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A Colorado statewide grand jury indicted Hye KyeungSeo and Sang Hyon Shim on 19 felony counts, including human trafficking for sexual servitude. A third defendant, SeonHee Wolf, faces 15 charges in connection to the operation, including pimping and money laundering.

In 2021 a decision was made to move the 1800 Space Force headquarters staff and their families to Huntsville, Alabama. Since that time the Air Force Secretary has concluded that additional analysis is necessary. This Trump era decision has dragged on for two years.

A proposed bill making its way through the Colorado legislature will restore for people with disabilities the option to sue businesses and governments for failure to comply with the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act and also the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

During the storied 2016 Presidential campaign, then-candidate, Donald J. Trump issued an objective considered both timely and intriguing. He sought to “drain the swamp.” In effect, he called for siphoning power from Washington, D.C.

It was November 2008 in Miami. Election day: The lines were long, and the ballots were even longer. Many initiatives were included in the ballots, and it took some time to go over them. Even more surprising was the number of language options utilized. Yet, there were cries from people complaining that their language of choice was not included.

They have signed off on the planned construction of a greenway along part of Constitution Avenue. This decision comes after decades of back-and-forth throughout Colorado Springs over whether to extend Constitution Avenue to Interstate 25 to ease traffic congestion.

Last August, the Biden administration proposed the Inflation Reduction Act, turbocharging the Internal Revenue Service with additional funding of $80 billion for 87,000 more federal agents -- half of them designated for enforcement. The new hires will work towards ensuring more Americans pay their federal taxes.

Have you recently spoken to an AT&T or Direct TV representative? How about a Choice Home Warranty or J.P. Morgan Chase representative? Didn’t sound local, did they?

A study conducted by clean energy think tank RMI and published in an International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health article in December 2022, found that “12.7% of all childhood asthma in the US is attributable to gas stove use.” 

Recently, City Council passed a controversial water ordinance on a 5-4 vote. Those of us who voted against this questionable ordinance were characterized in a Gazette Guest Opinion piece as lacking courage, being distracted by noise, unable to focus on the public interest, and not voting to do the right thing.