Lawmaker to face penalty - confidentially - for sexual harassmentBy Jared Jacang MaherProcess that is shrouded in secrecy obscures even the outcome of McKinley probe

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August 27
This time, Denver's former safety chief is an expert witness
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August 26
Lower-than-anticipated payments from the federal government for Medicaid has the state backpedaling a bit on some spending while dipping into cash funds again and also tapping into a new source of dough: projected revenues from the budding industry of medical marijuana.
August 25
The criminal investigation into possible financial fraud at the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority has been widened to include at least two additional individuals whom authorities suspect were involved in the illegal transfer of roughly $250,000 in funds earlier this year.
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August 31 - 1:32 pm
Despite being well ahead in the polls, Hickenlooper casts the guv race as "locked in a dead heat."
August 27 - 11:48 am
Why is a good apartment increasingly hard to find? And what does rental housing have in common with Ramen noodles or cheap beer?
August 24 - 9:54 am
Pit bulls, outlawed from Denver more than 20 years ago, will be allowed back into city limits as service animals under a proposed law being considered today by the city council’s safety committee.
August 23 - 3:11 pm
Let’s be honest - there is no real “business community.” And if media insist on using the phrase, can we at least be clear about whose interests these self-proclaimed champions of private industry actually represent?

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