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Appeals court once again denies immunity to Olathe officer for deadly crash
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Exactly one year after the Colorado Supreme Court found the state’s second-highest court applied the incorrect standard when evaluating a deadly crash involving an Olathe police officer, the Court of Appeals once again determined the officer and the town are not immune from being sued. The Colorado Governmental Immunity Act generally shields government entities and public…
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‘A tragic and horrible situation’: Colorado emergency doctor recounts aftermath of Club Q shooting
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Katy Picard, an emergency medicine physician at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central, was having a fairly quiet shift last Saturday, with only a few patients in need of treatment, when a nurse gave her the news that changed everything. “One of the nurses came over to tell me that there was an active shooter … and…
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Polis presses Biden for COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5, criticizes FDA’s ‘lack of action’
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Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday urged the Biden administration to get a vaccine deployed to children under 5, criticizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its “lack of action and urgency.” In his letter, Polis noted that Colorado is home to a quarter-million children under 5 who remain at risk of contracting the virus. The…
