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Quentin Young

Quentin Young is an award-winning journalist who has served as a reporter and editor at the Boulder Daily Camera, Longmont Times-Call, and other Colorado outlets. His career includes stints covering news, writing editorials, and reviewing art exhibitions and theater. His in-depth story, published in 5280, about the FBI special agent who led a raid on the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant earned top investigative reporting honors from the Colorado chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Before joining Newsline, Young served as the Boulder Daily Camera opinion page editor.

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Any Criminal Threat in Aurora Is Dwarfed by the Rising MAGA Crime Rate

Quentin Young·October 14, 2024

Editor’s note: This was originally published before Trump’s campaign stop in Aurora on Friday.

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How a Terrorism Exhibit in Colorado Distorts the Story of Jan. 6

Quentin Young·September 26, 2024

When the CELL first opened in 2008, Melanie Pearlman, the executive director, remarked to a Denver Post reporter that the exhibit transcended partisanship. Everyone could agree, after all, that terrorism should be countered.

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‘It’s Just Not True:’ Election Experts Fight Back Against Election Deniers in Rural Colorado

Quentin Young·June 18, 2024

A panel of Colorado election security experts Monday attempted to persuade an audience of officials and residents in Custer County, a hotbed of election skepticism, that elections can be trusted.

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Polis’ Vetoes Undercut Majority Will at the State Legislature

Quentin Young and Colorado Newsline·May 24, 2024

The six bills Polis rejected had earned 417 ‘yes’ votes to 156 ‘no’ votes. That’s a massive margin of approval.

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Colorado GOP Completes Transformation into Cult

Quentin Young·January 26, 2024

The state GOP’s own bylaws say it can’t take sides in a Republican primary contest.

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Former CO Republican Secretary of State Argues Trump Should Be Barred From Ballot

Quentin Young·November 30, 2023

Mary Estill Buchanan, a former Republican Colorado secretary of state, argues in court papers filed Wednesday that former President Donald Trump should be barred from the Colorado presidential ballot in 2024.

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The Colorado Case Against Trump is Clear. Will the Court Follow the Law?

Quentin Young·November 17, 2023

The trial over whether former President Donald Trump should be disqualified from the Colorado presidential ballot can seem complex. So let’s step back for a moment and look at the basics.

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