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Alex Burness

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Alex covers state and local politics with a focus on criminal justice and immigration. He is a D.C. native who's lived in Illinois, Chile and now Denver.
Immigration

For Colorado immigrants, an extraordinary moment of dread and empowerment “This...

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Denver

At inauguration, Hancock calls for consensus and downplays criticism Mayor will...

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Politics

To a sea of MAGA hats, Polis promises ‘a Colorado for...

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Capitol Dispatch

Colorado’s criminal justice system has a mental health crisis. Will the...

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Protesters line up outside the ICE detention center for immigrants in Aurora Friday at the No More Deaths/No Más Muertes demonstration. (Photo by Grace Carson.)
Immigration

The growing movement to force change at Aurora’s troubled ICE detention...

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Civil Rights

As of today, 11,467 Colorado parolees can register to vote. Will...

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Immigration

Colorado’s immigrant community is in panic mode "Now, people are scared...

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Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet speaks as Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York looks on during the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate on June 27, 2019 in Miami. A field of 20 Democratic presidential candidates was split into two groups of 10 for the first debate of the 2020 election, taking place over two nights at Knight Concert Hall of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, hosted by NBC News, MSNBC, and Telemundo. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Health

5 takeaways: Hickenlooper and Bennet on the 2020 debate stage Recapping...

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Denver

People are calling Candi CdeBaca a Communist. She’d rather be called...

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2019 Colorado legislature

Colorado vaccine skeptics heartened by ‘pro-choice’ Jared Polis The state ranks...

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