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The importance of having a safe, comfortable, affordable home became more obvious than ever over the last 13 months. Yet counties and municipalities across Colorado continue to struggle to deliver enough affordable housing for the workers that form the backbone of our communities and economies.
This is a significant challenge that has evolved into a crisis exacerbated by the pandemic. When people cannot afford their housing, they often go without vital necessities like food, water and medical care. We need more tools to address affordable housing shortages. More investments in housing for our workforce will result in dividends for families and workers’ health.
In our nationâs capital, the political party that toes the line on law and order has left the building. The party that prides itself on kinder and gentler considerations like forgiveness and second chances â now wields the levers of federal power.
That same alignment continues to prevail in Colorado. And here, the kinder, gentler party has been using its dominant status to experiment with dubious approaches to crime and punishment. Ruling Democrats repealed the stateâs nearly dormant death penalty last year and in recent legislative sessions have pondered a number of revisions to the criminal code that fit under the favored if nebulous label, ârestorative justice.â Among pending efforts in the current session are bills making it easier for some prison inmates to get paroled, and expanding juvenile diversion options for youthful offenders. Thereâs also a particularly controversial proposal curtailing copsâ power to arrest for a host of offenses and
In our nationâs capital, the political party that toes the line on law and order has left the building. The party that prides itself on kinder and gentler considerations like forgiveness and second chances â now wields the levers of federal power.
That same alignment continues to prevail in Colorado. And here, the kinder, gentler party has been using its dominant status to experiment with dubious approaches to crime and punishment. Ruling Democrats repealed the stateâs nearly dormant death penalty last year and in recent legislative sessions have pondered a number of revisions to the criminal code that fit under the favored if nebulous label, ârestorative justice.â Among pending efforts in the current session are bills making it easier for some prison inmates to get paroled, and expanding juvenile diversion options for youthful offenders. Thereâs also a particularly controversial proposal curtailing copsâ power to arrest for a host of offenses and
Colorado mountain towns rebound – and then some – from coronavirus
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Despite grim projections, many communities saw waves of in-state visitors
Saturday, April 10, 2021 9:49 AM Updated 5 hours 12 minutes ago Derailed Pour House, Fired Up Pizza, Switchback Taco Bar and Durango Rug Co. are just a few of the businesses in downtown Durango that have set up bump-outs in 2020 on Main Avenue. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file
Colorado mountain towns rebound – and then some – from coronavirus Derailed Pour House, Fired Up Pizza, Switchback Taco Bar and Durango Rug Co. are just a few of the businesses in downtown Durango that have set up bump-outs in 2020 on Main Avenue.
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