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Friday, August 21, 2026

As Tina Peters eyes new elections job, Gov. Polis remains mum about contacts with Trump

Tina Peters has been offered a job as an assistant registrar of voters in California’s Shasta County, the clerk, Clint Curtis, said in a radio appearance last week.

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Denver is about to require apartments and restaurants to provide recycling and composting. Do they know that?

The deadline for Denver apartment buildings and restaurants to begin providing recycling and composting is less than two weeks away, but city officials and environmental advocates say many of those business owners have no idea.

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Kennedy’s quiet hunt for autism culprits stalls as Trump orders baseless changes to childhood shots

RFL Jr. has failed to produce evidence linking vaccinations to autism.

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Federal judge blocks part of new Colorado law requiring regular inspections of immigrant detention centers

The Thursday decision from U.S. District Court Judge Daniel D. Domenico defangs the most immediate part of House Bill 1276, which Democratic lawmakers passed earlier this year.

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Bennet requests Senate investigation into Trump administration’s ‘smoking gun’ Colorado email

The request comes a week after attorneys for the state of Colorado disclosed a December email from a White House aide summoning officials from several agencies to discuss “immediate actions that your department or agency can take with respect to Colorado.”

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Denver among Democrats’ 3 potential sites for 2028 presidential convention

Democrats on Thursday narrowed the list of potential host cities for their 2028 presidential convention to Denver, Boston and Philadelphia.

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Trump team’s use of arcane budget rule threatens Medicaid coverage

Waivers allow states flexibility from existing Medicaid law in how they cover low-income residents.

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A quiet channel between ICE and Iran shaped deportation flights, newly released emails show

This marks a shift from the U.S.’s long-standing practice of welcoming Iranian dissidents.

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Colorado sues Geo Group to force compliance with tuberculosis investigation at ICE detention center

The lawsuit was filed under a Colorado law requiring investigations of tuberculosis cases.

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More GOP party platforms include anti-IVF language. Is surrogacy next?

Republicans in Idaho have added specific anti-IVF language to their state party platforms.

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