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Friday, October 2, 2026

 

Ballots are on their way to Colorado voters: What to know to make sure your vote counts

Election Day is Nov. 3, and registered voters will receive their ballots in the mail in the coming days with all initial ballots sent by Oct. 9.

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New ICE guidance bans high-speed car chases and sets tighter rules for traffic stops, a memo shows

Several drivers have been shot in encounters with ICE officers.

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Third aircraft carrier and thousands of troops head to Mideast as Trump weighs new Iran strikes

This deployment could mean three carriers in the Middle East by the end of October.

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States and cities sue over Trump’s EPA eliminating rule that limits emissions from power plants

By MATTHEW DALY and JENNIFER McDERMOTT WASHINGTON (AP) — States and cities sued the Trump administration Thursday for repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas. Twenty-one states, led by New York, are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s power plant rule. The coalition also includes Pennsylvania’s […]

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Supreme Court grants review of Trump administration’s mandatory detention policy for immigrants

Appeals court judges from nine of 11 federal circuits have concluded the policy violates federal law.

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How could your vote on this year’s ballot issues affect Colorado’s budget? Use this interactive tool.

With Colorado Tradeoffs, make choices on key statewide ballot questions and see the tradeoffs they could create for Colorado’s budget. What would you fund? What would you cut? The simulation takes less than 10 minutes.

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Rural MAHA followers say Trump hasn’t improved health of their communities, poll finds

Rural voters have been an important voting bloc for Trump and Republicans in recent elections.

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Colorado sues Trump administration in effort to block new ICE detention center from opening

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Tuesday joined the flurry of lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s plan to open a nearly 1,200-bed immigrant detention center northeast of Denver.