Tag: Barbara Kirkmeyer
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Former Jeffco chief of schools bought child pornography
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office found evidence that the former Jeffco Public Schools chief of schools purchased child pornography but he did not have any contact with minors. The sheriff’s office announced completing its investigation into David Weiss on Wednesday, noting that investigators found he…
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Jeffco School Board discusses superintendent’s contract following scrutiny
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Jefferson County Public Schools’ board of education met behind closed doors on Tuesday afternoon to discuss Superintendent Tracy Dorland’s contract a week after the district’s teachers union called for a change in leadership and the U.S. Department of Education began investigating the district. The five-person…
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‘Running on empty tanks’: Chief justice addresses legislature with plea for more judges
Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez delivered her plea for more judges to the entire legislature on Friday, saying workloads are more demanding and well-meaning legislative changes have contributed to the burdens on the bench. “We cannot ask our judges, day in and day out, to make consequential decisions impacting people’s lives when they are running on…
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Parties hint of negotiations to remove Colorado property tax initiatives from November ballot
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two initiatives designed to reduce property taxes for Coloradans might not appear on the November ballot if lawmakers and advocates succeed in negotiating the terms for a rare special legislative session that would tackle soaring valuations. Lawmakers and political advocates hinted at discussions to halt…
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Independent expenditure committee invests $1 million in Colorado primary races
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An independent expenditure committee tied to former DaVita CEO Kent Thiry has invested $1.08 million in state House and Senate races in the past few days, backing more moderate Democrats and Republicans in a dozen races. The committee Let Colorado Vote Action was filed just…
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Colorado lawmakers introduce 705 bills in 2024 session, 525 approved
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Final statistics on the bills offered by lawmakers during the 2024 session are in. As previously reported by Colorado Politics, lawmakers introduced 705 bills. That’s the most since 2019 when 721 bills were introduced, but far short of the record set in 2003, at 735.…
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Colorado faces budget deficit as lawmakers consider $2 billion more in spending
Colorado lawmakers this month began reviewing the state’s spending plan for the next fiscal year in the face of tight revenues and a budget deficit — even as policymakers are pushing for hundreds of millions of dollars in funding requests. Only a tight sliver of those requests will likely get funded, if at all, once…
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Latino Victory Fund backs Democrat Yadira Caraveo in Colorado’s new congressional district
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A national group that works to increase the number of Latino members of Congress on Thursday endorsed state Rep. Yadira Caraveo, a Thornton pediatrician, in the Democratic primary in Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District. Nathalia Reyes, head of the Latino Victory Fund, said Caraveo has…