Reporting by Jack Queen; editing by Amy Stevens and Grant McCool
Colorado
Trump ballot disqualification trial to begin in Colorado
Oct 30 (Reuters) – A trial begins on Monday in Colorado to determine whether former U.S. President Donald Trump is disqualified from the state’s ballot in the 2024 election over his purported role in a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol aimed at keeping him in office.
The one-week trial before a Denver judge could also be a test of whether Trump’s opponents elsewhere have a viable path to keep him off the ballot under a rarely-used, Civil War-era provision of the U.S. Constitution that bars people who have engaged in “insurrection or rebellion” from holding federal office.
Trump faces similar lawsuits brought by advocacy groups in Michigan and Minnesota, but the Colorado case is the first to go to trial.
Trump, a Republican, has denied wrongdoing during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters who wanted to prevent Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s November 2020 presidential election win. Trump’s campaign has said the “absurd” lawsuit and others like it are “stretching the law beyond recognition.”
Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, according to opinion polls, in what is expected to be a rematch next year with Biden.
His opponents hope to deny Trump a path to victory by disqualifying him in enough hotly-contested states, but many legal experts call the strategy a long shot.
The cases raise largely untested legal questions, and even if the plaintiffs prevail, the final say would likely rest with a U.S. Supreme Court dominated by a 6-3 conservative majority that includes three Trump appointees.
The Colorado lawsuit seeks to bar the state’s top election official from putting Trump on the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which was established in the aftermath of the Civil War to prevent former Confederate rebels from taking federal office.
The advocacy group that brought the lawsuit, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said Trump “incited, exacerbated, and otherwise engaged in a violent insurrection” by encouraging his supporters to march on the Capitol and prevent the certification of Biden’s win.
Colorado District Court Judge Sarah Wallace has denied five separate bids by Trump and his allies to dismiss the case, most recently on Oct. 25, when she rejected Trump’s arguments that courts do not have the power to determine eligibility for office.
Trump faces several legal cases as he campaigns for the presidency. A civil fraud trial in a lawsuit by New York state against Trump and his family company is in its fourth week.
He has pleaded not guilty to four criminal indictments, including federal cases tied to attempts to overturn the 2020 election results and the removal and mishandling of classified government documents when he left office in January 2021.
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Colorado
Applications open for Accelerate COS
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (SCBFD) – Applications are open through May 31 for Accelerate COS, a Survive & Thrive small business loan program offered by Exponential Impact and the city of Colorado Springs.
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Businesses with fewer than 50 employees and headquartered in El Paso County are eligible.
Exponential Impact supports founders and startups by equipping them with resources and expertise, then strengthening their connections to create rich environments of innovation and collaboration.
Accepted businesses will secure a three-year loan of up to $50,000, with interest of 2% the first year, 3% the second year and 4% in year three, or 0% interest if paid in full during the first year. They will also receive personalized mentorship and education throughout the eight-week Survive & Thrive program.
According to an April 29 release, this program is ideal for businesses seeking growth opportunities, planning to hire and train employees, redefining their business model or experiencing barriers in accessing traditional financing.
Exponential Impact is sponsoring weekly information sessions during the application period that will provide a comprehensive overview of the program and the application process. More information: exponentialimpact.com/accelerate-cos.
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Colorado
CDOT reports a serious crash in Colorado Springs on Wednesday morning
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Colorado Department of Transportation(CDOT) has reported a serious crash that is causing traffic delays on Wednesday morning.
The accident is located around the east side of Colorado Springs.
Highway 94 has been closed at Marksheffel Road due to the crash.
There have been no reports of injury at the time of posting this article.
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Dallas Stars haunted by Colorado ghosts, blow lead vs. Avs just like in the regular season
Ahead of both the first round against Vegas and second round against Colorado, Stars coach Pete DeBoer said the regular-season series with each team gave little indication of how the playoffs would play out.
