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Some Colorado felons can now possess guns under new law
WEBJul 29, 2021 · The alteration allowing some felons to legally possess a firearm appears to create conflict in the state’s criminal code. For instance, someone convicted of felony animal abuse is now able to possess a gun under Senate Bill 271. But because of House Bill 1298, someone convicted of misdemeanor animal abuse would not be able to purchase a ...
Colorado wildfires tracker: Major fires currently burning - The ...
WEBJul 27, 2023 · The Spruce Creek Fire, located 11 miles northeast of Dolores in Montezuma County, was sparked by lightning May 14. (Hugh Carey, The Colorado Sun) 100% of the perimeter contained as of June 1. Started: May 14, 2024. Size: 5,699 acres. Location: 11 miles northeast of Dolores in Montezuma County.
Special legislative session on Colorado property taxes seems …
WEBAug 12, 2024 · The deal would cut property taxes by an additional $255 million in 2025 for taxes owed in 2026 — on top of the $1 billion cut the legislature already passed this year during its regular legislative session. In exchange, Michael Fields, who leads Advance Colorado, a conservative political nonprofit, said he would pull Initiatives 50 and 108 ...
What’s Working: Colorado has recovered 89% of jobs lost during …
WEBJan 22, 2022 · That puts Colorado at an 89% recovery rate in regaining the 375,000 jobs lost in March and April 2020. By comparison, the U.S. has recovered 84% of jobs lost in the early pandemic. That helped improve the state’s unemployment rate to 4.8%, the lowest since the pandemic first disrupted lives in the spring of 2020.
New Colorado program helps homeowners with their mortgage …
WEBNov 4, 2021 · A new Colorado pilot program to help struggling homeowners make past-due mortgage payments is now up and running and offering up to three months of payments. The Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program, or EMAP, has been in development since $10 billion in the American Rescue Plan was set aside by Congress in March for …
8 takeaways from Colorado’s new congressional map
WEBSep 29, 2021 · Sandra Fish and Jesse Paul 3:15 PM MDT on Sep 29, 2021. Share. Colorado's new congressional map, pending approval from the state Supreme Court. Some folks are loving the n ew, eight-district congressional map approved by Colorado’s Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission in an 11-1 vote late Tuesday. …
Dominion Voting’s Eric Coomer sues Randy Corporon, Salem Media
WEBNov 15, 2021 · The Denver City and County Building, where civil litigation is heard, is seen on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. A former executive at Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against conservative Colorado media figure Randy Corporon and conservative broadcaster Salem Media Group, which owns Denver radio …
Opinion: Time is now for a new Colorado River Basin process to …
WEBAug 15, 2024 · I became a founding member of the Water and Tribes Initiative, or WTI, for the Colorado River Basin; was the first Native American appointed to the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the Colorado Chapter of The Nature Conservancy; co-founded the Indigenous Women’s Leadership Network, a program of WTI; and helped forge an …
Hospital merger puts Colorado's SCL Health under Intermountain …
WEBSep 16, 2021 · SCL Health, the Colorado-based operator of eight not-for-profit hospitals with 16,000 employees, will merge into much larger and secular Intermountain Healthcare of Utah, officials announced Thursday, creating a chain of 33 hospitals with 58,000 employees across six Western states. SCL Health, a Catholic system begun by nuns in …
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