Author: Nico Brambila
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Colorado’s unauthorized immigrant population jumps by 40,000 in 2 years, Pew reports
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The population of immigrants illegally staying in America rose by more than 40,000 in just two years in Colorado, a new report has found. In 2021, this population in Colorado was estimated to be 160,000. Just two years later, that figure had ballooned to more than 200,000, according to the Pew Research Center’s most recent…
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Colorado test scores show academic performance return to pre-pandemic levels
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Statewide test scores released Thursday show Colorado students have returned to, or surpassed, pre-pandemic levels for all subjects and grades — with two exceptions: fourth-grade English, and English and math in eighth grade. But not in Denver. Students in Denver Public Schools trail the statewide recovery. The Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) — the…
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COVID-19 cases rise as students return to school in Denver
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The COVID-19 virus is starting to rise just as students in the metro Denver area head back to school. Denver Public Schools (DPS) is one of the last school districts to start with Monday the first day of classes for most campuses. “We are seeing increases in emergency department visits and the percent positivity, as…
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16th Street Busker Bret Dallas
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Busker Bret Dallas jams through an amplifier on 16th Street to a crowd of Denverites on Aug. 8.
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Trump administration plans to reopen Colorado prison north of Denver for ICE detainees
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The Trump administration has told Colorado’s Congressional delegation it plans to reopen the shuttered Hudson Correctional Facility as an immigration detention center. Located about 30 miles northeast of Denver in Weld County, the Hudson Correctional Facility is a medium-security prison that closed a decade ago. “Hudson has the flexibility to manage a wide range of…
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Medical residents seeking to unionize accuse CU School of Medicine of retaliation
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Medical residents seeking to unionize accused officials with the University of Colorado School of Medicine of retaliation in a complaint filed Wednesday. The Housestaff Association of the University of Colorado Hospitals (HSA) filed the complaint with the state Department of Labor and Employment. “These actions aren’t coincidental,” Simone Raiter, HSA co-president, said in a statement.…
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JeffCo health officials report 3 West Nile cases in humans, Denver 1
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Jefferson County health officials confirmed Monday three West Nile Virus cases in humans, the first to be reported, while Denver reported its first the same day. “Thankfully, most people who get the virus don’t have symptoms, but some people can get really sick or even die from West Nile Virus,” James Rada, Jefferson County Environmental…
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Kaiser ends gender transition services for minors
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Citing pressure from the Trump administration, Kaiser Permanente is the latest health system to acquiesce to demands that it cease providing gender transition services to minors that includes chemical or surgical procedures. Kaiser CEO Greg A. Adams announced the change in an email to executives, saying “there has been significant focus by the federal government…
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Neguse sues Trump administration over lack of access to immigration detention centers
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A dozen Democratic lawmakers — led by U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse — have filed a lawsuit challenging what they allege is the Trump administration’s “unlawful obstruction” of their oversight in blocking lawmakers access to federal immigration detention centers. Filed Wednesday, the suit asserts members of Congress have authority to conduct investigations related to their legislative…