He was right when it came to the Vegas series, as the Stars were winless against the Golden Knights in their three regular-season meetings but came out on top in the seven-game series to advance to the second round.
But after Game 1 against Colorado, the same troubles that the Avalanche posed in the regular season came back to haunt the Stars.
The Stars took a 3-0 lead in the first period of Tuesday’s game before the Avalanche scored four straight goals to win in overtime and take a 1-0 lead in the series.
“Tough lesson to learn in Game 1 but glad we’re not learning it in Game 6 or 7 in an elimination game,” DeBoer said. “We’ve gotta be smarter than that. They’ve got that quick-strike ability that you’ve gotta be mentally sharp for 60 minutes in order to beat them.”
However, it wasn’t the first time Dallas had been taught that lesson. The Stars have blown an early lead to Colorado in all five of their meetings this season.
In their first matchup back in November, the Stars led 3-0 early in the second period before the Avalanche scored six consecutive goals to win 6-3.
In their second meeting in January, Dallas blew a two-goal lead with 10 minutes remaining, and Nathan MacKinnon scored the game-winner for Colorado in overtime.
In their third matchup in February, Logan Stankoven scored a minute into the game, but that lead held for just 1:08 before Colorado tied it and ultimately went on to win 5-1.
In their final meeting against Colorado in April — their only win against the Avalanche all year — the Stars saw a 5-2 lead narrow to 5-4 with under 10 minutes remaining. Wyatt Johnston and Tyler Seguin had to find two late goals to put the game out of reach.
On Tuesday, it was the same story.
“We shouldn’t have gotten to overtime,” Stars forward Matt Duchene said. “We’re up 3-0. I don’t think we stayed on our toes enough in the second. We kind of took our foot off the gas a little bit. They started to come at us with a couple of penalties, and their power play was obviously lethal. … We had that game under control, and we let it slip away.”
Dallas’ three-goal first period came as a surprise, even to those in its locker room. The Stars were less than 48 hours removed from a grueling Game 7 against Vegas. Colorado was well-rested after a week off.
The Stars managed to carry that Game 7 momentum into the first period before it stalled. Meanwhile, Colorado started rusty but eventually settled into its game and took over.
“That’s a high-octane team over there. It was a very different style of game,” Duchene said. “I think we can probably do a better job throughout the 60 minutes in forcing our game and imposing our game on them with the puck. We got away from it a bit in the second and kind of tide turned there.”
In the second period and early in the third is where Colorado’s playmakers turned the game. Dallas took two penalties early in the second, and the Avalanche’s dominant power play connected on both.
Top-line forward Valeri Nichushkin struck first while Norris Trophy finalist Cale Makar added a power-play goal next. Then, just 39 seconds into the third period, MacKinnon scored off a rebound to tie the game.
Meanwhile, the Stars didn’t get a goal from either their typical top three forwards (Jason Robertson, Roope Hintz and Joe Pavelski) or their top defensive pairing (Miro Heiskanen and Thomas Harley). All three goals came from their third forward line and third defensive pairing.
DeBoer acknowledged postgame that needs to change.
“At the end of the night, when you look at the score sheet, their big guys all kind of delivered and are all over the score sheet, and I thought a couple of our guys were, but some of our scoring has to step up,” he said. “We’ve been waiting for a series plus a game now for some of that.”
Dallas had the more complete overtime, but it wasn’t enough to put the puck in the net. One bounce ended up on Miles Wood’s stick, and it just took one move around Jake Oettinger to seal the win.
But Dallas never should’ve been in that position to begin with.
Each series comes with a learning curve, but the Stars have had plenty of exposure to the Avalanche to know that no lead is safe against them.
They’ll need another hot start on Thursday, but this time they’ll have to find a way to keep that distance. If they can’t, their season will be on the line again heading on another road trip where their luck could soon run out.
Find more Stars coverage from The Dallas Morning News here.
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