May 2023

Raton taxiway to get facelift with FAA funding

The Raton Municipal Airport plans to reconstruct over 4,000 feet of existing taxiway after receiving funding from the Federal Aviation Administration to support the project. The funding, which will support the reconstruction of 4,500 feet of taxiway, is part of $2.8 million of FAA funding announced in April directed to New Mexico as part of its 2023 Airport Improvement Program grants.

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Colorado cities still won’t be allowed to authorize “overdose prevention centers” after legislature rejects bill

Colorado cities still won’t be allowed to authorize the formation of centers where people could openly use illicit drugs under the supervision of health care workers or others trained in reversing overdoses after a state Senate committee Wednesday voted down a bill that would have provided a legal pathway for the sites. House Bill 1202 was rejected by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, with six of the nine members of the panel voting to shelve the measure.

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Influential conservative dark-money group doesn’t have to reveal donors, face campaign finance sanctions, Denver judge rules

Judge David H. Goldberg found that Unite for Colorado didn’t violate a state rule requiring political nonprofits to reveal their funders when their spending on a ballot initiative is their ‘major purpose’ An influential, conservative dark-money political group doesn’t have to reveal its donors and pay a $40,000 campaign finance fine levied by state elections officials stemming from the $4 million it spent on 2020 ballot initiatives, a Denver District Court judge ruled Friday.

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