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Colorado’s student enrollment plunged during the pandemic — especially among kindergarten and younger grades — stoking fears
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Fifteen hundred dollars a month was a small price for Candida Ring to pay to escape the virtual schooling the pandemic had her family stuck in, due to her daughter’s medical fragility. “It was not set up for children of that age,” Ring said of her school district’s online program for younger students. “They wanted them…
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Herod, Michaelson-Jenet get high-profile praise for mental health advocacy
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Colorado Reps. Leslie Herod, D-Denver, and Dafna Michaelson-Jenet, D-Commerce City, were honored Wednesday for their work on mental health issues. They were lauded at Mental Health America’s Regional Policy Council breakfast in Los Angeles, coinciding with the National Conference of State Legislators’ Summit. Herod, who is leading a sales tax ballot measure called Caring 4…
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Sex-harassment panel starts work at Colorado Capitol
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A bipartisan committee of the Colorado legislature began work Monday on policies that could change how sexual harassment complaints are handled at the state Capitol. The committee will hold four more meetings before making recommendations to legislative leaders who could adopt policies or, possibly, recommend legislation lawmakers could consider when the next session begins in…
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Out West Roundup: Harassment allegations pit lobbyist against New Mexico lawmaker
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New Mexico Lobbyist alleges sexual harassment by state lawmaker SANTA FE – An animal rights advocate and former political lobbyist went public with sexual harassment allegations last week against a New Mexico state lawmaker, who cast himself as the victim of politically motivated lies. In an open letter published online, Laura Bonar accused Democratic Rep.…
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Legislative leaders set meeting to review workplace harassment policies at Colorado Capitol
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Colorado House and Senate leaders plan to meet in mid-December to review workplace harassment policies at the state Capitol in the wake of a flurry of recent allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct against legislators, Senate President Kevin Grantham said Tuesday. The Legislative Council’s Executive Committee – made up of leaders from both parties in…
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Albritton: Colorado leading the way in providing for needy children, families
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Colorado is leading the nation with a new policy that supports and strengthens the safety net for children. In April, Colorado became the only state in the nation to allow Colorado Works (Colorado’s version of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF) recipients to receive full child support payments with no impact on their cash…
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Supporters ready to campaign for measure to lower minimum age for Colorado lawmakers to 21
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Supporters are lining up to get behind a referendum approved by lawmakers to ask voters next year whether to lower the minimum age to serve in the General Assembly from 25 to 21. “We’re grateful to our legislators for putting this question to the voters,” said Lizzy Stephan, executive director of New Era Colorado, an…
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New Era Colorado backs proposal to lower minimum age for state lawmakers from 25 to 21
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New Era Colorado, an organization devoted to boosting political participation by young people, is endorsing a proposal to lower the minimum age requirement to serve in the General Assembly from 25 to 21, its executive director told The Colorado Statesman. “New Era believes that young people deserve a seat at the table — and that…
