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Counties across Colorado, including Boulder, offer behind-the-scenes tours to show how ballots get sorted
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Counties across Colorado, including Boulder, offer behind-the-scenes tours to show how ballots get sorted

By Sarah Horbacewicz | CBS Colorado As we push forward to Election Day, it's not just getting busy at the ballot dropoff boxes in Colorado but behind the scenes. Layers of staff and security work to keep your ballot safe, and Boulder County wants to give voters the chance to see that process for themselves. Ahead of the election they're offering tours of where they're counting ballots and this year a record number of people are taking them up on it. In her busiest season, County Clerk and Reporter Molly Fitzpatrick also hosts some of those tours. This year alone the office has welcomed more than 200 people to see the democratic process firsthand. Along the tour, Fitzpatrick points out the machines and humans (of a mix of political parties) that sort your ballot. The group then mov...
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Federal home energy rebate program aims to help lower family utility bills in Colorado
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Federal home energy rebate program aims to help lower family utility bills in Colorado

By Jesse Sarles | CBS Colorado The Biden Administration is announcing the launch of a federal home energy rebate program in Colorado. It aims to help lower families' utility bills. The program will provide Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates to qualified Coloradans when they install cost-saving measures like heat pumps, electrical panels and insulation. Eligible households will be able to save up to $14,000 per home. "From folks living in the Plains to those in the Rockies, big cost savings are coming for Coloradans looking to adapt their home's energy needs to face the new challenges posed by climate change," U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said. "Colorado's HEAR program presents a historic opportunity for residents in the state to save hundreds to thousands of ...
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Ballot measure 2C in Wheat Ridge would lower building height limits at old Colorado hospital
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Ballot measure 2C in Wheat Ridge would lower building height limits at old Colorado hospital

By Karen Morfitt | CBS Colorado The old 100 acre campus of a hospital in the Colorado city of Wheat Ridge is empty and on the verge of development. But before that happens, voters are deciding in the general election next week whether or not to change the city's height requirements for that area. Ballot measure 2C asks Wheat Ridge voters to consider making changes to the city's current height requirements at the old Lutheran Hospital campus. "It actually asks two specific things," Community Development Director Lauren Mikulak said. "We're asking to lower the height further on the perimeter, so from 35 feet to 30 where we have new development potentially adjacent to existing neighborhoods. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Inmates cast in-person ballots during Northern Colorado jail voting event
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Inmates cast in-person ballots during Northern Colorado jail voting event

By Dillon Thomas | CBS Colorado Inmates being held in the Larimer County Jail in Northern Colorado showed up in record numbers this year for voting after a new Colorado law went into effect. In 2024 Colorado became the first state in the United States to require counties offer in-person voting to inmates who are legally qualified to vote. "Everybody here is innocent until proven guilty. Just because you are in our building doesn't mean you should lose your right to vote," said Steven LaChance, program specialist at the Larimer County Sheriff's Office. Inmates who have not lost their right to vote due to felony conviction have always been allowed to vote. However, in previous years, the inmates were typically left to vote via mail-in ballot. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Ballot measure 1A would allow Colorado’s Jefferson County to keep $30 million in tax revenue it knowingly overcollected
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Ballot measure 1A would allow Colorado’s Jefferson County to keep $30 million in tax revenue it knowingly overcollected

By Shaun Boyd, CBS Colorado For the third time in five years, Jefferson County is asking voters to permanently remove caps that limit how much tax revenue the Colorado county can keep and spend, including a new cap just put in place by the state legislature two months ago. "We would be the first in Colorado to have no cap, and they're trying to say it's not a tax increase," says Natalie Menten, who is leading the "No on 1A" effort. While Jeffco says 1A is a "revenue retention" measure to fund infrastructure and public safety, Menten says, not only would taxpayers forfeit all future refunds from the county, but $30.5 million in property tax revenue from 2023 that Jeffco deliberately overcollected. "They took our money. They're holding it, earning interest on it, k...
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$2M federal grant awarded to help prevent youth violence in Aurora
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$2M federal grant awarded to help prevent youth violence in Aurora

By Tori Mason | CBS Colorado A $2 million grant will help the city of Aurora's efforts to reduce youth violence. The money was awarded by the Department of Justice's Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative, a federal investment in local programs. Standing Against Violence Every Day, or SAVE, is Aurora's violence-reduction strategy that focuses on teens and young adults who are at high risk for violent victimization and offending.  The program uses proactive measures to address the root causes of youth violence.  READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Denver Water’s 10-year, $700M project to replace lead pipes gains momentum
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Denver Water’s 10-year, $700M project to replace lead pipes gains momentum

By Austen Erblat | CBS Colorado Updating Denver Water's pipes to meet new lead standards is a massive, multi-year project. Denver Water says it's making progress on efforts to replace service lines that use lead in the pipes. The city is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remove about 60,000 service lines. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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The outcome of Colorado legislative races will have far-reaching implications
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The outcome of Colorado legislative races will have far-reaching implications

By Shaun Boyd | CBS Colorado Congress has passed about 100 bills over the last two years, while Colorado's state legislature has passed nearly 1,000. From fixing our roads to funding our schools, state legislatures touch almost every facet of our lives. And yet, nearly 90% of people surveyed by Cambridge University don't know who their state representative is. But Super PACs know who's running and, according to The Colorado Sun, they've poured $8 million into the races that will determine what gets done -- and doesn't get done -- at the Colorado State Capitol next year. "This is where the action is really on the state level. When you have over 500 bills passed a year, they're doing something. It may not be what everyone wants to see, but it's something," said CBS Colorado Dem...
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Ballot measure asks Westminster voters for sales tax increase for fire stations, personnel
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Ballot measure asks Westminster voters for sales tax increase for fire stations, personnel

By Gabriela Vidal | CBS Colorado When it comes to fighting fires, Westminster firefighter August Rasche says every second counts. "A fire typically doubles in size every two minutes," Rasche said. "The standard that we operate under is a four-minute response time." Rasche, who is also the executive board member for the Westminster Professional Firefighters Union (Local 2889), says this standard is becoming harder to meet as the city's population keeps growing. "In the last 20 years, Westminster has grown fire quite a bit. One thing that has not grown is the Westminster fire department. We have the same number of stations, the same number of ambulances, same number of engines as we had 20 years ago," Rasche said. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Perry Park neighbors concerned over high radium levels in their drinking water in Colorado
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Perry Park neighbors concerned over high radium levels in their drinking water in Colorado

By Olivia Young | CBS Colorado Neighbors in a Douglas County community are worried about the safety of their drinking water. It's happening in Perry Park, an unincorporated community west of Larkspur, which is home to natural red rock formations. The area's geology is naturally rich in minerals, including radium. Radium is a radioactive metal and has been linked to cancer. However, it is naturally occurring and the EPA allows small levels in drinking water. But a sample taken from Perry Park's water back in August was more than twice that limit. Perry Park neighbors are thirsty for answers, after receiving a notice in early October from the Perry Park Water and Sanitation District, stating that radium levels in their water are three to four times higher than normal. R...
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