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Head of new Office of New Americans named
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The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment hired Dee Daniels Scriven as director of its new Office of New Americans, according to a news release. Scriven previously worked for more than 12 years at the Office of Refugee Resettlement at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The new office, created by House Bill…
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Polis seeks new meeting with Denver district, teachers; state labor chief decries ‘political theater’
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Criticizing the most recent teacher pay bargaining session as “political theater,” the head of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment sent a memo to the Denver school district and teachers union Monday urging both sides to work harder to find common ground – even as he expressed skepticism that the two sides would reach…
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Polis makes first round of cabinet picks
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Gov.-elect Jared Polis on Friday unveiled his first batch of a dozen cabinet picks, tapping several former lawmakers and federal government officials. Polis also will keep a couple of cabinet members from the Hickenlooper administration. > RELATED: COVER STORY | What Polis’ record in office reveals about the governor-elect Polis’ first dozen picks are split…
