Author: Thelma Grimes

Colorado is joining a multi-state coalition in filing a lawsuit to challenge the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to provide access to individual personal health data to the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the lawsuit seeks to…

MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER Denver News: Mi Casa Resource Center’s annual Taste of La Receta will feature foods from five countries prepared by chefs from 12 Denver-area culinary startups, and organizers advise guests to come hungry and savor “A success story in every bite.” La Receta is one of Mi Casa’s programs that prepare budding…

Over two days, five members of the Trump cabinet addressed a range of issues, emphasizing the need for “energy dominance,” embracing artificial intelligence, removing federal regulatory barriers and empowering states to regain more control over their affairs. Featured speakers from the White House cabinet included U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Department of the…

CENTRAL CITY OPERA Wheat Ridge News: Just when it seems that the world is spinning at a breakneck pace, it’s nice to know that time can stand still – if only for a few hours – and traditions can be celebrated at an event that has been a Colorado tradition since 1932. The presentation of…

SANTA FE, N.M. • Colorado Gov. Jared Polis led a panel discussion with U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on Monday, the opening day of the Western Governors’ Conference in Santa Fe. The keynote session focused on education changes under the Trump administration, where McMahon emphasized the need to reduce bureaucracy at the federal level and…

With Colorado Gov. Jared Polis in attendance, the 2025 Western Governors’ Conference kicked off in Santa Fe on Monday, a two-day event that is expected to cover a variety of topics — from housing and healthcare to education and wildfire recovery. Comprised of 22 governors from the western-most states, Polis, who chaired the association in 2023,…

The Alliance Defending Freedom organization filed a lawsuit this week on behalf of a Colorado athletic company focused on standing up for women’s rights and being “truthful about the biological differences between men and women.” The lawsuit challenges Colorado’s House Bill 1312, which Gov. Jared Polis recently signed into law to amend the Colorado Antidiscrimination…

President Donald Trump has signed into law a proposal from Congress to criminalize the creation and distribution of nonconsensual, explicit images generated by artificial intelligence, which U.S. John Hickenlooper of Colorado, a cosponsor, praised as a small but significant step toward regulating the new technology. These AI-generated images and videos, known as “deepfakes,” have become…