Douglas County approves $312K senior transportation services grant, but at less than requested
Douglas County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a $312,728 grant for providing transport services to seniors and people with disabilities.
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Jeffrey: Joe Biden Is The $7 Trillion Dollar Man
Since President Joe Biden was inaugurated, the federal debt has increased by more than $7 trillion.
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Aurora may get tougher on penalties for motorists without license plates
It’s not uncommon to see vehicles with expired tags or no plates at all in Aurora. The Aurora Police Department has already increased enforcement. Now a city council member wants to get even tougher on drivers who think they’re above the law in Colorado.
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Classroom ‘churn’ has negative effect on third grade reading scores, study finds
Classroom “churn” — when students leave a classroom midyear or new students join — can have a negative effect on third grade reading scores, according to a new study that examined Colorado census and state standardized test data.
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As wolves have ravaged livestock, ‘Born To Be Wild’ plates devoted to them has raised over $300,000
In just six months, Colorado’s new ‘Born To Be Wild’ license plates have raised $312,800 to help protect livestock and wolves.
Crime ‘hot spots’ in Denver may be result of illegal immigration surge, councilmembers say
A pair of Denver councilmembers on Wednesday implied that the surge in illegal immigration over the past 18 months is linked to an increase in crime in some neighborhoods they represent.
House passes bill requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in U.S.
The House passed legislation Wednesday to make people provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote, a measure aimed at preventing illegal immigrants from voting.
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Political ads on social media rife with misinformation and scams, new research finds
The online advertisement to Donald Trump supporters was clear enough: Click here, and receive a free Trump 2024 flag and a commemorative coin. All in exchange for taking a quick survey and providing a credit card number for the $5 shipping and handling.
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Arapahoe County sheriff’s office under review for diverting $380k to sheriff’s non-profit
The Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners is taking control of the Sheriff’s office finances for overspending nearly $1 million and an alleged unauthorized transfer of $380,000 in taxpayer funds to a non-profit that the county claims was “inconsistent with state statutes.”
Ashbaugh: How a Latino Democrat and a Black Republican opened a white, middle-aged woman’s eyes
The Republican friend of mine who I so quickly judged, as we reconnected after years of not seeing each other, was Lavelle Lewis, a football and basketball player who I’d cheered for during our years at IHS in Rochester, N. Y. After a couple of cups of coffee, I realized that as liberal as I was, Lavelle and I weren’t so different.