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Climate Can’t Be Ignored This Election
With even “climate havens” suffering devastating floods, voters must demand better climate commitments from all candidates.
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Polis, Pettersen Join Willie Nelson in Supporting Federal Cannabis Legalization and Kamala Harris
On October 24, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Lakewood) joined a virtual rally advocating for national cannabis reform hosted by country singer Willie Nelson. Nelson organized the event in tandem with Vicente, a Colorado-based cannabis law firm, around the issue of cannabis legalization. Referred to as the Cannabis Community for Kamala, the event was moderated by Nelson, his wife Annie D’Angelo, and lawyer Dahr Jamail.
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Study: Your Diet May Help Fend Off Covid
A new study has found that those who ate right had both a lower chance of contracting COVID-19 and, on average, fared better if they caught the coronavirus.
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‘I Couldn’t Remain Silent:’ Don’t Vote for My Nephew Gabe Evans for Congress
My nephew, Gabe Evans, is running for Congress in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District. I do love him, and I have since the day he was born. But I sincerely hope he doesn’t make it to Congress.
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Converting Office Buildings Into Adult Dorms May Ease Denver’s Housing Affordability Crisis, Study Concludes
Denver’s housing market is seemingly stuck at a crossroads. Low inventory is causing home prices and rents to climb upwards, putting additional financial pressure on low-income workers and contributing to the city’s growing homeless population. Meanwhile, the city’s office vacancy rates remain among the nation’s highest, and the chances of converting these underused buildings into new housing units seem slim because many office layouts are incompatible with residential uses.
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Protecting Abortion Rights Means Ending Bans on Insurance Coverage
In less than a week, Colorado voters will make their voices heard on abortion rights at the ballot box, along with millions of voters in the 10 states with abortion ballot measures. Colorado’s ballot measure may come as a surprise: the state has long been seen as a so-called “safe haven” for abortion care, especially in the years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But, while abortion is legal, it isn’t protected in Colorado’s state constitution. And there’s another fact that too often flies under the radar–nearly 1 million Coloradans can’t get abortion covered by their health insurance due to a state health insurance coverage ban that has been in place since 1984.
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DAVIS: What To Do If Trump Wins
The chances of Donald Trump being elected President of the United States next week are only slightly worse than a coin flip. The polls are tight, and tighter still in the seven swing states likely to decide the election. Despite his criminal convictions, his disastrous first term in office, and his obvious unfitness for the role, there is a distinct possibility that American voters will return him to power.
News Analysis
Evans Doubles Down on Obamacare Repeal: ‘We Need to Go Back to the Drawing Board’
In his second media exchange on healthcare in two weeks, congressional candidate Gabe Evans repeated his belief that the Affordable Care Act doesn’t work and should be replaced.
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Police Chief in Rural Colorado Busts Fentanyl Myths As He Works to Combat Overdose Deaths
Rick Brandt, who’s the police chief in the northeastern Colorado town of Evans, considers himself a bit of a myth buster on the fentanyl front – a battle he’s been in the trenches of since 2007 when he took over as top cop in this city of 22,000 south of Greeley following 26 years with the Aurora Police Department.