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Colorado Springs educational nonprofit launches joint initiative to combat shortage of Black teachers
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One of Colorado Springs’ oldest educational nonprofits is joining forces with a national teacher training organization to try to combat the shortage of Black teachers, according to a recent news release. The Sachs Foundation, which has helped send 3,000 Black Coloradans to college since its 1931 inception, and Teach For America Colorado, the state branch…
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Q&A w/Michael Fields | A new voice to keep conservatives on message
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This fall’s coming cage fight between Colorado’s left and right will include at least one contender who’s battle-tested, agile and streetwise – at the tender age of 31. Michael Fields has emerged in no time as a leading man for conservative causes and a tormentor on Twitter – if a polite one – to liberal…
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National group touts Jason Crow’s Army service in his 6th CD bid against Mike Coffman
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A national group that recruits candidates with a military background has endorsed Democratic Army veteran Jason Crow in his bid for the 6th Congressional District seat of five-term incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, a retired Marine major. New Politics Executive Director Emily Cherniack sent a statement to Colorado media today calling Crow, “the kind of American who…
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Group backing vets furious with Republicans for ‘demeaning’ Coffman challenger Crow’s military service
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A bipartisan organization that encourages veterans to run for office demanded an apology Tuesday for comments made by a national Republican campaign group about combat veteran Jason Crow’s announcement that he’s challenging U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, also a combat veteran, in next year’s election. While no one apologized, the swiftly escalating war of words — centered…
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McCann creates juvenile prosecution unit
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Denver District Attorney Beth McCann has announced the creation of a separate juvenile prosecutions unit within the district attorney’s office. Effective Wednesday, March 1, the Juvenile and Drug Courts Unit will be reorganized to establish a separate juvenile unit, led by its own chief deputy and specially selected deputies. The drug court unit will continue…
