Tag: municipal elections
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Communities across Colorado voted on ballot issues | Cronin and Loevy
By Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy The results of the November 2025 odd-year elections are well known. Democrats easily won the Virginia and New Jersey governor elections and, in a number of other state elections, bested the Republicans. In Colorado, the big 2025 election news was that a statewide program providing free breakfasts and lunches in public schools for all…
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Update on the building-height limits debate
Colorado Springs is a pro-growth city. Real estate developers are the biggest donors to election campaigns for local public office. A proposed 27-story apartment building, taller than any other building downtown, will very likely be built in the near future. But there are some city volunteer homeowner associations that are planning to fight these plans…
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Federal judge throws out challenge to Colorado Springs’ local election schedule
A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a voting rights challenge to Colorado Springs’ municipal election schedule, brought by four civic groups seeking to force the city to move its April elections to November to reduce turnout disparities among voters of color. The parties submitted hundreds of pages of evidence disputing whether April elections in…