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Sunday, March 8, 2026

In a tiny Colorado town, infighting dissolved the government. Now the water’s running out.

A tangled web of interpersonal feuds has left the town of Hartman with no clear path out of a situation that’s not covered by any state law.

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Colorado lawmakers aim to ‘assert state authority’ amid federal gaps on vaccines, worker safety and other issues

“So many of the issues that I think we’ve looked to the federal government to resolve are now falling to the states to grapple with,” Colorado House Speaker Julie McCluskie said.

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After police funding initiative passed, Colorado lawmakers want voters to know the cost of some ballot questions

The proposal is aimed at ballot measures that seek to increase state spending without an attached funding source, such as a tax increase.

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Colorado lawmakers want to carve a new path out of prison in second-look sentencing bill

Colorado lawmakers are considering whether to carve a new path out of prison for some inmates who have served at least two decades behind bars.

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Evidence suggests the deadly blast at an Iranian school was likely a US airstrike

Iran says the blast killed at least 165 people, most of them children.

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Colorado initiative to require life in prison for child sex trafficking makes state ballot

A Colorado voter initiative that would require sentences to life in prison for people convicted of child sex trafficking has qualified for the November ballot.

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Americans stuck in the Middle East recount finding their way home with little government help

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