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Lakewood City Council approves ballot measure to permanently lift Colorado’s TABOR limits

The City of Lakewood wants to extend a measure lifting TABOR limits for the city. The city council approved putting the question on the ballot which will ask voters to not only extend the measure that expires next year but make that move permanent.

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Immigration evictions a growing issue in Denver as housing, food, transportation costs swell to $74M

Denver officials identified 15 apartment complexes with a high concentration of immigrants with tenants facing eviction — the latest focal point in a city whose finances have been stretched thin to pay for the influx of people from America’s southern borders.

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Is the migrant flow slowing? Denver claims it hasn’t received a bus from Texas since June 11

In January, the city of Denver called its migrant crisis “unsustainable” due to the constant arrival of noncitizens. However, the city said this week that it hasn’t received a bus of newly arriving migrants since June 11. 

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If you have $48.5M, you can get the Walton-owned recording retreat of the stars

The Walton family, the billionaire clan that owns Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT), is attempting to sell Caribou Ranch, a 1,700-acre property in the Rocky Mountain foothills near Nederland that for decades served as a recording retreat for mega-star musicians such as the Beach Boys, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire.

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Mayor’s push for ‘affordable’ housing will lead to Denver voters considering $100M sales tax hike in November

A divided Denver City Council on Monday approved a measure that will ask Denver voters in November to hike the city’s sales tax by 0.5 points to generate $100 million, which Mayor Mike Johnston wants to spend on “affordable” housing. 

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