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Boulder could play central role in shaping state pretrial reform legislation

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Boulder has become the center of a robust debate about criminal justice reform as legislation proposed by the ACLU and introduced in the Colorado...

‘Drastic action’

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Boulder’s Police Oversight Panel (POP) last week enacted a partial work stoppage, even as they were warned by city attorneys that doing so could...

Brewing discontent

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It was dusk by the time votes were counted on Tuesday, Jan. 24. A representative for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) tallied the...

The end of an era

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At the close of business today, a general store that has become a Boulder institution will shut its doors for the last time...

Remembering Berta Cáceres

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(return to Paying the price) In the early morning of March 3, 2016, prominent environmental and indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres was killed while sleeping...

NRA’s influence in Colorado politics is indirect, but powerful

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A week after the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida, two nonprofit gun-control organizations placed a two-page ad in The...

Black gold: shifting to quality compost 

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The journey of a banana peel doesn’t end in the compost bin. That’s only the beginning.  Whether it’s in a 65-gallon bin outside a family...

Victory!

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Ryan Owens caught her first case at age 27 after becoming addicted to methamphetamine. She was sent into treatment, but relapsed almost immediately after graduating. When she got into trouble again, she went on the run, afraid of being sent to jail...

Election recap

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COLORADO BALLOT MEASURES As of 12:11 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 Proposition HH — Reduce property taxes and retain state revenue   Yes: 642,755 (40.36%)   No: 949,850 (59.64%) Proposition II...

Boulder-Nablus Sister City project heads back to City Council

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The last time the Boulder-Nablus Sister City project brought their plea to create an official Sister City partnership before Boulder City Council, the hearing...

Is abortion an ‘essential’ procedure?

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On March 19, Colorado become one of several states that temporarily suspended “elective and non-essential surgeries” in order to limit public exposure to COVID-19...

Signer beware

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When it comes to the ballot initiatives being put forward this election cycle — at least the ones pertaining to oil and gas extraction...