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The Center Square
Colorado voters approve transit tax despite economy
(The Center Square) - Colorado voters approved a sales tax increase to fund a transit project that could cost the state over $1 billion in gross domestic product over the next 10 years. Residents in the Front Range Passenger Rail District voted 56% to 44% in favor of Ballot Issue 7A, which would create a 0.33% sales tax for the district, including 31 cities such as Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, Pueblo and Colorado Springs. The Nov. 3 ballot initiative is expected to raise an estimated $295 million annually for the Front Range Passenger Rail District. The extra tax revenue will help the public agency expand its starter rail route between Denver and Fort Collins to Colorado Springs and Pueblo while increasing train frequency across the corridor. The Denver-to-Fort Collins route is expected to start in 2029, while the others are anticipated to begin in 2032. Sal Pace, general manager of the Front Range Passenger Rail District, said Colorado is “one of the most congested states in the country,” especially in the Denver metropolitan area. “On average, people are losing two entire full work weeks every single year being stuck in traffic,” he told The Center Square. The new project will
The Pueblo Chieftain
GOAL High School opens administration center after $9.5M renovation
GOAL High School , a Pueblo-based online public charter school with more than 40 drop-in locations across Colorado, recently opened its new administration center following a $9.5 million renovation of two buildings on one campus. On Oct. 27, the school celebrated the grand opening of the new center, which serves as a statewide support hub for school operations, with around 60 employees working there. GOAL High School CEO Jill Toussaint said the new building "represents so much more than a new space." "It represents the people, the perseverance, and the belief in our mission that have brought us to where we are today,” she said in a news release. GOAL High School Board President Ted Del Duca said it provides a foundation for the school’s future. “We needed this foundation to build to where we’re going to go. We just keep growing,” he said in the release. “I always get asked, ‘Well, how big does it need to be?’ Well, we don’t know how high it will go. We’re just going to help kids, and this building helps us do that more effectively.” Sports: Meet the 2026 Greater Pueblo Sports Association Hall of Fame inductees The two buildings on the
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The future is unclear for the historic brick building that has housed the Pueblo Heritage Center for decades
The City of Pueblo wants to sell the historic brick building that houses the Pueblo Heritage Center. Advocates for the museum spoke against this move during a regular city council meeting on Monday. Decades ago the city partnered with the nonprofit Pueblo County Historical Society to buy and renovate the...
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Finn Simmons utilizes intelligence, hard work and passion to lead Pueblo Central boys soccer team
Finn Simmons will tell you he’s not very fast. But watching him play soccer for the Pueblo Central High School boys soccer team, you wouldn’t think that. Simmons uses angles and his smarts to beat out his opponents. He’s become one of the best strikers in Pueblo.
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Pueblo (CO) Voters Reject Funding for New Apparatus and Gear
PUEBLO — Pueblo voters rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the sales tax to fund equipment for local fire departments. Ballot Question 2A proposed a 0.25% increase in the city’s sales tax — the equivalent of 25 cents on every $100 purchase. The revenue would have funded future fire truck purchases, radio equipment, and other specialized gear.