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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 3h

Colorado election 2025: Littleton charter amendment would lock in historic zoning rules
By @sarawilson.bsky.social

Colorado election 2025: Littleton charter amendment would lock in historic zoning rules | Colorado Newsline

Littleton voters in November will decide whether the city’s land-use code should be frozen as it was at the beginning of the year.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 18h

The U.S. Senate returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, but neither Republicans nor Democrats appeared ready to work toward ending the government shutdown following another failed vote to advance a short-term funding bill.
By @jennifershutt.bsky.social @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social

Trump targets ‘Democratic programs’ as shutdown standoff heads for third week | Colorado Newsline

Neither Republicans nor Democrats on Tuesday appeared ready to work toward ending the federal government shutdown.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 21h

Immigrant advocates and the ACLU of Colorado sued three Trump immigration officials over arrests of immigrants in Colorado they say violate federal law.
By @sarawilson.bsky.social

ACLU leads lawsuit against 'indiscriminate' ICE arrests in Colorado | Colorado Newsline

Immigrant advocates and the ACLU of Colorado sued three Trump immigration officials over arrests of immigrants in Colorado.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 22h

ICYMI: Hotter temperatures mean more workplace injuries, study finds

Hotter temperatures mean more workplace injuries, study finds | Colorado Newsline

With hotter temperatures come more heat-related workplace injuries — about 28,000 injuries each year, according to a new study.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 1d

Commentary: The reality of gig driving in Denver
By @kaylafrawley.bsky.social

The reality of gig driving in Denver | Colorado Newsline

I thought rideshare driving full time might be the safety net I needed. But I left driving. The physical and emotional toll was too high.

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Colorado election 2025: Backed by conservative dark money groups, Republicans in Aurora, Colorado’s third-largest city, are looking to expand their council majority in the 2025 off-year election.
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

Colorado election 2025: Conservatives look to expand Aurora council majority | Colorado Newsline

Aurora voters in November will choose new City Council members and weigh in on five citywide ballot questions.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 1d

The Trump administration plans to send paychecks to active duty troops this week, despite Congress not passing legislation to allow it during the ongoing shutdown.
By @jennifershutt.bsky.social @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social

Pentagon to shift research dollars to pay troops during shutdown | Colorado Newsline

The Trump administration plans to send paychecks to active duty troops this week, despite Congress not passing legislation to allow it.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 2d

A billion-dollar bond proposal and a significant change to how at-large council members are elected are among the questions Denver voters will weigh in on in the city’s 2025 municipal election.
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

Colorado election 2025: Eight ballot measures to be decided by Denver voters | Colorado Newsline

A billion-dollar bond proposal and change to how at-large council members are elected are among the questions Denver voters will weigh in on.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 3d

Republicans in El Paso County on Saturday once again selected Second Amendment activist Ava Flanell to fill a vacant seat in the Colorado House of Representatives.
By @sarawilson.bsky.social

Ava Flanell appointed to Colorado legislative seat in do-over vacancy committee | Colorado Newsline

Republicans in El Paso County once again selected Second Amendment activist Ava Flanell to fill a vacant seat in the Colorado House.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 4d

Hotter temperatures mean more workplace injuries, a new study finds. Colorado has a heat rule for agriculture workers, but not others.
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Hotter temperatures mean more workplace injuries, study finds | Colorado Newsline

With hotter temperatures come more heat-related workplace injuries — about 28,000 injuries each year, according to a new study.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 4d

‘Substantial’ layoffs of federal workers launched by Trump administration amid shutdown. More than 41,000 federal employees work in Colorado.
By @jennifershutt.bsky.social

‘Substantial’ layoffs of federal workers launched by Trump administration amid shutdown | Colorado Newsline

The Trump administration announced Friday it had begun mass layoffs of federal employees amid the government shutdown.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 5d

Commentary: This is the Ditch Principle: Your ditch neighbor may disagree with you about everything except keeping the water running — so you start there. These are rural lessons for resisting authoritarianism.

Rural lessons for resisting authoritarianism | Colorado Newsline

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster himself. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” After 20 years of organizin...

