A bill to strengthen punishment for child sex trafficking is moving through the Colorado legislature with strong bipartisan support... as a GOP state rep claims there are pedophile rings in the Colorado legislature
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Thereβs a huge demand for affordable housing in Northern Colorado and Hope Springs is an ambitious effort to provide it at scale for working families in Weld County.
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Weβre building a house in the Hope Springs neighborhood outside Greeley. An entire neighborhood of affordable homes with parks and a child care center. They just lost $1M in expected federal funding, cutting this yearβs builds from 40 to 20. Or 21, with our help.
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The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
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βIf you love hockey, you belong.β What a simple and powerful statement on NBC tonight
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GOP Gov candidate Rep Scott Bottoms alleges Capitol pedophile rings
GOP Gov candidate Joe Oltmann: "If they do not start arresting people, the people need to take matters into their own hands"
Speaker Julie McCluskie (D) says she fears conspiracy theories will lead to violence
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Thatβs the talented and kind Chris Hansen. Iβll pass it along to him
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State Rep Scott Bottoms (R) says he tipped off the FBI to his claims of pedophile rings at the Colorado State Capitol three years ago. Then his story about the FBI shifted. I asked him about that. He responded with insults.
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GOP Gov candidate Rep Scott Bottoms alleges Capitol pedophile rings
GOP Gov candidate Joe Oltmann: "If they do not start arresting people, the people need to take matters into their own hands"
Speaker Julie McCluskie (D) says she fears conspiracy theories will lead to violence
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NEW: Denver appears to be breaking ties with Flock, asking other companies to come run the city's network of surveillance cameras
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I have much respect for CPR News. I can't speak to their reporting re: Bottoms because I haven't seen it. But you'll see at the end of the clip that I specifically spoke to why we chose to cover this story in case other outlets just choose to talk to him about roads and schools. Voters should know.
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Thank you for acknowledging that accountability journalism is only possible with the support of news outlets and their owners
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I appreciate that very much, Chris. The leaders at 9NEWS and TEGNA have steadfastly supported our accountability journalism for years. This work wouldn't be possible with their backing.
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State Rep Scott Bottoms (R) says he tipped off the FBI to his claims of pedophile rings at the Colorado State Capitol three years ago. Then his story about the FBI shifted. I asked him about that. He responded with insults.
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NEW: State Rep Scott Bottoms (R) claims, without offering evidence, that there are pedophile rings involving elected officials at Colorado's Capitol.
When the GOP candidate for Governor wouldn't agree to a scheduled interview, we met him for an unscheduled interview.
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NEW: President Trump is taking credit for Denver's impressive drop in homicides, which seems to conflict with his claims that the city is a lawless, leftist hellhole ravaged by crime. @marcsallinger.bsky.social reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social:
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Lyons made the claim about local law enforcement at a hearing this morning. His claims did not mesh with our real-time reporting in 2024 on when the apartments were cleared of many occupants. We asked ICE which agency leaked their raid. No answer yet. Then the posts disappeared.
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NEW: Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told Congress today that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked word of a raid, allowing gang members to clear out of apartments.
Those apartments were being cleared out weeks earlier.
Tonight, ICE deleted social media posts with the claim.
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Jesse had just asked me why I was at the Capitol. You hear me answer "unscheduled interview time" and, at that very moment, Representative Bottoms walked out of a hallway.
(sorry we didn't get to finish our conversation, Jesse)
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Scheduled interviews are most productive for the interview subject, the journalist, and the public.
But if elected officials won't speak on important subjects, we'll stop by for an unscheduled interview
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Gotta stay hydrated. Especially in Colorado
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Thank you, Peter
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can't let stuff end up stuck on the bottom of the pot
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