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Steve Staeger is the main contributor to Next with Kyle Clark, weeknights at 6 on KUSA 9NEWS in Denver. He was the Capitol Bureau Chief and an Investigative Reporter at WCIA-TV in Champaign, IL. Working from the station's Springfield office, Staeger produces content for WMBD in Peoria, IL and WTVO in Rockford, IL. Steve was nominated for an Emmy for his reporting on potential fraud in Illinois' Link Card system. He also covered both the trial and retrial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blag…

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Colorado sends driver toll weaving ticket 2 years after violation Original

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By Steve Staeger Verified
| KUSA-TV (Denver, CO) Verified
Not many people can remember what they were doing on a random day more than two years ago. Trey Ahern, sadly, can. On the morning of April 30, 2024, Ahern says he was driving on C-470 on his way to see his father at the University of Colorado Hospital, where his dad was in his final days of a battle with pancreatic cancer. This story continues below.
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Colorado’s ‘birthday rule’ for newborn insurance creates mess for family after NICU stay

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By Steve Staeger Verified
| KUSA-TV (Denver, CO) Verified
AURORA, Colo. — Megan Peer had always planned on having her baby in Colorado – just not so soon. The St. Louis resident was visiting family here last year when she was 29 weeks pregnant. She and her husband had always planned on having their baby in Colorado to spend those first few months with their in-laws. But an emergency situation sped up those plans and put the couple in an administrative mess – thanks to a little-known Colorado insurance rule.
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Denver family's street sweeping ticket sparks frustration with city's dispute process changes

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By Steve Staeger Verified
| KUSA-TV (Denver, CO) Verified
DENVER — A Denver family got a street sweeping ticket after a city notification system alerted them to the wrong date. And an ongoing city budget cut now means they face a frustrating process to dispute it. Steve On Your Side has been reporting on the gap for months – when Denver cut the budget last fall, the city’s court system eliminated a parking middle man position which handled disputes before they went to court.
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