Good morning from the last Monday of October! Since Halloween is so awkwardly stuck in the middle of the week, it was fun to watch everyone dress up in costumes to celebrate this weekend.

For example, the Denver Broncos did a great job of acting like a consistent and competent team in yesterday’s victory over the hapless Panthers, while the Nuggets appear to be retaining their retro “1997 Nuggets” costume, starting the season 0-2. Spooky!

In the meantime, you have just over a week to finish your ballot before Election Day. But with the help Colorado Sun Voter GuideIt will only take a few minutes to get information and mark the bubbles.

In today’s newsletter, we’ve got campaign finance news, a nearly lost art form in the San Luis Valley, and an in-depth look at the legal side of immigration, so we better get this train moving, right?

MIGRATION

There were 18,000 cases pending in federal immigration court in Denver in 2021. The backlog, now at 78,000 and creating lines for new asylum applications every weekday, is growing rapidly and made worse by Colorado’s lack of attorneys to represent those fighting deportation. Jennifer Brown And Ernesto Cabral Take an in-depth look at how both families and the legal system cope with long delays.

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FOOD

While waiting for a judge’s decision on the state’s antitrust case to stop the merger of Albertsons and Kroger Tamara Chuang This week’s “What Works?” The column heard from residents across the state about local groceries and their concerns about the future if a merger goes through.

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SCHOOLS

Introduced and supported by the conservative nonprofit Advance Colorado Action, Amendment 80 aims to strengthen parents’ right to school choice as well as give parents more control over what and how their children learn. Erica Breunlin It details potential ripple effects and how they relate to national movements aimed at banning books and topics that some parents consider inappropriate.

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ELECTION 2024

As voting continues neck and neck in Colorado’s toughest race, the 8th Congressional District, incumbent Democratic Rep. Yadira Caraveo is bringing in and spending more money than her opponent. Jesse Paul There’s more to it than just the latest spending reports before the election.

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COLORADO SUNDAY

Depending on how the craft is defined, determining the history of kolka embroidery can be a bit difficult. Parker Yamasaki writes in this week’s Colorado Sunday. But the stitch is extremely adaptable and can be curved and varied, causing trees to sway with the stitch. Artist Josephine Lobato’s first comprehensive retrospective, featuring 44 works in four decades, is now on display on the walls of the University of Denver’s Davis Gallery so you can see the art for yourself.

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Thank you for starting the spookiest week of the year with us. Stay safe, stay sane, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow!

— Eric and the entire team at The Sun

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