The following article by Rae Ellen Bichell first appeared on Kaiser Health News (KHN) on December 29, 2020. Whenever Larry Kelderman looks up from the READ MORE
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Colorado Positioned to Allocate $67 Million for Pandemic Relief, Veterans, Housing
Earlier this month, the Colorado legislature passed and Governor Jared Polis signed SB20B-002, which allocated $54 million for pandemic housing assistance programs…
Evidence of New COVID Strain Shows Up in Colorado
The variant is believed to be as much as 70% more contagious, but not have more severe in symptoms, than previous strains of the novel coronavirus…
Delays on Wolf Creek Pass This Morning
CDOT will perform winter maintenance operations on US 160 Wolf Creek Pass this morning, Tuesday December 29, beginning at 6am…
Colorado Lawmakers Promise ‘Lower Enrollment’ Won’t Hurt School Funding
Republicans introduced a similar measure during the recent special session. Democrats rejected it as outside the narrow purview of the special session…
Rising Rents, Stagnant Wages Leave Colorado Families Struggling
This article by Moe Clark first appeared on Colorado Newsline on December 17, 2020 When Laura Rodriguez’s lease was up for renewal in the middle READ MORE
VIDEO: Tribes Offer Thoughts on Navajo Generating Station Demolition
The demolition of the three 775-foot-tall smokestacks at Navajo Generating Station (NGS) is hugely symbolic….
Colorado Senator Bennet Addresses Ongoing Cyber Attacks
The hackers appear to have breached The Department of State; The Department of Commerce; The Department of Energy; The Department of Treasury; The National Nuclear Security Agency; and The Department of Homeland Security…
Colorado Community College System Awarded $1 Million to Reshape Law Enforcement Training
The grant will allow CCC’s Law Enforcement Academy Curriculum and Training project team to review current course objectives, program requirements, and instructor techniques…
HMPRESENTLY: Squeezing Democracy Back in the Toothpaste Tube
I rode my bike the other day, exercising my body — and exercising caution, because of COVID…
OPINION: Support for Biden’s Interior Secretary
“Representative Haaland’s background and experience make her a supremely qualified nominee for Interior Secretary. The Senate should waste no time in confirming Haaland…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: We the People, Part Four
“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive… it is the right of the People to alter or abolish it……”
Colorado Issues New ‘In-Person’ Public School Guidelines
Getting all students back to safe and consistent in-person learning is a top priority for the State of Colorado…
Colorado’s Nine Presidential Electors Cast Their Votes for Biden
Colorado’s nine presidential electors met at the state Capitol on December 14 to cast their votes for President-elect Joe Biden…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: We the People, Part Three
You will be repeatedly told you “must follow the law”, which is true. You just won’t be told the law includes your inherent power to say “Screw the law…”
A ‘Freedom of Information’ Holiday Wish List
For several years now, CFOIC president Steve Zansberg and past president Tom Kelley have urged Colorado’s judicial branch to establish a uniform standard…
First Doses of Pfizer Vaccine Arrive in Colorado
“This vaccine is an amazing scientific triumph for humanity and the distribution which starts today is a historic undertaking. We still have a ways to go and Coloradans should double down now…”
This Health Care Magnate Wants to Fix Democracy, Starting in Colorado
“One of my goals is to have this democracy reform energy in places like Colorado — or elsewhere — move from being an ad hoc collection of activist projects to a true movement…”