Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/Report for America
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Colorado lawmakers have unveiled a bill that would install requirements for funeral home directors after nearly 200 bodies were found stacked and rotting in a funeral home in September. Another bill expected to be introduced would require routine inspections of facilities
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Police in Colorado have arrested a former funeral home owner accused of hiding a woman's corpse in a hearse for two years and hoarding the cremated remains of at least 30 people.
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Police have arrested a suspect on murder charges in connection with the shootings of two people who were found dead in a dorm room last week at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. The Colorado Springs Police Department said they arrested 25-year-old Nicholas Jordan without incident on two counts of first-degree murder.
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Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert now has a temporary restraining order against ex-husband Jayson Boebert, after accusing him of threatening to harm her and entering the family's home without permission.
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Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert has argued her case in the first Republican primary debate in the district where she is now running, facing local opponents who lobbed accusations of Boebert being a "carpetbagger." The congresswoman was on the debate stage in Fort Lupton on Thursday after deciding to run in the 4th Congressional District last month over fears she would lose reelection to the seat she currently holds.
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Gun rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Colorado's ban on so-called ghost guns. Those are firearms without serial numbers that are difficult for law enforcement to trace and allow people to circumvent background checks. The challenge filed Monday is the latest of several Second Amendment lawsuits aimed at a slew of gun control laws passed last year by Colorado's majority Democratic legislature.
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One unassuming town on the Great Plains in Colorado has built a generational migrant support network over decades. They hold monthly support groups, train migrants on their civil rights and teach them how to drive. Newcomers arriving this year are directed to attorneys and charity, giving them a boost many across the U.S. still don't have.
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The Colorado cattle industry association filed a lawsuit Monday against state and federal agencies over the reintroduction of gray wolves just weeks away from the predators' release.
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Some Democratic cities are spending taxpayer dollars on bus, plane and train tickets for migrants to move on to other places. Nearly half of the 27,000 migrants who have arrived in Denver since November 2022 have received a ticket from the city to travel onward.
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The Colorado General Assembly will meet in a special session to address soaring home values and the consequent spikes in property taxes. The legislative session, which Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced Thursday, follows a resounding defeat for a ballot measure in Tuesday's election that attempted to address the problem over the next decade.