Author: Thelma Grimes
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2025 ATHENA Leadership Award nominations are due on Friday | NONPROFIT REGISTER
News: The Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce has set 5 p.m. on Oct. 13 as the deadline for submitting nominations for its 2025 ATHENA Leadership Award. Nomination forms can be found on the chamber website, cwcc.org. The 2025 ATHENA Leadership Award recipient will be announced in November and then honored at a celebratory luncheon to…
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Colorado governor proposes to keep Rocky Mountain National Park open amid potential government shutdown
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, “My top priority in a federal shutdown is keeping Rocky Mountain National Park open.” Polis…
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Truth over ratings: The cost of clickbait politics hurt ‘the media’
Over the past decade, as political violence and threats have increased, the media has faced growing criticism—often alongside elected officials, political parties, activists, and other groups. However, defining “the media” is complicated. Traditional news outlets now compete with influencers, online personalities and citizen journalists who have built large audiences on social media and on other…
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Searching for the ‘off-ramp’: Colorado officials ask if America can step back from political violence
In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 10, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox urged the nation to seek an “off-ramp” from the path that leads to political violence. Colorado leaders told Colorado Politics they agreed with Cox in principle, but some questioned whether such a route even exists — and if it does, they…
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‘Political theatre’ or necessary action? Colorado lawmakers weigh in on ‘divisive’ session
While Democrats and Republicans clashed over the cause of an $800 million budget shortfall plaguing the Colorado state government, they agreed that the recently-concluded special session, which sought to solve that deficit, was one of the most “divisive” in years. On the one hand, Democrats insisted they got the work done. On the other hand,…
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Winners are selected for 2025 National Philanthropy Day awards | NONPROFIT REGISTER
ASSOCIATION OF FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS Denver News: The luncheon at which they will be honored won’t take place until Nov. 6, and tickets for it won’t be available until September, but on Aug. 22, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Colorado Chapter, notified the 2025 honorees of their selection. They are: Outstanding Large Business, The Group, Fort…
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Denver mayor reveals specifics of staff cuts
The specifics of Denver’s staffing layoffs became clearer on Wednesday, when Mayor Mike Johnston revealed the positions that have been eliminated within city agencies this week. Some agencies took a heavy hit, where the Johnston administration cut as much as a third of their budgeted workforce. The public safety agencies saw nearly 100 vacant positions eliminated, though…
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Colorado special session bills: What you need to know
Colorado legislators have begun proposing bills for Thursday’s special session, when they will need to figure out how to plug a nearly $800 million budget shortfall. Only a handful of the measures introduced so far directly deal with the deficit. Some Democrats — their party holds the majority of the Colorado General Assembly — have…
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Reflecting on the aftermath of Gabby Giffords’ shooting 14 years later
Just over 14 years ago, I was heading down one of Tucson’s busy east-side roads, on my way to lunch with my family. While the exact details of that day and month are now vague, I remember several things distinctly. At one point, I had checked my phone to see several missed phone calls from…
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A graying Colorado: State grapples with fast growing older population | COVER STORY
“The only reality in the world is that we are going to get older and we’re going to die.” Nobody can escape that reality, according to Christian Itin, a member of the Colorado Strategic Action Group on Aging. “I think we need to remind folks that this will happen to me,” he said. “It will…