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Colorado Springs officials: ‘We will not be designated as a sanctuary county’
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Colorado Springs officials: ‘We will not be designated as a sanctuary county’

By Savannah Eller | COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE On Wednesday a group of local officials, including the El Paso County board of commissioners and City Council member Dave Donelson, called a press conference to respond to the news of migrants arriving in Colorado Springs. The officials presented a united front against El Paso becoming a sanctuary county, admonishing state and federal government for lack of action in stemming illegal immigration.  "Allow me to state unequivocally that we will not be designated as a sanctuary county. All five El Paso County commissioners are united in our position," said board chair Cami Bremer.  Bremer and vice chair commissioner Carrie Geitner led the conference, coming out strong against the harboring of migrants in El Paso County. Commissio...
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Six in 10 live ‘paycheck to paycheck,’ 24% have $0 in bank
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Six in 10 live ‘paycheck to paycheck,’ 24% have $0 in bank

By Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner "Bidenomics" isn’t working well, and now there’s proof. Despite records being broken on Wall Street, those on Main Street are living and working for their next paycheck and have little saved for an emergency. In the latest Issues and Insights/TIPP poll, released early Wednesday, 64% said they are “living ‘paycheck to paycheck’ these days.” READ FULL ARTICLE ON GAZETTE.COM
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Investor Griffin gave $5 million to pro-Haley group in January -source
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Investor Griffin gave $5 million to pro-Haley group in January -source

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - Hedge fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin gave $5 million to an outside group supporting Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley this month, a person familiar with the donation said on Tuesday. The support from Griffin, a Republican mega donor, may help Haley assuage concerns of running out of money after she lost the first two Republican nominating contests to runaway frontrunner Donald Trump and faces a steep path to clinching the party's presidential nomination ahead of the November election. However, it remains unclear when in January Griffin made the donations, a potentially important fact given Haley lost the Iowa and New Hampshire contests, on Jan. 15 and Jan. 23, respectively. READ FULL ARTICLE ON GAZETTE.COM
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Former Colorado Springs councilwoman prioritizes public safety, infrastructure, lower taxes in race for El Paso County’s District 3
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Former Colorado Springs councilwoman prioritizes public safety, infrastructure, lower taxes in race for El Paso County’s District 3

By Breeanna Jent [email protected] Brandy Williams has her eyes on El Paso County's future, and she sees fireworks. Williams is running as a Republican in the crowded race to replace outgoing Stan VanderWerf on the Board of El Paso County Commissioners in District 3, promising to prioritize public safety, infrastructure and lower taxes. The county has seen rapid widespread population and economic growth over the last decade, said Williams, 45. Likening its expansion to a mountain climbed, the lifelong resident and former Colorado Springs councilwoman said the county's next step should be continuing that push. READ FULL ARTICLE ON GAZETTE.COM
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Judge questions DOJ leniency in Trump tax leaker case, gives five-year prison sentence
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Judge questions DOJ leniency in Trump tax leaker case, gives five-year prison sentence

By Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE A judge grilled a Department of Justice prosecutor on Monday over why the government charged Charles Littlejohn with just one count of unauthorized disclosure of taxes after Littlejohn leaked the private information of more than a thousand taxpayers to media in 2020. "The fact that he is facing one felony count, I have no words for," Judge Ana Reyes said during Littlejohn's sentencing hearing. Littlejohn, a former Internal Revenue Service contractor, is set to be sentenced Monday for the single charge, and the DOJ has asked Reyes to give him five years in prison, which is the maximum sentence for it. Littlejohn admitted to prosecutors last fall that he carried out a plot that involved carefully work...
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Biden on the ballot: Joe’s struggles with minority voters to see first test in South Carolina primary
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Biden on the ballot: Joe’s struggles with minority voters to see first test in South Carolina primary

By Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner South Carolina commences President Joe Biden's reelection effort in earnest on Feb. 3 with the first sanctioned Democratic primary.  The contest, which he is all but sure to win, will be the first time in 2024 Biden will be on the ballot. As such, the state presents an opportunity to examine the electability of the incumbent president who has been plagued by low approval ratings across multiple measures and groups. Part One of "Biden on the Ballot" looks at his struggles with minority voters. President Joe Biden heads into his 2024 reelection bid bleeding support from minority groups that were the backbone of his first White House victory. Now, just days away from the first official Democratic primary election in South Carolina on Feb. 3,...
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Education Guide 2024: How to compare schools
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Education Guide 2024: How to compare schools

By Savannah Eller [email protected] A Niche score, a GreatSchools star rating, a U.S. News & World Reports ranking. A quick online search of any Colorado Springs school will come up with popular sites dedicated to giving a picture of that school's quality. Often driven by statewide test score data, these snap shot profiles might not give parents the whole picture of a school and whether their student would be a good fit.  Here are a few other ways to get the whole picture on a prospective school.  READ FULL ARTICLE ON GAZETTE.COM
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More Colorado Springs-area students are homeschooling than before the COVID-19 pandemic
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More Colorado Springs-area students are homeschooling than before the COVID-19 pandemic

By O'Dell Isaac [email protected] COVID-19 turned living rooms into classrooms and parents into de facto teachers across the U.S. for more than a year. But now that the worst days of the pandemic appear to be well in the rearview mirror, a growing number of parents have decided to continue educating their children at home. According to a study by the Washington Post, homeschooling is the fastest-growing form of education in the U.S., with a 51% increase in the number of homeschooled kids over the past six years. Colorado has seen a 17% jump in homeschooled students during that time span. In Colorado, the number of homeschooled students has decreased since the 2020-2021 academic year. But in the Pikes Peak region’s largest school districts, more kids are being homeschooled th...
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Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
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Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON - Associated Press ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where men are sentenced to hard labor and forced to work, for pennies an hour or sometimes nothing at all. After rumbling down a country road to an auction house, the cows are bought by a local rancher and then followed by The Associated Press another 600 miles to a Texas slaughterhouse that feeds into the supply chains of giants like McDonald’s, Walmart and Cargill. Intricate, invisible webs, just like this one, link some of the world’s largest f...
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Plotting Blodgett: Breaking down plan for beloved, expanded open space in Colorado Springs
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Plotting Blodgett: Breaking down plan for beloved, expanded open space in Colorado Springs

By Seth Boster [email protected] One recent evening, in an auditorium of almost 100 northwest Colorado Springs neighbors worried or excited about the future of Blodgett Open Space, a presentation ended with a woman rising from her seat. She had a question for the audience. “How many would like Blodgett to stay a nature preserve?” She was met by a mix of cheers and jeers. READ FULL ARTICLE ON GAZETTE.COM
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