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Election recap
While most of the country, and world for that matter, has been singularly focused on the presidential election, plenty happened with ballot measures both...
Signing up
If you drove down 28th Street in Boulder any Saturday in the last two months, you saw the Trump party. An unmarked, black tour...
Analyzing the risk
Let’s start with a theoretical scenario: Al Capone and Mother Theresa are both arrested and charged with committing murder. Based on that charge, bond...
News from around the County
After fire, Cal-Wood seeks donations
The Cal-Wood Education Center has used the ponderosa pine forests outside Jamestown as an outdoor classroom. In the recent wildfire...
Managing scarcity
Just after 9 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25, Mark pokes his head out from his sleeping bag, double-wrapped in a crinkled emergency blanket for...
‘Everything here is frustrating’
For the first time in his life, Andrew Johnson is registered to vote. In and out of the criminal justice system for years, Johnson...
Un año duro para la democracia directa
Steve Pomerance sabe que el consejo municipal no siempre lo tomará en serio, dada su larga lista de preocupaciones sobre Boulder. Pero considerando que...
News briefs: Jail populations drop, radiation levels rise
Jail populations drop by almost half during pandemic, according to ACLUIt appears the coronavirus pandemic has moved the needle in ways decades of criminal...
A tough year for direct democracy
Steve Pomerance knows City Council won’t always take him seriously, given his laundry list of concerns about Boulder. But since he proved himself right...
A tiny house, a big step
Standing on a two-acre plot of land in southwest Longmont, Navy veteran Paul Melroy surveys the scene: Upon this tractor-raked swath of dirt, there...
Empowering the survivor voting block
The passing of Supreme Court Justice and women’s equality champion Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in conjunction with National Voter Registration Day, brought a surge of...
Democracia en Avance
Después de casi dos años de desarrollo, el primer sistema de petición electrónica de Boulder está programado para comenzar a funcionar en campañas ciudadanas...