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Monday, May 5, 2025

Aurora eyes partnership with military, FBI to bust illegal drone operations over Buckley Space Force Base

The Aurora City Council this week will consider inking an agreement with the FBI and the military “to assist, respond, detect, detain and investigate” anyone flying an unmanned aircraft system over Buckley Space Force Base.

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Fights persist over oil and gas drilling near Front Range homes six years after reform law “changed permitting”

Residents in southeast Aurora have renewed their opposition to a proposed oil and gas drilling project that could put as many as 166 wells on nearby Lowry Ranch, in the vicinity of thousands of homes and the Aurora Reservoir.

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Trump threatens a 100% tariff on foreign-made films, saying the movie industry in the US is dying

Trump has long voiced concern about movie production moving overseas.

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Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz prison

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years.

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Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs due process rights

Trump is circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution, saying in a new interview that he does not know whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike deserve that guarantee.

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Will a NWSL stadium benefit Denver businesses? Experts debate if city’s $70 million investment plan will pay off

As Denver City Council considers spending $70 million to bring a NWSL stadium to a site in the Baker neighborhood, businesses from the neighborhood are urging them to vote “yes.”

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Asylum-seeking Honduran mother is still sitting in an Aurora ICE center six months after being detained

A Honduran mother of two was detained by ICE while delivering a food order to Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora. As she waits in detention months later, she still has questions.

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New tax cuts mostly favor the rich across states this year

Lower-income residents will pay a higher share under most new state tax proposals.

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Colorado House passes immigrant protection bill amid new Trump lawsuit against state

A day after the Trump administration sued Denver and Colorado officials to invalidate restrictions on cooperation with immigration enforcement, Democratic lawmakers gave final approval Saturday to a bill that would expand the state’s law.

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Is Colorado inviting Trump’s retribution? Plus: book removals in schools and more from the legislature