“This is a zero-sum game. A dollar here is a dollar less over there.”

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Want to fight a parking ticket? Prepare for multiple trips downtown...and long waits.

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"Here at Blue Bonnet Cafe, we paid $72,000 just last year so that our customers could use credit cards." 

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Recent research suggests bars are serving less than a standard pint of beer.

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Values dropped 2.2 percent from February 2025 to February 2026, according to a new report.

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Senator Michael Bennet joins a bipartisan push to update SNAP rules.

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Changes are coming May 1.

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"Whatever is happening, it's behind the times."

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"We should be able to move past the question of wage cuts and focus together on the larger forces putting pressure on this industry."

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"Twenty years in this industry taught me one thing above all else: The hardest problems only get solved when everyone is willing to tell the truth."

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