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<header class="entry-header"> </header> <div class="main-content"> <article id="post-590326" class="post-590326 page type-page status-publish hentry entry"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-5 is-3 is-landscape has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="590326"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span>Top State HEADLINES</span> </h2> <article data-post-id="849569" class="tag-colorado-voters tag-dafna-michaelson-jenet tag-free-school-meals tag-house-bill-1274 category-orecent-headlines category-0trending category-1gridhome category-1gridmetro category-1gridstate category-colorado-legislature category-education category-metro category-state-and-region-news category-z-metro-galley type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/colorado-legislators-mull-asking-voters-to-boost-taxes-for-free-school-meals/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/sentinelcolorado.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/edu.LunchTrays.001.102022.web_.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="Colorado legislators mull asking voters to boost taxes for free school meals" data-hero-candidate="1" loading="none" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/sentinelcolorado.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/edu.LunchTrays.001.102022.web_.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/sentinelcolorado.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/edu.LunchTrays.001.102022.web_.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, 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category-orecent-headlines category-0trending category-1gridhome category-1gridstate category-colorado-news-state-and-region-news category-state-and-region-news category-z-metro-galley type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://sentinelcolorado.com/noapple/avalanches-in-western-us-claim-more-lives-in-recent-weeks-including-1-weekend-death-in-colorado/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/sentinelcolorado.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AP25053109261529.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="Avalanches in western US claim more lives in recent weeks including 1 weekend death in Colorado" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/sentinelcolorado.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AP25053109261529.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, 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Jessie Danielson, D-Wheat Ridge. “It’s been referenced as this great, grand compromise, but really it’s not.”</p> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="846674" class="tag-colorado tag-colorado-association-of-school-boards tag-douglas-county tag-matt-cook tag-senate-education-committee category-orecent-headlines category-0trending category-1gridhome category-1gridmetro category-1gridstate category-colorado-legislature category-education category-metro category-state-and-region-news category-z-metro-galley type-post post-has-image" > <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/colorado-bill-to-curb-school-library-book-challenges-clears-first-legislative-hurdle/" rel="bookmark">Colorado bill to curb school library book challenges clears first legislative hurdle</a></h3> <p>Greeley school officials reviewed 11 books, including “Beloved” by Toni Morrison, “God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy, and “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” by Jesse Andrews. They decided to keep all 11 books</p> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="844404" class="tag-colorado-capitol tag-colorado-legislature tag-senate-bill-3 tag-students-demand-action tag-tom-sullivan category-orecent-headlines category-0trending category-1gridhome category-1gridmetro category-1gridstate category-aurora-theater-shooting category-colorado-legislature category-education category-guns category-metro category-state-and-region-news category-z-metro-galley type-post post-has-image" > <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/students-rally-to-boost-gun-control-bill-sponsored-by-aurora-theater-shooting-victims-father/" rel="bookmark">Students rally to boost gun control bill sponsored by Aurora theater shooting victim’s father</a></h3> <p>“We really do look for the exits in every classroom that we walk into,” said Cherry Creek High School senior Kimaya Kini</p> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="843689" class="tag-colorado-state-shooting-association tag-everytown-for-gun-safety tag-julie-gonzales tag-sen-tom-sullivan category-orecent-headlines category-0trending category-1gridhome category-1gridmetro category-1gridstate category-around-aurora category-colorado-legislature category-metro category-state-and-region-news category-z-metro-galley type-post post-has-image" > <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/colorado-senate-panel-oks-bill-banning-firearms-with-detachable-magazines/" rel="bookmark">Colorado Senate panel OKs bill banning firearms with detachable magazines 3-2</a></h3> <p>“As someone who actually has sponsored an assault weapons ban: this is not it. If you read the bill, you can buy an assault-style weapon as long as it has a fixed magazine and cannot be modified with high-capacity magazines that are illegal”</p> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="842681" class="tag-colorado-democrats tag-emily-sirota tag-gov-jared-polis category-orecent-headlines category-0trending category-1gridstate category-around-aurora category-colorado-legislature category-metro category-state-and-region-news category-z-metro-galley type-post post-has-image" > <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/colorado-democrats-push-to-ban-junk-fees-on-rental-housing/" rel="bookmark">Colorado Democrats push to ban ‘junk fees’ on rental housing</a></h3> <p>“Because what we find is that tenants end up paying hundreds of dollars more a month on top of rent for a whole litany of things that I think could be classified as junk fees.”</p> </div> </article> </div> <button type="button" class="wp-block-button__link" data-next="https://sentinelcolorado.com/wp-json/newspack-blocks/v1/articles?className=is-style-default&showDate=0&showImage=0&moreButton=1&moreButtonText=Load%20more&showAuthor=0&postLayout=grid&colGap=2&postsToShow=6&mediaPosition=right&categories%5B0%5D=46551&typeScale=2&sectionHeader=Colorado%20Legislature&showExcerpt=1&showFullContent=0&excerptLength=55&showReadMore=0&infiniteScroll=0&readMoreLabel=Keep%20reading&showCaption=0&showCredit=0&disableImageLazyLoad=0&fetchPriority&imageShape=landscape&minHeight=0&showAvatar=1&showCategory=0&columns=3&&includeSubcategories=1&&&&&&imageScale=3&mobileStack=0&specificMode=0&textColor&customTextColor&singleMode=0&showSubtitle=0&postType%5B0%5D=post&textAlign=left&includedPostStatuses%5B0%5D=publish&deduplicate=1&&page=2"> <span class="label"> Load more </span> <span class="loading"></span> </button> <p class="error"> Something went wrong. 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href="https://sentinelcolorado.com/state-and-region-news/colorado-news-state-and-region-news/shooter-who-killed-5-at-a-colorado-lgbtq-club-set-to-plead-guilty-to-federal-hate-crimes/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/sentinelcolorado.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AP230110249006371.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="The shooter who killed 5 at a Colorado LGBTQ+ club pleads guilty to 50 federal hate crimes" data-hero-candidate="1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sentinelcolorado.com/state-and-region-news/colorado-news-state-and-region-news/shooter-who-killed-5-at-a-colorado-lgbtq-club-set-to-plead-guilty-to-federal-hate-crimes/" rel="bookmark">The shooter who killed 5 at a Colorado LGBTQ+ club pleads guilty to 50 federal hate 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