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How will marijuana revenue shortfalls affect District 51?

Local, Approved, The Business Times / March 21, 2025 / Grand Junction, Marijuana

Amid reports that the city of Grand Junction’s marijuana revenue fell short of projections by $800,000 and that statewide marijuana revenue has declined by more than 41 percent since its peak in 2020-2021, The Business Times reached out to Melanie Trujillo, chief financial officer of Mesa County Valley School District 51, to understand how the shortfall might affect the district

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Colorado housing ‘crisis’ grows, advocates push for more money

State, Approved, The Center Square / March 21, 2025 / Affordable housing, Housing

Housing costs make Colorado one of the nation’s most expensive states. This is according to a recent report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition, which listed Colorado as the sixth least affordable state in the country.

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Aurora authorities ‘declined’ to help search for 2 illegal aliens who escaped Colorado detention facility: ICE

Local, Approved, Fox News / March 21, 2025 / Aurora, Immigration

Authorities in Aurora, Colorado, are allegedly declining to help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) locate two illegal immigrants who escaped from the Denver Contract Detention Facility on Tuesday, the agency said.

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Burke: Colorado leaders cheer women’s soccer while leaving girls vulnerable

Have you heard that Denver is welcoming a women’s professional soccer team and is hoping to build a new women’s soccer stadium? Wow, Colorado must be very supportive of women’s sports, right? Unfortunately, our leaders will try to sell you on this notion while they have done nothing in this state to protect women’s sports.

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Denver mayor, staff used encrypted app on migrant crisis; messages auto-deleted, citing Trump-era policy

Local, Approved, CBS Colorado / March 21, 2025 / Mayor Mike Johnston, Migrants

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and 14 of his top advisors, appointees and lawyers nicknamed themselves “Strike Force” and communicated about the city’s migrant crisis through an end-to end encryption app, CBS News Colorado has learned. The app, Signal, proceeded to automatically delete their initial conversations.

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EU delays imposing first round of retaliatory tariffs against US until mid-April

Fox Business, Approved, National / March 21, 2025 / EU, retaliatory tariffs, Tariffs

The European Union (EU) has delayed imposing its first retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. until mid-April, after President Donald Trump threatened a 25% tariff increase on all steel and aluminum imports earlier this month, according to Reuters.

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Molotovs and Musk: Tesla attackers slapped with federal charges in ‘domestic terrorism’ crackdown

Approved, Colorado Free Press, National / March 21, 2025 / Domestic Terrorism, Elon Musk, Tesla

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced federal charges against three individuals accused of vandalism and property crime on Tesla dealerships and charging stations in Oregon, Colorado, and South Carolina. Labeling the attacks as domestic terrorism, Bondi didn’t mince words, promising severe penalties ranging from five to 20 years behind bars. From Reuters:

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Trump’s education executive order faces congressional and legal hurdles

National, Approved, Washington Examiner / March 21, 2025 / Congressional, Department of Education, Executive order, Legal

President Donald Trump‘s executive order to begin shutting down the Department of Education is all but guaranteed to face several challenges in court after multiple critics decried the action as unconstitutional.

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Overbeck: DougCo school board Conservative leadership delivers results – academic gains and parent power

As soon as they were elected in 2021, the four new Conservative Douglas County School District (DCSD) directors were faced with the major issues of the time: the Covid pandemic, and the twisted woke movement to reduce parents’ influence by infecting students with leftist political ideologies. They began honoring their campaign promises on day one by keeping the Douglas County schools open, knowing that in-person classes instead of ineffective online lessons would lead to solid improvements in student achievement.

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CU Board of Regents investigates funding threats over cannabis research campaign

State, Approved, Rocky Mountain Voice, Top Stories / March 20, 2025 / CU Board of Regents, Marijuana, University of Colorado

The University of Colorado Board of Regents has initiated an independent review into Regent Wanda James’ actions regarding state funding for the Colorado School of Public Health. The move comes after James reportedly suggested pulling funding from the school due to concerns over its public awareness campaign on high-potency cannabis.

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