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Denver’s city council decriminalizes jaywalking
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To use the crosswalk or to jaywalk – that is the question. And it’s a question the Denver’s city council took seriously during meeting on Monday, when the councilmembers decided to adopt a bill decriminalizing jaywalking in a 10-3 vote. Critics of the bill said it sends the wrong signal to the public, particularly at a…
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INSIGHTS | Denver in vaping’s racial and political haze
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Race permeates political discussions these days, and this week the Denver City Council offered the debate in the flavors of cotton candy, lemon, gummy bear or menthol. Denver is the latest city to consider a ban on flavored vaping products, matching a federal ban on flavors sold by major e-cigarette makers that took affect in…
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INSIGHTS | BLM lost diversity coming to Colorado, others shouldn’t follow
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Diversity was never Grand Junction’s long suit. We knew that two years ago, but nobody wanted to say anything when the Trump administration moved the headquarters for the Bureau of Land Management to Colorado. That was a daisy. The agency controls more than 245 million acres in 12 states, including 8.3 million acres on Colorado’s…
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Annual report shows wages, opportunities stall for minority Coloradans
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Black and Latino workers in the state continue to struggle with stagnant wages, according to new report published by Colorado Center on Law and Policy. The “State of Working Colorado” shows that most Colorado workers have seen few if any gains in recent years, the center said. “Meanwhile, black and Latino workers still face alarming…
