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The Colorado major election was final night time, and our staff has a slew of tales for you overlaying what occurred, what didn’t occur and the way it did or didn’t occur.
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ELECTION 2024
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert decisively gained the six-way Republican major in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. The win makes her reelection to Congress — albeit in a distinct district — extremely probably. The big major subject break up the anti-Boebert vote, and none among the many group may match Boebert’s fundraising means and title recognition amongst voters.
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Right here’s extra from our politics staff Jesse Paul, Sandra Fish and Brian Eason, with assist from reporters Erica Breunlin and Jennifer Brown:
TRANSPORTATION
State and federal officers have identified for many years about issues with bridges constructed with a defective welding method. So why have been the problems with the U.S. 50 bridge over Blue Mesa Reservoir not discovered earlier? Nancy Lofholm digs into it.
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ENERGY
Wind energy’s contribution to Colorado’s electrical energy in 2001
Wind energy’s contribution to Colorado’s electrical energy in 2023
One mainstream presidential candidate is a continuing critic of wind energy, the opposite spends billions of {dollars} of taxpayer subsidies to advertise. Who’s proper? We are able to’t cowl it multi function article, however Michael Sales space can take a look at the function wind energy performs in Colorado.
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COLUMNS
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BOOKS
Every week as a part of SunLit — The Solar’s literature part — we function workers suggestions from bookstores throughout Colorado. This week, the workers from Park Hill Neighborhood Bookstore in Denver recommends:
Learn what the bookstore workers needed to say about every. Decide up a duplicate and help your native bookstores on the identical time.
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