Sunrise | A tale of two very different swing districts

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Good morning, Colorado.

Whether you’re expecting cooler weather or not, it’s hard to argue with how majestic Pikes Peak looks with a fresh dusting of snow. Even after five years in Colorado Springs, I still whisper “wow” when I catch a glimpse of a snow-capped mountain on my way to the grocery store on the city’s west side. We, of course, live in a wonderful country.

But without further delay or distracted driving, let’s get to the news.

PS There is a week left until Election Day. Don’t forget the Colorado Sun Voter Guide is here to help.

POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

One of them is the Senate district on the Western Slope, where Republican Mark Catlin and Democrat Cole Burger are rushing to the center to attract independent voters. The other is the House district in Colorado Springs, where outspoken progressive Rep. Stephanie Vigil is challenging Rebecca Kelty, a far-right defense contractor who went door-to-door in 2020 with a cabal of election denial conspirators. Brian Eason explains how the election results in these districts will affect the future of the legislature.

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IMMIGRATION

In a concrete-walled courtroom at the ICE detention center in Aurora, Judge Matthew Kaufman decided in one morning the fates of people from Venezuela, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Belize, Mexico and Pakistan. Jennifer Brown Reports from the courtroom in the second part of the series “The Long Road to Refuge.”

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BUSINESS

The embattled electric cooperative has received funding to support its aggressive plan to create clean and renewable energy sources while retiring the existing coal-fired power plants that currently provide the lion’s share of its electricity. Tracy Ross reports.

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COLORADO REPORT

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COLUMNS

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REVIEW

In her works of historical fiction, this may be more of a warning than we would like to admit: Buzzy Jackson based on the true story of Hannie Schaft, one of the rare women to take up arms in the Dutch resistance against the Nazis in World War II. In this passage, the narrator Shaft describes in chilling detail how the persecution of the Jews was carried out in small steps.

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• Interview with the author. An accomplished historian, Jackson realized early on that World War II was one of her blind spots. So she set about absorbing all the history she could of the era in order to ground her novel in realism.

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— Olivia and the entire The Sun team

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