Author: PAT POBLETE pat.poblete@coloradopolitics.com
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FEMA sends Colorado $10 million to offset costs from Cameron Peak wildfire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado is set to receive a $10 million windfall from a Federal Emergency Management Agency program to help offset the some of the costs brought on by the Cameron Peak wildfire. As both the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome wildfires scorched their way through hundreds…
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WATCH: COLORADO POLITICKING | Unpacking the Tay Anderson report and Jena Griswold’s denied security request
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This week on Colorado Politicking, legislative reporter Pat Poblete and Denver Gazette reporter Dennis Huspeni discuss the third-party report probing Denver Public School Director Tay Anderson’s conduct and school walkouts calling for his resignation. Meanwhile, chief legislative reporter Marianne Goodland focuses on the state Independent…
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CDPHE data shows school districts with mask mandates have lower COVID case counts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado districts that mandated masks as students returned to schools earlier this summer have a lower cases rates those without a mask requirement, according to data shared Thursday by the state health department. “Rates tend to be higher in school districts where masks are not…
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Wildfire committee moves ahead with full slate of bill drafts, but some may be duplicates of past efforts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A bipartisan panel of lawmakers charged with reviewing Colorado’s wildfire prevention and mitigation strategies on Tuesday unanimously agreed to move forward with a full slate of bill drafts after its fourth meeting during the interim session. But the panel faces a problem: they don’t know…
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Polis hails FDA approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis on Monday touted the Food and Drug Administration’s move to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for those 16 years of age and older. “I know that some people were waiting for full…
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Redistricting Commissions to hold hearings in Commerce City, Brighton and Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s Independent Redistricting Commissions will this week be touring the Front Range to hold public hearings on preliminary maps released earlier this summer. The commissions responsible for drawing the preliminary lines for the state’s eight…
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Youth panel calls for bills on mental health, access to higher education for foster care students
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A panel of high school students charged with developing legislative recommendations on Friday told lawmakers they want to see bills improving access to mental health services for youth and higher education for foster students as…
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Disclosure statements: Boebert’s husband made nearly $500,000 consulting for oil and gas company
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s husband was paid nearly a half-million dollars for consulting work with an energy firm, an income source not previously listed in campaign finance or financial disclosure filings. The Silt Republican’s latest financial disclosure report, filed Tuesday, shows her husband Jayson was…
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Denver nonprofit sues city over zoning process for homeless encampments
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Denver-based nonprofit is suing the city, alleging Denver’s zoning administrator changed zoning to allow homeless encampments without input from the public, city council or the city’s zoning board. The suit was filed Wednesday in Denver District Court by Dan Burrows of the Public Trust…
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Colorado is prepared to welcome Afghan refugees, Polis tells Biden in a letter
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado is ready to take in Afghan refugees and those granted visas for their work with the U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan, Gov. Jared Polis told President Joe Biden on Wednesday. In a letter to…