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As talks on Colorado River water falter, US government imposes new restrictions

LOS ANGELES — After Colorado River Basin states failed to meet a deadline for emergency drought reductions Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced new emergency water cuts for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico as the nation’s two largest reservoirs decline to perilously low levels.

Los Angeles Times

Ex-cop Lane will report to Colorado prison in Floyd killing

Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, who was sentenced to 2 1/2 years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, has been ordered to report to a low-security federal prison camp in Colorado in two weeks

The Independent UK

Trump legal adviser ordered to testify in Ga. election probe

A judge in Colorado on Tuesday ordered a legal adviser for former President Donald Trump’s campaign to travel to Georgia to testify before a special grand jury that’s looking into whether Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia

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As talks on Colorado River water falter, US government imposes new restrictions

LOS ANGELES — After Colorado River Basin states failed to meet a deadline for emergency drought reductions, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said it would continue to work with affected states and tribes to reach an agreement.

Los Angeles Times

US issues western water cuts as drought leaves Colorado River near ‘tipping point’

Arizona, Nevada and Mexico affected as federal government steps in after states failed to reach agreement

The Guardian - US

Man shoots dead 400-pound bear after it opened door to his home in Colorado ski town

Town of Steamboat Springs has been experiencing bear break-ins all summer

The Independent UK

Colorado’s new pay transparency rules bring more jobseekers, but fewer online job postings

Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act likely contributed to fewer online job postings in the state, especially for remote positions offered by national employers, while at the same time boosting the number of active jobseekers, according to a study from labor market research hub Recruitonomics.

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U.S. says drought-stricken Arizona and Nevada will get less water from Colorado River

U.S. officials announced Tuesday that the two states, which rely on water from the Colorado River, will face more water cuts as they endure extreme drought.

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Colorado River cuts expected for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico

Federal officials on Tuesday are expected to announce water cuts that would further reduce how much Colorado River water some users in the seven U.S. states reliant on the river and Mexico receive

The Independent UK

Colorado picking up the tab for abortion bans in other states, reproductive rights group says

DENVER — Data from one reproductive rights group confirms that abortion providers in Colorado who were expecting a surge of patients coming from other states after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade were right.

The Denver Post

Benjamin Hochman: Cardinals' Miles Mikolas eats innings like they're toasted ravioli

In Colorado, doing a “14er” is a great triumph — using local lingo, that means a person climbed 14,000-plus feet on one of the state’s 58 tallest mountain peaks. But last week, Miles Mikolas achieved his own Colorado “14er,” which indubitably was a valley.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tensions grow over lack of a water deal for the shrinking Colorado River

LOS ANGELES — Two months ago, federal officials took the unprecedented step of telling the seven states that depend on Colorado River water to prepare for emergency cuts next year to prevent reservoirs from dropping to dangerously low levels.

Los Angeles Times

As summer temperatures soar, people living on Denver’s streets struggle to escape the heat

DENVER — Axton Sharpe and Ryan Lawson sat among the unsanctioned tent camps lining the sidewalk about a block from the State Capitol on a 95-degree day earlier this month, explaining how they deal with Denver’s oppressive summer heat.

The Denver Post

Deadline looms for drought-stricken states to cut water use

Seven states in the U.S. West are facing a deadline from the federal government to come up with a plan to use substantially less Colorado River water in 2023

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Southwest stares down steep water cuts deadline with Colorado River at drought tipping point

States that rely on the river basin for water supplies have until Tuesday to outline plans or the Biden administration will step in.

The Denver Post

Adam Frisch wants to move Lauren Boebert’s district away from 'anger-tainment' and toward problem solving

Adam Frisch is down in the polls but undeterred.

The Denver Post

In Colorado mountain towns, where affordable housing is scarce, 'even living out of your car is gentrified'

SALIDA, Colorado — Blocked from sleeping in vehicles parked within municipal boundaries, workers in profit-minded Colorado mountain towns now must seek “safe outdoor space” — in Walmart lots, forests or newly designated areas with Wi-Fi and access to bathrooms.

The Denver Post

The West’s most important water supply is drying up. Soon, life for 40 million people who depend on the Colorado River will change

PAGE, Ariz. — White sandstone cliffs create a ring around Lake Powell in contrast to the honey- and red-colored desert rock nearby. Evidence that water once, not all that long ago, filled America’s second-largest reservoir.

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Campaigns for four ballot initiatives in Colorado submitted signatures by August 8 deadline and could appear on November ballot

Campaigns for four Colorado ballot initiatives submitted signatures by the August 8 signature deadline. Three of the initiatives would change state alcohol laws, and one initiative concerns revenue for housing projects. To qualify for the ballot, sponsors of each initiative needed to submit 124,632 valid signatures.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ben Frederickson: Surging Cardinals have chance to knock Brewers out of race before September

It would be hard to blame Cardinals manager Oli Marmol and his players for feeling like they floated to Colorado. They’re undefeated in August, after all. But now is no time to celebrate.

Benzinga

Colorado Psychedelics Activists Doubt Second Legalization Initiative Will Make November Ballot Following State-Certified Measure

This past July the first state-wide psychedelics legalization measure was included as part of a Colorado ballot after gathering more than 200,000 signatures for the proposal.

Los Angeles Times

Matt Stone and Trey Parker talk 25 years of 'South Park' and their lost 'deep fake' Trump movie

College buddies Trey Parker and Matt Stone needed a theme song for their upcoming TV show, an irreverent cartoon about four foul-mouthed young boys in a Colorado mountain town called South Park.

The Denver Post

Abortion, inflation and huge sums of money could tilt Colorado’s first-ever 8th District race

DENVER — With just three months to go until the election, one of the most closely watched political contests in the nation — Colorado’s 8th Congressional District — is gearing up for its final and most tumultuous phase before the Nov. 8 showdown that determines who represents the state’s newest…

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Google Outage Reported by Tens of Thousands of Users

Tens of thousands of users reported being unable to access various Google services on Monday night, according to outage monitor Downdetector. "User reports indicate Google Maps is having problems since 9:36 PM EDT (0136 GMT)," Downdetector tweeted. More than 40,000 users, including in New York City and Denver, Colorado, reported…

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Campaign to get abortion ban on Colorado ballot fails to collect enough signatures

DENVER — Backers of a ballot initiative that would have banned abortion in Colorado failed to get enough signatures by the deadline Monday, so the measure won’t be on the November ballot.

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