit
• Free lunch plan on November ballot would cut stigma and support learning, supporters say
• Denver eyes turning a dozen downtown office buildings into apartments and condos

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• Colorado teams in Florida to help after Hurricane Ian
• Colorado among heaviest-drinking states
• Colorado’s climbing community in mourning over the death of Hilaree Nelson

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• ‘Unprecedented’ drop in home prices needed to solve affordable housing problems
• School district disputes Ganahl’s claim about students identifying as furries
• Jonathan and Diana Toebbe — accused of trying to sell nuclear submarine secrets — enter guilty pleas