coloado politics

Denver schools chief: Removing DACA protections would be ‘catastrophic’

Sep 2, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Rolling back protections for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children would prove “catastrophic” for Denver Public Schools and the city, DPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg said in a statement Thursday. Boasberg joined other school and community leaders from across the country in speaking up as President Donald Trump is expected to announce any…
Two years after the recalls wars, replacement JeffCo school board members await opposition

Aug 10, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Part campaign rally, part family reunion, a kickoff for the re-election of three Jefferson County school board members this week brought together many who had fought the recall wars in 2015 as well as set the path for the upcoming November election. The three board members – Susan Harmon, Ron Mitchell and Brad Rupert –…
Seaplanes blocked by Colorado legislature will land at Kenney Reservoir for BBQ Saturday

Jul 10, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Next Saturday seaplanes will splash in and lift out of Kenney Reservoir in Rio Blanco County, because the 616-acre body of water is owned by a special district. The legislature is keeping the iconic wilderness aircraft out of state waters over fears of invasive aquatic species they might transport. Bills to allow them or at…
After bags and sodas, Boulder has designs on straws next

Jul 5, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

The Colorado town that charges a dime for plastic bag and a puts an extra tax on your sugary soda might have its eyes on your straws next. That’s the word Tuesday from Alex Burness of the Boulder Daily Camera. There’s a public education campaign afoot called Suck the Straws Out of Boulder to talk…
Congress to consider naming southwest Colorado peaks after legendary local climbers Fowler and Boskoff

May 26, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Congress is considering naming two peaks in southwest Colorado after two famous local climbers killed in an avalanche in Tibet in 2006, Charlie Fowler and Christine Boskoff. Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner with U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton of Cortez have introduced a bill to designate two unnamed 13,000-foot peaks about 10 miles southwest of…

coloado politics

Denver schools chief: Removing DACA protections would be ‘catastrophic’

Two years after the recalls wars, replacement JeffCo school board members await opposition

Seaplanes blocked by Colorado legislature will land at Kenney Reservoir for BBQ Saturday

After bags and sodas, Boulder has designs on straws next

Congress to consider naming southwest Colorado peaks after legendary local climbers Fowler and Boskoff