Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/Report for America
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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.
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Families have filed a lawsuit against the Colorado funeral home that was allegedly sending families fake ashes and leaving at least 189 loved ones' bodies to decay in Colorado facility. The gruesome discovery at Return to Nature Funeral Home earlier this month after reports of an "abhorrent smell" emanating from a building about 100 miles south of Denver. Law enforcement has started identifying the bodies and began notifying families. The lawsuit filed Monday alleges that Return to Nature, and it's owners Jon and Carie Hallford, intentionally inflicted emotional distress, defrauded families, and violated a number of Colorado laws among other claims.
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Two Colorado gun control laws taking effect will require that firearm buyers wait three days before receiving their weapon and open up the gun industry to some legal liability. The laws take effect Sunday and come as violent crime and mass shootings surge nationwide.
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Attorneys will begin arguments Wednesday over whether the man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 is mentally competent to stand trial.
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Surveillance video shows U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and another guest being kicked out of a Sunday "Beetlejuice" show in Denver.
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The family of a pregnant woman who was shot and killed by police in Colorado have filed a lawsuit against the police officers who were on the scene.
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As climate change ratchets up temperatures across the U.S., millions of the poorest Americans grapple with enduring perilous heat or paying costly air conditioning bills. Nationwide, around 30 million Americans struggle to afford their energy bills and qualify for the subsidy, but less than 3% receive federal assistance for their summer bills. Experts say it's woefully underfunded.
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As climate change fans hotter and longer heat waves, breaking record temperatures and leaving dozens dead, the poorest Americans suffer the hottest days with the fewest defenses. Air conditioning, once a luxury, is now a matter of survival.
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Two Democratic representatives in Colorado are alleging that their colleagues repeatedly violated state open meetings law.
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Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill banning build-at-home firearms without serial numbers. The so-called ghost guns allow buyers to evade background checks and impede law enforcement's ability to trace a firearm's origin.