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Third Denver-area library closes due to meth contamination
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The Bemis Public Library became the third Denver-area library in the past month to temporarily closed due to methamphetamine contamination, a trend that illustrates how drug use is spilling over into public spaces normally associated with children and learning. Following meth contamination findings in the Boulder and Englewood public libraries, the city of Littleton proactively…
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Denver voters embrace library upgrades tax
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Denver voters Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a new property-owner tax that will inject $32 million into the city’s library system, according to early unofficial results Wednesday. Question 21 was passing 65% to 35% early Wednesday, with 122,281 votes counted, according to Denvervotes.org. The Denver City Council voted 11-1 in August to put the property tax hike…
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Colorado’s free mask rollout leads to confusion in many communities
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Colorado’s rollout of free KN95 and surgical-grade masks got off to a bumpy start Wednesday, with many residents going to handout sites only to be told that their public library or community center wasn’t handing out masks. Other communities ran out of masks a few hours after they began distributing them. The governor’s office announced…
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Denver’s everyman mayor: Michael Hancock’s big agenda
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Michael Hancock is a mayor on a mission. It’s the Friday before the election, and Hancock is promoting a once-in-a-decade, $937 million bond package filled with hundreds of projects to maintain and improve Denver’s transportation, public safety and cultural infrastructure. After a stop at a Spanish-language radio station to pitch the ballot questions, he tours…
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Denver Public Library training students to spot fake news
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It played a significant role in our last presidential election, possibly swaying the result. It’s easily spread far and wide on social media platforms. It’s even often used by President Donald Trump to fire back at media outlets after negative press. It’s become a buzzword in our modern politics. Fake news. And as National Public…
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Immigrant & Refugee, LGBTQ commissions prep for federal changes
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Two City and County of Denver commissions will be busy this year, if recent actions by the federal government regarding minorities continue, a City Council committee was recently told by commission members. The Denver Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer (LGBTQ) Commission works to advance social, economic and political equality for lesbian, bisexual, transgender and…
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YESTERYEAR: Top Colorado politicians sworn into office
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… Twenty Years Ago This Week in the Colorado Statesman … Diana DeGette is sworn in as a new member of Congress. The newly elected DeGettehosted more than 300 of her supporters, family and closest friends at her ceremonial swearing-in as the 19th representative for the 1st Congressional District. DeGette replaced retiring Democratic Rep. Pat Schroeder, who had served…
