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Garbo: Biden deserves compassion—but who lied to keep control?

First, let’s say what should be said: cancer is brutal. No matter the person or politics, a diagnosis of aggressive, metastatic prostate cancer is devastating. President Biden is a husband, a father, and a human being. 

No one should go through this lightly, and anyone with a shred of decency should extend basic compassion to him and his family as they face this battle.

But that human sympathy must not excuse institutional deception.

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Final week at the Capitol: Democrats target TABOR, transparency and immigration enforcement

DENVER — With under a week to go before they adjourn this year’s legislative session, Colorado lawmakers still have a lot of work ahead of them.

Dozens of bills are still under consideration, including several controversial proposals.

“It feels like 80% of the work happens in the last two weeks,” said State Rep. Meg Froelich, D-Englewood. “Our budget was pretty late in being finalized, and so, nothing can really move until we know how much money we’re working with, or in this case, how much money we’re not working with.”

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