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CO VOTE 2026: Aurora proposes $264M infrastructure funding in 3 sales tax votes, whether to change city election years
Aurora Ballot Questions 3A, 3B and 3C AURORA | For the first time since 1993, the city is asking voters to increase the sales tax and approve three ballot proposals to fund $264 million in transportation, public safety and city facility capital improvement projects. If voters approve all three bonds questions, it would amount to […]
Environmental groups protest BLM oil and gas auctions near Aurora Reservoir
AURORA |A move by the Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management to begin auctioning off parcels of public land in Colorado for Oil and Gas lease has prompted an outcry from environmental groups and community advocates both in Aurora and across the state. The Sept. 8 auction saw the bureau offer two parcels, one covering […]
Aurora voters invited to share views on $264 million bond proposals for election ‘blue book’
AURORA | The city will be accepting supporting and opposing comments for the proposed city sales-tax increases on Aurora ballots this November. The comments collected by the city will be summarized for voters in an election guide commonly known as the “blue book,” which is mailed out ahead of the election. The blue book includes […]
Activist leaders vie for 2 Dem primary nods for Arapahoe County commission
AURORA | The two Democratic Arapahoe County commissioners representing Districts 2 and 4, Jessica Campbell and Leslie Summey, face primary challenges this June from Angela Garland and Maya Wheeler, respectively. Campbell, the incumbent District 2 commissioner elected in 2023, has a background as an attorney and is the founder of a Democratic consulting firm. Garland […]
Aurora Reservoir fracking operation sparks renewed community opposition
AURORA | It has been more than a month since the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission greenlighted a controversial fracking operation less than a mile from the Aurora reservoir, but community advocates opposed to the project believe that they haven’t exhausted their options to halt it. The State Sunlight-Long wellpad, on the Lowry Ranch […]