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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Amid Broncos stadium talks, Denver Water quietly seeks to buy more than 20 properties near its campus

Denver Water has begun the process of acquiring more than 20 properties near its campus as the utility and the Broncos are discussing a potential stadium deal that could use some of its current land.

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Denver judge says ICE subpoena doesn’t comply with state law, but doesn’t prohibit Polis from responding

“I am relatively certain that I could find law that says if somebody wants to violate the law, somebody else can’t get an injunction to stop them from doing it.”

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Federal judge orders US Labor Department to keep Job Corps running during lawsuit

Job Corps is a residential program for low-income youth.

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Senate struggle over Medicaid cuts threatens progress on Trump’s big bill

Republicans are struggling for a solution to the health care problem their package has created.

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Kennedy’s new vaccine panel alarms pediatricians with inquiries into long-settled questions

The group is discussing COVID-19 shots, though no vote on recommendations is planned.

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Trump’s budget bill could complicate 2026 tax filing season after IRS cuts, watchdog warns

Taxpayers will likely see the effects of staffing reductions at the IRS.

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Colorado, 20 other states challenge billions of dollars in Trump administration funding cuts

The lawsuit is asking a judge to limit the Trump administration from relying on an obscure clause in the federal regulation to cut grants that don’t align with its priorities.

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Douglas County voters defeat home-rule measure in lopsided outcome

Douglas County voters in a special election Tuesday soundly rejected a ballot measure that would have given the county a crack at assuming home-rule authority.

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What’s in and out of Trump’s big bill as Senate races to meet Fourth of July deadline

House Speaker Mike Johnson told lawmakers to keep their schedules “flexible.”

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Colorado will give $3 million grant to boost local naloxone supply as new data show drop in overdose deaths