By Chase Woodruff | deputy editor
“It is like you are an animal, like people are taking care of goats or cows. I have never imagined human beings treated like I saw in this place.”
— Rev. Edward Nalwamba on his 13 months in ICE detention
Two fellow detainees carried Rev. Edward Nalwamba, who will be 79 in November, out of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Aurora Tuesday because it did not provide him with a wheelchair when he left. (Photo courtesy of Joy Athanasiou)
By Lindsey Toomer
After 13 months in an Aurora immigrant detention center, where he became reliant on a wheelchair as his health deteriorated, a Ugandan priest who has lived in Colorado for more than 25 years was released by federal immigration officials Wednesday. Two fellow detainees on Tuesday carried Rev. Edward Nalwamba, who will be 79 in November, out of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility because it did not provide him with a wheelchair when he left.
Canvassers received petition packets as they prepared to gather signatures in support of a graduated income tax ballot measure at a Protect Colorado's Future event in Denver on July 18, 2026. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
By Chase Woodruff
A judge in Denver has dismissed a last-minute attempt by conservative opponents of a graduated income tax proposal to invalidate the measure on the ballots already in Colorado voters’ hands. Judge Heidi L. Kutcher of the Denver District Court rejected opponents’ argument that votes on Amendment 87 shouldn’t be counted because of paperwork issues with some of the entities that circulated petitions for the measure.
President Donald Trump speaks during an Oct. 19, 2026, rally at the Heartland Credit Union Arena in Park City, Kansas. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)
By Shauneen Miranda
President Donald Trump’s midterm travel blitz will continue in the coming days, with Election Day on Nov. 3 now less than two weeks out, headlining rallies in several states hosting hard-fought Senate contests seen as toss-ups. Trump began his October campaign road trip in GOP-friendly states, but has begun venturing into territory that’s deemed to have become perilous for Republicans.
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