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		<title>Colorado&#8217;s 2026 budget crisis absorbed by poor and working class</title>
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					<dc:creator>Kayla Frawley</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 11:46:58 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/capitolwestword.webp" alt="capitol building dome" /><p>"As a welfare program advocate I track how governments leave the poor to struggle."</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Shhh: I don&#8217;t want my favorite outdoor bar to get any more crowded!&#8221;</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 09:22:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8220;Give Tina Peters enough rope, she&#8217;s obviously looking to hang herself&#8221;</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 07:03:54 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/tinagetty.webp" alt="Tina Peters, election denier." /><p>The election denier and former Mesa County clerk will be free tomorrow.</p>
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		<title>From San Luis Valley to Vail, Latino labor powers Colorado’s economy</title>
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					<dc:creator>Ernesto Sagás</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 06:43:10 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Veterans are leading the way in healing&#8230;again</title>
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					<dc:creator>Rob Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 08:30:02 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/inwavesandwar.webp" alt="veteran healing" /><p>As they search for ways to address the invisible wounds of war, they are on the frontlines of an advance in medicine, this time involving psychedelics.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;I think Denver is an awesome place to go out&#8221;</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 09:49:55 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/ww-media/mediaserver/den/2025-27/cover-photo.webp" alt="patio with two drinks." /><p>Opinions about this city's drinking scene are spilling over.</p>
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		<title>Nobody had a first date with their best friend</title>
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					<dc:creator>Anneliese Niebauer</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 09:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/ww-media/mediaserver/den/2025-30/pexels-felix-young-449360607-27809380.webp" alt="A woman playing pickleball" /><p>Modern dating isn't working, so Anneliese Niebauer started throwing pickleball singles parties.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Take that idealism and put it into some real dollars to support these shops and restaurants.&#8221;</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 07:20:17 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Scott Bottoms says pedophiles are hiding in Colorado&#8217;s Democratic-led government. Is he looking in the right place?</title>
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					<dc:creator>Brendan Joel Kelley</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 13:29:13 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-18-1.25.25-PM.png" alt="Colorado State rep. Scott Bottoms" /><p>The arrest of the Weld County GOP leader in a child prostitution sting raises questions.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;The Service at This Lucile&#8217;s Was Always Better Than I&#8217;ve Gotten From DISH&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 12:05:45 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/Luciles-gate.jpg" alt="a restaurant gate" /><p>The Littleton eatery will close at the end of the month, and its landlord will expand into the space.</p>
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