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Q&A with Chief Justice Brian Boatright | Pandemic motivated him to take top judicial job
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FAST FACTS: Brian D. Boatright has been the chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court since January 2021. He was a 2011 appointee of Gov. John Hickenlooper, and before that a 1999 trial court appointee of Gov. Bill Owens to the First Judicial District in Jefferson County. Boatright worked in private practice and as a…
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Judge tells construction contractors to explain why they can challenge Denver’s vaccine mandate
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Organizations representing Colorado’s construction industry contractors are challenging the City and County of Denver’s vaccine mandate for workers who provide services to the city, schools and hospitals. The trade organizations are claiming the policy will “create chaos” for construction across Denver, forcing anti-vaccine employees out of the workforce and delaying city projects. Consequently, they are…
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Judge suggests mediation in Denver jail lawsuit, while detainees allege insufficient COVID protocols
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A federal judge on Tuesday encouraged the City and County of Denver and lawyers for a group of detainees to hire a mediator, while at the same time indicating he would promptly consider any emergency requests in the proposed class action lawsuit alleging a failure to implement COVID-19 protocols in the Denver jail. U.S. District…
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Health officials brace for Omicron after suspected surge in Eagle County
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Eagle County reported more COVID-19 cases Monday than on any other day during the pandemic, and the average number of daily cases confirmed there has tripled in a week, local data show. It is “highly likely” that the surge is being caused by the omicron variant, the state health department said Monday. The county averaged about…
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COVER STORY | Elbert County joins a club no one should: Death of public servants from COVID
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Elbert County has become a microcosm of rural parts of Colorado that have resisted calls for vaccinations and are getting hammered by COVID-19 cases. As COVID-19 raged in Elbert County, Deputy Clay Livingston responded to an emergency call last month. The call would be among his last. Several days later, Livingston died of COVID-19, the virus…
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Governor’s office notes milestones in vaccination push
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This week Gov. Jared Polis reflected on the year since the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Colorado. Since then, more than 4 million Coloradans have taken the two vaccine. “Colorado’s mission to get the vaccine into our communities has kept our businesses and schools open and our economy on the path to recovery while other…
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Colorado surpasses 10,000 COVID-19 deaths
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Colorado has surpassed yet another grim milestone in the nearly two-year COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic: 10,000 deaths. As of Tuesday, the state counted 10,018 deaths due to the novel coronavirus. A surge of new cases in the past few months has led to higher daily COVID-19 deaths, pushing the number of lives lost past 9,000 less…