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 5d

Federal workers told U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette Thursday how the government shutdown and the Trump administration bring down morale in their workplaces.
By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social

Federal workers in Colorado anxious about job security, back pay amid shutdown | Colorado Newsline

Federal workers told U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette Thursday how the government shutdown and the Trump administration bring down morale.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 5d

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said in a press call Thursday that Republicans in Congress are making life harder for working Americans by refusing to negotiate with Democrats on health care.
By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social

Health care compromise should be easy for Republicans in Congress, Sen. Bennet says | Colorado Newsline

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Republicans in Congress are making life harder for Americans by refusing to negotiate on health care.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 5d

President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s prepared to cancel funding approved by Congress that he believes is going toward programs supported by Democrats, though he didn’t share any additional details during a Cabinet meeting.
By @jennifershutt.bsky.social

Trump threatens 'permanent' cuts to Democratic programs on day nine of shutdown gridlock | Colorado Newsline

Trump said Thursday he’s prepared to cancel funding approved by Congress that he believes is going toward programs supported by Democrats.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 5d

Trump’s use of National Guard troops for law enforcement purposes has reopened a debate over states’ authority to control police powers. Colorado is among the states that are challenging Trump’s order to deploy troops to Portland.
By @fischler.bsky.social

Former governors, state AGs weigh in on Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops | Colorado Newsline

President Donald Trump’s novel use of National Guard troops for law enforcement purposes has reopened a debate over states’ authority.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 6d

Commentary: Colorado banned the discredited practice of conversion therapy, but a Christian counselor appears to have persuaded justices that the law’s unconstitutional. An adverse ruling could give therapists a license to harm.

Supreme Court could give Colorado therapists a license to harm | Colorado Newsline

The state banned the discredited practice of conversion therapy, but Supreme Court justices appear to be on the side of a Christian counselor.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 6d

Colorado Democrats in Congress called on Republicans to negotiate a bipartisan funding bill that extends health insurance tax credits to reopen the federal government.
By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social

Colorado Democrats push Republicans to negotiate on health care to reopen federal government | Colorado Newsline

Colorado Democrats in Congress called on Republicans to negotiate a bipartisan funding bill that extends health insurance tax credits.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 6d

Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown.
By @jennifershutt.bsky.social

Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears | Colorado Newsline

Congress has one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 6d

Commentary: The Denver mayor must not muzzle watchdogs to balance the budget

The Denver mayor must not muzzle watchdogs to balance the budget | Colorado Newsline

In the Denver mayor’s scramble to balance the books, he has made a dangerous misstep that needs to be called out.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 7d

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in federal court in Virginia, in response to an indictment that followed an extraordinary pressure campaign from President Donald Trump.
By @ashleymurray.bsky.social

Former FBI Director Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges demanded by Trump | Colorado Newsline

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in federal court in Virginia.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 7d

ICYMI: Colorado businesses, universities and state agencies say they have been left in the dark about the Trump administration’s cancellation of half a billion dollars in federal clean energy grants following the federal government shutdown.

Colorado businesses, universities impacted by Trump's 'politically motivated' grant terminations | Colorado Newsline

Colorado is set to lose over half a billion dollars in federal clean energy grants as the Trump administration eliminates already-awarded funding.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 7d

US prison population rises for second straight year. Colorado sees 1.7% prison population increase from 2022 to 2023.

US prison population rises for second straight year | Colorado Newsline

The nation’s prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 7d

Democratic leaders, health care providers and consumer advocates praised a Colorado board’s decision last week to cap the price of a prescription drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases, the first action of its kind in the country.
By @sarawilson.bsky.social

Colorado becomes first state to cap price of prescription drug | Colorado Newsline

Advocates praised a Colorado board’s decision last week to cap the price of a prescription drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 7d

Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents to blue cities, as well as a litany of controversial issues surrounding the Department of Justice.
By @ashleymurray.bsky.social

A combative AG Pam Bondi confronts US Senate Judiciary over Trump crackdown | Colorado Newsline

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday during an oversight hearing.

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