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Denver Schools say lease-financing is lawful, critics say it skirts voter oversight

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In a motion to dismiss filed Friday in response to a lawsuit, Denver Public Schools (DPS) defended its use of lease-purchase agreements — a financing method critics say sidesteps required voter approval for public debt that could leave students without access to their schools if the district defaults.

“This allegedly unlawful ‘scheme’ is actually a common and completely legal method of financing projects for public entities in a manner that is authorized by statute and has been repeatedly ratified by Colorado courts,” DPS officials said in their filing.

As previously reported by The Denver Gazette, DPS has quietly taken on hundreds of millions of dollars in long-term debt through a controversial financing tactic that sidesteps the state’s constitutional ban on assuming debt without public approval.

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Free speech fight hits Colorado: XX-XY Athletics sues over HB25-1312

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EXCLUSIVE: The women’s activist sportswear brand XX-XY Athletics is suing the state of Colorado over a recent state law that the company claims would interfere with its ability to market its message. 

The lawsuit takes aim at the state for passing a law called HB25-1312 and amending the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, which defines “gender expression” to include “chosen name” and “how an individual chooses to be addressed.” The laws state Coloradans have a right to access “public accommodations and advertising” that are free of discrimination on that basis.

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Don Jr. helps launch American Rights Alliance to fight for Tina Peters

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Few names evoke as much passion—and as much injustice—as Tina Peters.

She is a Gold Star Mother, a cancer survivor, and a whistleblower whose only crime was fulfilling her oath. As the duly elected Clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, Tina uncovered what she believed were unlawful alterations and software deletions in her county’s election system. Her response wasn’t partisan—it was principled: preserve the records, protect the truth, and serve the people.

But the system she served didn’t protect her. It came after her like an angry mob.

Arrested. Raided. Vilified. Silenced.

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Maryland school settles with student suspended for asking about American flag

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Towson, Md. (WBFF) — It’s a story that grabbed national attention – a Maryland student, and prospective U.S. Marine, suspended while asking why classrooms in his high school did not contain American flags.

Project Baltimore first spoke with Parker Jensen in April. Soon after, he sued Baltimore County Public Schools. And now, that lawsuit has been settled.

It was just last month when Project Baltimore broke the news that Jensen, a Marine hopeful, was suspended from school for seven days, after he went to Baltimore County Public Schools headquarters to ask why some classrooms at Towson High were missing American flags. According to state law and BCPS school board policy, all classrooms must contain the flag.

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Ratepayer risk? State law forces Xcel into costly ‘Markets+’ grid deal

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Xcel Energy’s plan to join a short-term, wholesale electric market is drawing fire from critics who, in hearings before state regulators this week, said that the price tag is too high and the benefits are minimal.

The market for purchasing day-ahead power Xcel Energy wants to join, Markets+, is run by the Southwest Power Pool, or SPP, whose grid stretches across all or parts of 14 states from Texas to North Dakota.

In hearings before the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, business and consumer groups are challenging the $30 million in upfront costs to join Markets+ and Xcel Energy executives are defending it as the best economic and operational choice.

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Polis’ $10M ‘bridge to nowhere’ sparks public backlash

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To celebrate Colorado’s 150th birthday, Gov. Jared Polis wants to build a pedestrian bridge to nowhere.

Why it matters: The project — financed with public and private dollars — is generating significant opposition from those who say it would serve little purpose and upset the aesthetics of downtown Denver.

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$1B in home loans: Company markets mortgages to illegal immigrants

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After decades of mass illegal immigration into the United States, untold millions of illegal aliens have settled throughout the country, competing with Americans for government benefits, jobs, and now, for homes.

For most illegal aliens, obtaining a mortgage from a traditional bank — without a social security number or a credit score — is nearly impossible. But as millions of illegal aliens flooded the country, a new industry has cropped up to capitalize on the new customer base, selling financing catered to the illegal population.

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El Paso County defies state sanctuary push, gives deputies ICE powers

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On a day when the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office announced the transfer of 16 people to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, its sheriff, Joe Roybal, said Tuesday he intends to enter an agreement that will give his deputies specified powers of an ICE agent.

The 287(g) program authorizes ICE to delegate to state and local law enforcement officers the authority to perform certain immigration officer functions under the agency’s direction and supervision, according to the Immigration and Nationality Act. 

The program has three models that local law enforcement agencies can enter into, each that gives the agency distinct powers. A spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office said they are not ready to comment on which model Roybal would enter into.

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Garbo: Fear Is Not a Strategy And It’s Killing the Republican Party

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There’s a growing tone in parts of the Republican Party – loud, bitter, and angry. It presents itself as strength, as boldness, as “fighting back.” But listen closely, and you’ll hear something else beneath it: fear.

You see it in the endless purity tests.

In the public shaming of fellow Republicans.

In the weaponized use of the word “RINO.”

In the obsession with rooting people out instead of bringing people in.

This isn’t what strength looks like. It’s what fear looks like when it’s dressed in patriotism and broadcast through a megaphone.

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Two CVRs, one pattern: Arapahoe County rewrote its election record, critics say–and no one’s accountable

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Arapahoe County quietly replaced its 2020 general election cast vote record (CVR) in early 2025 – years after the election was certified. The change came without public notice, audit, or oversight. The reason? A Yale professor raised concerns about a strange pattern in the data.

That pattern, according to a growing number of analysts and lawmakers, was more than just strange. It was statistically impossible.

“This is like flipping a coin 3,500 times and getting heads every time,” said Dr. Walter Daugherity, a Harvard-trained computer scientist who presented forensic findings at a press conference held Tuesday on the west steps of the Colorado Capitol. RMV covered the lead-up to the event in a story titled Analyst to reveal altered Arapahoe 2020 CVR at Tuesday Capitol press conference.

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