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Denver startup CEO presents at global Women Who Code conference
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The Women Who Code CONNECT REIMAGINE global conference starts Thursday with a remote platform due to lingering pandemic restrictions and some Denver flair. The 2021 conference includes a program from Denver startup developer Kaylee McHugh. The two-day conference includes all the staples like technical talks from industry leaders and experts, networking sessions, demonstrations, and remote-learning…
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Colo.’s election brought a wave of women, but the current was strongest for Democrats
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Women turned out in force in Colorado on Election Day, casting 110,000 more ballots than men, based on unofficial results Friday. But it was primarily Democratic women who won the day: They outvoted Democratic men by 165,000 ballots and Republican women by 108,000 ballots. Eighty-seven women (including 57 Democrats) competed for Colorado congressional and statewide…
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Primary roundup: History in Georgia, women excel as 4 states vote ahead of midterms
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ATLANTA – It was a big night for women Tuesday as four states cast primary and runoff ballots, with Georgia Democrats giving Atlanta lawyer Stacey Abrams a chance to become the first black female governor in American history. Abrams set new historical marks already with a primary victory that made her the first black nominee…
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Women law professors hope DU settlement leads to change
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After 31 years working at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law, Lucy Marsh learned that she remained the lowest-paid professor on staff. She also was among the most experienced, surpassed by only one other person. The disclosure in a department memo set off years of litigation against the DU law school that ended…
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Record number of women file to run for U.S. House seats
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The number of women running for the U.S. House of Representatives set a record Thursday, the vast majority of them Democrats motivated by angst over President Donald Trump and policies of the Republican-controlled Congress. Their ranks will continue to grow, with candidate filing deadlines still to come in more than half the states. In many…
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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg to help launch women’s coalition for Democrat Mike Johnston
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Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer and the author of “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead,” will be on hand to help Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Johnston kick off a coalition of women supporting his campaign at a panel discussion in Denver, his campaign announced. “I first got to know Mike through…
