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Ballots have been mailed to Colorado voters. Here’s when to expect yours.
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Ballots have been mailed to Colorado voters. Here’s when to expect yours.

By Brooke Williams | Fox 31 News Election Day is just a few weeks away, and ballots are officially being mailed out to voters in Colorado. Every registered voter in the state will receive a ballot in the mail, regardless if the voter chooses to mail in their ballot, return it to a drop box or vote in person on Election Day on Nov. 5. Starting on Friday, county clerks across the state are mailing out ballots through Oct. 18, and they are expected to arrive in voter mailboxes 15 to 20 days before the election. REASD THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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U.S. Supreme Court justices weigh whether ghost guns can be regulated
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U.S. Supreme Court justices weigh whether ghost guns can be regulated

By Maddie Biertempfel | Fox 31 News The Supreme Court heard its first arguments of the new term Tuesday.  In a case about whether gun-making kits can be regulated the same as traditional guns, Supreme Court justices turned to questions about omelets and meal kits.  “I put out on a counter some eggs, some chopped up ham, some chopped up pepper and onions. Is that a western omelet?” Justice Samuel Alito asked.  “No, because again, those items have well-known other uses…to become something other than an omelet,” U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said.  READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX31 NEWS
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November ballots will be arriving soon: What to know about Election Day 2024
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November ballots will be arriving soon: What to know about Election Day 2024

By Heather Willard | Fox 31 News It’s time to keep an eye on your mailbox ahead of the Nov. 5 general election, as the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office announced that mail ballots will be sent to voters in the next week or two. Specifically, the ballots will be mailed beginning Oct. 11 through Oct. 18. That means the ballots will arrive about 15 to 20 days before the election. Overseas and military voters’ ballots were sent out by Sept. 21. So, with just over four weeks left until Election Day on Nov. 5, what are the nuts and bolts of the general election that voters should know? FOX31 dug into the Colorado election rules and processes to create an Election Day primer. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Today was a holiday for some Coloradans, but others ask just what is Cabrini Day?
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Today was a holiday for some Coloradans, but others ask just what is Cabrini Day?

By Maddie Rhodes | Fox 31 News Four years ago, Colorado changed state law to replace the second Monday of October from formerly Columbus Day to Frances Xavier Cabrini Day. While this is now a holiday in Colorado, many people don’t get Monday off. The holiday is based on Mother Cabrini, who moved from Italy to New York in the late 1880s. Cabrini was a “humanitarian champion of immigrants and children,” according to House Bill 20-1031, “Replace Columbus Day With New State Holiday.” In the early 1900s, Cabrini moved to Colorado and opened the Queen of Heaven Orphanage for girls in north Denver. She also founded a summer camp for the Queen of Heaven orphans in Mount Vernon Canyon, known for the “miracle of the mountains,” where Cabrini was credited for finding water on the land. ...
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Takeaways from AP’s report on affordable housing disappearing across the U.S.
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Takeaways from AP’s report on affordable housing disappearing across the U.S.

By JESSE BEDAYN and ARUSHI GUPTA  | Fox 31 via the AP While Americans continue to struggle under unrelentingly high rents, as many as 223,000 affordable housing units across the U.S. could disappear in the next five years alone. It leaves low-income tenants facing protracted eviction battles, scrambling to pay a two-fold rent increase or more, or shunted back into a housing market where costs can easily eat half a paycheck. Those affordable housing units were built with the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, or LIHTC, a federal program launched in 1987 that provides tax credits to developers in exchange for keeping rents low. It has pumped out 3.6 million units nationwide, and its expansion is now central to Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ housing plan to build 3 m...
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Can you stop calls and texts from political campaigns? Here’s the rules.
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Can you stop calls and texts from political campaigns? Here’s the rules.

By Samantha Jarpe | Fox 31 News If you have received a political text or call in recent weeks, you may be wondering how to make it stop, or what you can do to prevent them in the future. One thing that you may have heard of is the “National Do Not Call Registry,” which is an opt-in list created and run by the federal government. Registered telemarketers are legally not allowed to contact anyone on this list for sales purposes, and can face heavy fines for ignoring it. There is one notable exception: Political calls and texts. This means that campaigns or affiliated groups can contact people through calls or texts regardless of whether they consented to it, according to the Federal Communications Commission. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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21-year-old arrested for shooting into crowd of late-night auto-enthusiasts in Greeley
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21-year-old arrested for shooting into crowd of late-night auto-enthusiasts in Greeley

By Heather Willard | Fox 31 News A 21-year-old man was arrested after reportedly shooting into a crowd of nearly 60 people in Greeley in the early morning hours Monday. Police said no one was hit by the gunfire, but one person is now under arrest. According to the Greeley Police Department, officers patrolled 36th Avenue and 10th Street at about 12:11 a.m. to ensure a group of auto enthusiasts kept the large gathering safe and legal. There are a few large parking lots in the area, which is about a block away from Bittersweet Lake. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Hundreds of bills are proposed each session, but these are the most accessed by the public
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Hundreds of bills are proposed each session, but these are the most accessed by the public

By Maddie Rhodes | Fox 31 News Colorado bills are constantly being introduced and revised in order to potentially become laws, but some are of higher interest than others. While several laws go into effect every year, many proposed bills won’t make it past being introduced. However, certain bills have captured the public’s attention. The Colorado General Assembly’s website provides a list of the state’s “most accessed bills.” READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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‘Just disgusting’: Coloradan describes flooded toilets, litter on Guanella Pass
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‘Just disgusting’: Coloradan describes flooded toilets, litter on Guanella Pass

By Maddie Rhodes | Fox 31 News For 25 years, a local woman has taken U.S. 285 to Guanella Pass to see the fall leaves, but this year, she said conditions are worse than they’ve ever been. Heather Vigil, a fourth-generation Coloradan, lives in the Fort Logan neighborhood in Denver. Vigil said that for years during the fall, she and her husband would take U.S. 285 to the mountains for autumn picnics and to enjoy the fall colors. They usually take the trip multiple times a year, however, this year’s drive was much different. Vigil said they left on Saturday morning at around 9:30 a.m. She said it was like “driving in LA,” and it took them five and a half hours to get to Georgetown. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Colorado broadband outages blamed on vandalism, fires
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Colorado broadband outages blamed on vandalism, fires

By Kim Posey | Fox 31 News On Sunday, Denver-area broadband customers from multiple companies experienced outages that the companies are blaming on fires and vandalism. Chris Schroll lives in Parker and was impacted. His service is back but he received an email from BAM Broadband that said in part: “We have been given more information from our upstream carrier regarding the damage and we wanted to share this with you. It has been reported that the cause of the outage was vandalism. Handholds/Manholes have been lit on fire randomly across the state for a few days and happened again last night along I-225.” READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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