The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: Sunshine grades
Every year in March the American Society of Newspaper Editors promotes Sunshine Week, reminding everyone that government business is supposed to be conducted in the open.
Laws that require governmental entities and public officials to be transparent are called sunshine laws. They establish an important expectation: that any and all information related to government is available for public scrutiny unless it meets specific exceptions.
Colorado allocates $7.5M for food assistance program for women and children amid federal shutdown
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 hours ago
The federal government shutdown prompted the Colorado General Assembly’s budget writers to take action on Tuesday, allocating additional funds to the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) food program. The state portion of the federal program falls under the Department of...
Colorado lawmakers trade blame over federal government shutdown, call on the other side to bend
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
Colorado’s Democratic and Republican lawmakers dug in Wednesday, as the federal government entered its first shutdown in nearly seven years after Congress failed to approve rival stopgap spending plans put forward by the two parties the night before. Both sides...
Appeals court agrees Lochbuie cannot challenge alleged lack of services from library district
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 49 minutes ago
Colorado’s second-highest court concluded last week that the town of Lochbuie cannot challenge the alleged lack of services its residents are receiving from a Weld County library district that has been in existence for four decades. However, a three-judge Court...
For now, shutdown’s impact is minimal on Colorado government, though officials say state will see ripple effects if it persists
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
Colorado officials do not not expect to see major impacts on Colorado-run programs or its workforce for the first week of the federal shutdown, though the state stands to feel the strain, particularly if the stoppage goes into the second...
Parents, advocates sue Gov. Jared Polis, Colorado health agency over cuts to autism services
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 17 hours ago
The Colorado government is facing a lawsuit from a behavioral health association over cuts to autism funding. After the passage of the Congressional budget in July, Gov. Jared Polis and lawmakers had cut more than $250 million from the state...
10th Circuit orders resentencing after government concedes man’s serious probation violation cannot stand
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 minutes ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court granted an unusual joint request between the prosecution and the defense on Wednesday, directing a judge to resentence a man who was incorrectly found guilty of a severe probation violation. There are multiple classifications of...
10th Circuit clarifies when hardship to child can halt parent’s deportation
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court clarified on Monday that immigration judges, when deciding whether to halt a person’s deportation because of hardship to their child, should consider whether the child meets the age threshold at the time of the decision,...
Colorado governor proposes to keep Rocky Mountain National Park open amid potential government shutdown
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours ago
With a federal government shutdown looming, Colorado’s governor is proposing to use local funds to keep open one of the state’s biggest attractions — Rocky Mountain National Park. In a statement to Colorado Politics on Tuesday, Gov. Jared Polis said,...
Colorado labor agency says it’s ready to assist federal workers affected by federal shutdown
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours ago
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Unemployment Insurance Division said it is prepared to assist federal workers living in the state who have been furloughed due to the federal government shutdown. Some 54,300 federal workers live in Colorado, according...
Colorado will help furloughed federal workers claim unemployment benefits
Mark Samuelson Special to The Denver Gazette
mark.samuelson@denvergazette.com
Updated 23 hours ago
As civilian federal workers in Colorado wait for word as to whether they will be furloughed by a federal government shutdown, the state’s Department of Labor and Employment is reaching out to aid workers in claiming unemployment benefits. The agency,...
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Sierra Club poll shows big support for renewable energy from Colorado voters
DENVER – Colorado politicians who are talking about getting all of the state’s energy from renewable sources are saying what most voters want to hear, if you have faith in a poll released Monday by the Sierra Club. It suggested: “It’s not surprising that there’s growing broad support in Colorado for clean energy because it’s […]
The Pueblo Chieftain: Challenges await new CMHIP chief executive
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