Jon Murray
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Senior editor for public affairs @DenverPost. Into politics, cities, transportation and running. Also: https://t.co/MPkn5GmiaS, https://t.co/sH9JXxLVFL.
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Joined June 2009
Denver's $950 million bond package approved for November ballot via @ElliottWenzler.
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Denver voters will decide whether the city can take on new debt to pay for projects like a new park at the former Park Hill Golf Course, improvements to Red Rocks Amphitheatre and various road repa…
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RT @RJSangosti: Denver International Airport (DEN) held a media tour and ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the opening of the new East Securi….
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RT @RealTimers: Watch @BillMaher, @jkirchick and @RepJasonCrow react to Kamala Harris' announcement that she won't run for Governor of Cali….
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An incisive story today from @NColtrain, taking stock (and looking at impact) of Colorado’s mounting gun laws from the last five years — and going back to the post-Aurora theater shooting response more than a dozen years ago. Please give it a read.
More than two dozen gun laws in Colorado have reshaped firearm ownership — and added barriers
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RT @mffisher: Under pressure from White House, Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum. Now the text….
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A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.
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RT @RalstonReports: “I will so miss the sweat, the adventure, and the unruly carping and bitching that hides our bone-deep devotion to craf….
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New: Dragon Boat Fest may leave Sloan's Lake over environmental concerns by @johnwenzel
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Colorado Dragon Boat Fest was moved from July to September this year over health and safety concerns
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RT @denverpost: Denver’s $950 million bond projects list — with small changes — passes first City Council test vote
denverpost.com
The Denver City Council gave initial approval late Monday to a massive bond package for the November ballot, marking progress on a hot-button issue that could impact capital investments for years.
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Meanwhile, in New York. .
NEW: The Office of Cannabis Management is forcing 152 cannabis retailers to find new locations after a review determined that the way the agency calculated proximity to schools and churches was incorrect. The affected businesses include 60 dispensaries that are already open.
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RT @ParkerJGabriel: #Broncos president Damani Leech says the team isn’t putting a timeline on any stadium decision and says no decision’s b….
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Colorado to receive $67 million in education funds Trump administration had frozen for nearly a month, as Ed Dept releases remaining $5b nationally. via @jessicaseaman.
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The Trump administration will release about $67 million to Colorado’s K-12 school districts after freezing the money for nearly a month, a move that comes just weeks before the 2025-26 academ…
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RT @awkwardgoogle: Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train on a xylophone is proof why every school needs a fully funded music program..
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RT @MattDSchubert: Great line from this fantastic @TroyRenck column on Larry Walker and Ozzy Osbourne . "I went backstage and said hell….
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Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train” provided the soundtrack to Walker’s damage. The diary of havoc blending with the diary of a madman to create the best Rockies’ walk-up so…
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Interesting news: USDA to scatter half its Washington staff to Agriculture field offices, including in Fort Collins via @denverpost.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture will move thousands of employees out of the nation’s capital in a reorganization the agency says will put them closer to customers while saving money, Agric…
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what a statement.
scoop: Gannett is offering buyouts to its staff, per email just now from CEO Mike Reed. ". We need to adjust our organization to efficiently meet the needs of our business today. as we continue to use A.I. and leverage automation to realize efficiencies.".
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RT @denvernews: ICE announces arrests of 243 immigrants in metro Denver operation, alleging all had criminal histories .
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Federal immigration authorities arrested at least 243 undocumented immigrants with varying criminal backgrounds in the Denver area in mid-July, ICE said Wednesday.
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RT @micarosenberg: You may have seen reports about the release of Venezuelans the Trump administration sent to a Salvadoran prison and call….
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Colorado issues notices to companies in falsified data case over cleanup of 404 oil and gas sites via @JudithKohler.
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Regulators took the first enforcement steps against some of Colorado’s largest oil and gas operators in an investigation into reports of falsified data on the cleanup of 404 sites in Weld Cou…
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis drops plans for Capitol pedestrian bridge. Lawmaker says: “I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a poll that clear. Ninety-three, 94%. That’s just bananas.” via @NColtrain & @SethKlamann.
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According to Gov. Polis’ office, 94% of the survey’s 87,686 respondents rejected the pedestrian bridge idea.
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