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Colorado environmental groups file three ballot measures to limit oil and gas industry 

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The truce is off. Let the negotiations begin again.

Leading Colorado environmental groups filed language Thursday for three sweeping ballot measures aimed at limiting the oil and gas industry in the state, openly declaring them a blocking effort to as many as a half-dozen equally sweeping proposals supported by oil interests.

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Colorado panel finalizes budget plan that boosts K-12, higher education and health care. Here’s what’s in it.

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Colorado’s state budget panel early Friday morning approved a spending plan for next fiscal year that would invest heavily in state workers and medical services, eliminate Colorado’s K-12 funding shortfall and limit college tuition increases to 3% for in-state students.

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State Rep. Leslie Herod granted protective order after judge finds ‘sexual assault’ claims are not credible

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After a year of social media accusations that she was a “sexual predator,” Rep. Leslie Herod, D-Denver, has been granted a restraining order against the spokesperson for state Treasurer Dave Young with a judge ruling the evidence does not support the claims.

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Freedom Caucus votes to remove Rep. Ken Buck days before his effective resignation in Congress

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The House Freedom Caucus voted to remove Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) from the group Tuesday night, three members of the conservative group told The Hill, a dismissal that comes days before he is set to retire from Congress.

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