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Team Editor @ColoradoSun

Colorado Springs
Joined February 2009
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Looking for live results tonight? We've got 'em — and often have faster data than the state: coloradosun.com/colorado-ele… #copolitics (PSA: results don't start coming in until after polls close at 7 p.m.)
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Did you know that The Sun can be followed places that aren't ... here? IG: instagram.com/thecoloradosun Threads: threads.net/thecoloradosun Mastodon: mstdn.social/@coloradosun Bluesky: cosun.co/3RN1Ful And our reader favorite daily newsletter: cosun.co/3kVBnI9
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Me reading the top of this story: 🤯 You're going to want to check this one out today. @JesseAPaul spent months tracking down this wild story about HOA-foreclosed homes. Come for the lede, stay for the in-depth reporting. coloradosun.com/2023/08/14/h… #copolitics
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The legitimacy of the customer “Stewart” in the Supreme Court ruling that a Christian graphic artist can refuse to make wedding websites for gay couples raises questions about how the case was allowed to proceed all the way to the nation’s highest court. apnews.com/article/supreme-c…
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Landmark Supreme Court decision says colleges can no longer take race into consideration as an express factor in admissions cnn.it/44nymBH
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Cormac McCarthy, the formidable and reclusive writer of Appalachia and the American Southwest, has died at 89. “All the Pretty Horses,” “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” were among his acclaimed books that explore a world of violence and outsiders. nyti.ms/3X2cedG
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JUST IN: Mike Johnston beats Kelly Brough to become Denver’s first new mayor in 12 years. Johnston will take the reins from Denver Mayor Michael Hancock. He will be inaugurated July 17. cosun.co/45IfAX4
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Denver mayoral election results are starting to roll in 👇
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Do yourself a favor and make time to read this excellent, moving story by @jasonblevins. And be careful on our rivers this year. ... Death on "River of Sorrows" opens Colorado's long, dangerous whitewater season coloradosun.com/2023/05/23/c… via @coloradosun
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It's #Lunchtime and here's an interesting story about how survivors of terrible, #racist tragedies on Colorado's Eastern Plains are creating a contemporary community to heal. @KevinJourno and @hughkcarey went to Amache and Sand Creek. coloradosun.com/2023/05/23/a…
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The dreaded five-letter s-word: smoke. Looks like Friday/Saturday turn hazy with smoke from fires in western Canada. #9wx #COwx
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In today's Sunriser newsletter: — A major upset in Colorado Springs mayoral runoff — Lauren Boebert files for divorce — Lions, bears and one big camel found a home in Colorado — Gov. Polis vetoes wolf delay and more news mailchi.mp/coloradosun/sunri…
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JUST IN: Yemi Mobalade elected mayor of Colorado Springs — the first Black man to lead the city — in political upheaval coloradosun.com/2023/05/16/y… #copolitics
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