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Jefferson County sends out surveys for Hazard Mitigation Plan
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Jefferson County officials asked residents to chime in on potential hazards to their communities to help secure mitigation funding in the future. The county sent out its Hazard Mitigation Plan Survey on Saturday, asking residents to categorize the risk levels of certain natural disasters in their areas. These included floods, severe wind, hail and extreme…
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Gov. Jared Polis urges Trump to reverse FEMA disaster aid denials
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Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper are calling on President Donald Trump to reverse federal denial of Colorado’s requests for federal disaster declarations tied to recent wildfires and flooding. Polis’ office said he received two denial letters from the Federal Emergency Management Agency late Saturday. The letters followed requests…
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Colorado sues Trump administration over disaster relief funding
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Colorado joined 11 other states in a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency over grant funding for emergency and disaster relief. The lawsuit, which also named DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and acting FEMA administrator David Richardson, alleged the agencies and the Trump administration imposed “illegal and impossible-to-meet” terms…
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Colorado Springs receives $2.3 million federal anti-terrorism grant
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For the first time, Colorado Springs has qualified for a federal grant designed to secure high-risk cities against acts of terrorism. The city announced Monday that it had received $2.3 million from the Urban Area Security Initiative grant provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Pikes Peak…
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Denver joins suit against Trump administration claiming grants have unlawful conditions
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Denver has joined Chicago, New York, Boston, Baltimore, New Haven, Minneapolis and St. Paul in suing the Trump administration over what they claim are unlawful conditions imposed on federal grant funding. The lawsuit, filed Monday in a U.S. District Court in Illinois, “aims to prevent the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management…
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Colorado governor seeks FEMA aid for wildfire recovery
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Gov. Jared Polis has formally requested that President Donald Trump and FEMA issue a Major Disaster Declaration to unlock funding to support Colorado’s response to the Elk and Lee fires in Rio Blanco County. “The Elk and Lee fires ripped through Rio Blanco County, damaging property and critical infrastructure,” said Polis. “Today, I formally requested…
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Colorado allocated $9.7M in FEMA funding for illegal immigration crisis, less than last year’s allocation
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The Biden administration has allocated less money to Colorado in the latest round of federal funding for the illegal immigration crisis that Denver officials have struggled to respond to and which has cost the city tens of millions of dollars. And just like year, other cities are poised to get more funding than Denver. The Federal…
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Legal disputes mean a delay in Marshall fire cleanup as officials play blame game
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Charred piles of furniture, cars, fenceposts and foundations destroyed by the Marshall fire will stay put for a while longer as disputes over the multimillion dollar debris cleanup contract are assessed. This means that Boulder County residents who had hoped to begin rebuilding by July 1, the original proposed date for completion of the Debris…
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Biden approves federal aid for Colorado in wake of Marshall Fire
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President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for Colorado on Saturday, opening up federal funding to support the devastation caused by the Marshall Fire. The declaration will open up federal disaster assistance for people affected by the fires and for recovery efforts, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced. The money “can include grants for…
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Former Colorado Springs lawmaker John Herzog retires from third state board
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More than four decades since entering the public arena, former state Rep. John Herzog, R-Colorado Springs, is retiring from the third – and what he says will be the last – state board he’s served on. Herzog steps down Jan. 1 from the Colorado Dental Board, which sets rules and licenses dentists and dental hygienists, as…
