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How Freaked Out Commuters Should Be About Start of Central 70 Project

Although "Ditch the Ditch" protesters haven't given up on stopping the sprawling and controversial Central 70 project, the Colorado Department of Transportation is moving full steam ahead, with a goal of getting underway in earnest this summer. To help prepare metro-area drivers in general, and especially commuters who travel along Interstate 70 east of I-25 on a daily basis, for what CDOT insists will be coming soon, we reached out to Rebecca White, Central 70's communications director, who offers a preview of a process that's expected to take well into the next decade to complete.
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Colorado Municipalities File Climate-Change Lawsuit Against O&G Companies

Local Colorado governments have had enough of fracking and have filed a lawsuit against two of the world's largest corporations: Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy, the latter of which has a refinery in Commerce City. The lawsuit alleges that the corporations should pay up for the impacts of climate change on their local communities, and they're demanding to have their case heard in front of a jury.
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The Worst, Most Hypocritical Gubernatorial Campaign Ads So Far

Campaign ads for the hottest political race of the season are taking over television screens and are even popping up over your favorite YouTube videos. From Vic Mitchell's paranoid ramblings of Colorado becoming California and Polis' #epicfail on his anti-gun ad, we've cherry-picked the worst and the funniest ads in the run up to the primary election for Colorado governor.
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Best Metro Denver Apartments for Under $1,200

Last month, as we've reported, rent prices in Denver finally started heading down after years of increases that contributed to the difficult many had making a living in Denver despite the strong economy. As a result, there are finally some good rent deals in the metro area, as exemplified by the available spaces below.
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Will Good Parents Let Their Kid Play High School Football Anymore?

At 2:30 p.m. Saturday, December 2, teams representing Pomona and Eaglecrest will face off at Mile High Stadium in the Class 5A championship game. But even as excitement builds for the contest, plenty of observers are wondering about something more fundamental: How much longer will good parents let their kids play high school football? This question is being asked more frequently in an age when worries about potentially fatal consequences from repeated blows to the head are growing. Now, research by a University of Colorado Boulder professor shows that 25,000 fewer boys played high school football across the country last season than the year before, continuing a trend that shows no signs of slowing.
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Denver TV Stations Won’t Join Donald Trump in the “Shithole”

Yesterday, President Donald Trump inadvertently presented a dilemma for U.S. media outlets, whose executives had to decide how they should report about him calling certain African nations "shithole countries" during a January 11 meeting with senators over immigration policy. In the end, many national outlets went into the shithole with Trump, while plenty of local TV stations, including numerous ones in Denver, did not.
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Denver Dabbles in Affordable Housing-Focused Zoning, Thanks to…?

The changes would require that developers that want to build above a certain height in the area pay five times the city's affordable housing fee per square footage, build a certain number of affordable housing units if it's a residential building, or implement in any commercial development services that go toward the community, like daycare or space for artists.