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Sports betting ballot question off to a slow start in early polling; backers raise $430,000+ for ads
by Jerd Smith | September 18, 2019
Tourists wander through Colorado's State Capitol Sept. 17, 2019. Lawmakers sent a ballot question to voters this year asking them to approve a new tax on sports betting to help fund water projects. Credit: Jerd Smith

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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Sept. 10, 2019. Credit: Jerd Smith
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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Sept. 10, 2019. Credit: Jerd Smith
Colorado health officials, citing rise of “forever chemicals” in water, vow to increase oversight
September 11, 2019 by Jerd Smith

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