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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 59m

Federal workers told U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette Thursday how the government shutdown and the Trump administration bring down morale in their workplaces.
By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social

Federal workers in Colorado anxious about job security, back pay amid shutdown | Colorado Newsline

Federal workers told U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette Thursday how the government shutdown and the Trump administration bring down morale.

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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said in a press call Thursday that Republicans in Congress are making life harder for working Americans by refusing to negotiate with Democrats on health care.
By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social

Health care compromise should be easy for Republicans in Congress, Sen. Bennet says | Colorado Newsline

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Republicans in Congress are making life harder for Americans by refusing to negotiate on health care.

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President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s prepared to cancel funding approved by Congress that he believes is going toward programs supported by Democrats, though he didn’t share any additional details during a Cabinet meeting.
By @jennifershutt.bsky.social

Trump threatens 'permanent' cuts to Democratic programs on day nine of shutdown gridlock | Colorado Newsline

Trump said Thursday he’s prepared to cancel funding approved by Congress that he believes is going toward programs supported by Democrats.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 17h

Trump’s use of National Guard troops for law enforcement purposes has reopened a debate over states’ authority to control police powers. Colorado is among the states that are challenging Trump’s order to deploy troops to Portland.
By @fischler.bsky.social

Former governors, state AGs weigh in on Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops | Colorado Newsline

President Donald Trump’s novel use of National Guard troops for law enforcement purposes has reopened a debate over states’ authority.

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Commentary: Colorado banned the discredited practice of conversion therapy, but a Christian counselor appears to have persuaded justices that the law’s unconstitutional. An adverse ruling could give therapists a license to harm.

Supreme Court could give Colorado therapists a license to harm | Colorado Newsline

The state banned the discredited practice of conversion therapy, but Supreme Court justices appear to be on the side of a Christian counselor.

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Colorado Democrats in Congress called on Republicans to negotiate a bipartisan funding bill that extends health insurance tax credits to reopen the federal government.
By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social

Colorado Democrats push Republicans to negotiate on health care to reopen federal government | Colorado Newsline

Colorado Democrats in Congress called on Republicans to negotiate a bipartisan funding bill that extends health insurance tax credits.

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Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown.
By @jennifershutt.bsky.social

Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears | Colorado Newsline

Congress has one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown.

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Commentary: The Denver mayor must not muzzle watchdogs to balance the budget

The Denver mayor must not muzzle watchdogs to balance the budget | Colorado Newsline

In the Denver mayor’s scramble to balance the books, he has made a dangerous misstep that needs to be called out.

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Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in federal court in Virginia, in response to an indictment that followed an extraordinary pressure campaign from President Donald Trump.
By @ashleymurray.bsky.social

Former FBI Director Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges demanded by Trump | Colorado Newsline

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in federal court in Virginia.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 2d

ICYMI: Colorado businesses, universities and state agencies say they have been left in the dark about the Trump administration’s cancellation of half a billion dollars in federal clean energy grants following the federal government shutdown.

Colorado businesses, universities impacted by Trump's 'politically motivated' grant terminations | Colorado Newsline

Colorado is set to lose over half a billion dollars in federal clean energy grants as the Trump administration eliminates already-awarded funding.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 2d

US prison population rises for second straight year. Colorado sees 1.7% prison population increase from 2022 to 2023.

US prison population rises for second straight year | Colorado Newsline

The nation’s prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline.

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Democratic leaders, health care providers and consumer advocates praised a Colorado board’s decision last week to cap the price of a prescription drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases, the first action of its kind in the country.
By @sarawilson.bsky.social

Colorado becomes first state to cap price of prescription drug | Colorado Newsline

Advocates praised a Colorado board’s decision last week to cap the price of a prescription drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents to blue cities, as well as a litany of controversial issues surrounding the Department of Justice.
By @ashleymurray.bsky.social

A combative AG Pam Bondi confronts US Senate Judiciary over Trump crackdown | Colorado Newsline

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday during an oversight hearing.

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Supreme Court justices skeptical of free speech limits in Colorado conversion therapy case
By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social

Supreme Court justices skeptical of free speech limits in Colorado conversion therapy case | Colorado Newsline

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical of a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for minors based on the First Amendment.

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A trial began Tuesday in a class-action lawsuit alleging Colorado is failing to comply with a 2018 constitutional amendment that banned involuntary labor in state prisons.
By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

Colorado trial over coerced prison labor begins in Denver | Colorado Newsline

The lawsuit alleges Colorado prisons violate the law by punishing incarcerated people who refuse to participate in mandatory work programs.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 2d

The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, potentially denying back pay to hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers.
By @jennifershutt.bsky.social

Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown | Colorado Newsline

The Trump administration may try to interpret a law such to potentially deny back pay to hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers.

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Colorado businesses, universities and state agencies say they have been left in the dark about the Trump administration’s cancellation of half a billion dollars in federal clean energy grants following the federal government shutdown.
By @sarawilson.bsky.social

Colorado businesses, universities impacted by Trump's 'politically motivated' grant terminations | Colorado Newsline

Colorado is set to lose over half a billion dollars in federal clean energy grants as the Trump administration eliminates already-awarded funding.

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Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors goes before the Supreme Court. Oral arguments are taking place this morning in this Colorado case.

Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors goes before the Supreme Court | Colorado Newsline

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could reverse or solidify state laws across the country that ban conversion therapy, a controversial counseling practice...

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President Donald Trump sent mixed messages Monday about whether he would negotiate a deal with Democrats to extend the enhanced tax credits for people who get their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, one of the main issues that led to the government shutdown.

Government shutdown enters day six with talks over health care at an impasse | Colorado Newsline

The Senate deadlocked for a fifth time on short-term government funding bills, voting 45-50 on Democrats’ proposal and 52-42 on a House-passed Republican stopgap spending bill.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a case challenging a 2019 Colorado law that bans “conversion therapy” for children and teens.

Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors goes before the Supreme Court | Colorado Newsline

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could reverse or solidify state laws across the country that ban conversion therapy, a controversial counseling practice...

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ICYMI: Trump cancels blue-state projects, trolls Dems on social media as shutdown drags on

Trump cancels blue-state projects, trolls Dems on social media as shutdown drags on | Colorado Newsline

Trump administration officials defended the decision to cancel federal projects in regions of the country that have voted for Democrats

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The U.S. Supreme Court Friday again allowed the Trump administration to strip temporary protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelans, opening them up for quick deportations as the president continues with his plans for mass deportations.

Deportation protections for 300,000 Venezuelans denied again by US Supreme Court | Colorado Newsline

Conservative justices granted the Trump administration’s request to pause a lower court’s ruling that it lacked the authority to revoke TPS protections.

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Some Democratic-led states pledged to help fund family planning services. It’s not always enough.

Some Democratic-led states pledged to help fund family planning services. It’s not always enough. | Colorado Newsline

Hope Broussard’s intrauterine device should have brought relief from her severe periods. But at 17, it started causing debilitating pain.

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An estimated 1.4 million immigrants who are in the country legally but are not citizens stand to lose their government-subsidized health care coverage under the sweeping tax and spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law this summer.

1.4M lawfully present immigrants could lose subsidized health coverage | Colorado Newsline

1.4 million immigrants who are in the country legally but are not citizens stand to lose their government-subsidized health care coverage.

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 5d

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from federalizing and deploying Oregon National Guard troops to Portland following a challenge from the state and the city of Portland.
By @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

Federal judge blocks Trump from deploying Oregon National Guard to Portland | Colorado Newsline

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from federalizing and deploying Oregon National Guard troops to Portland.

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