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Jeffco will pilot new programs, including a welcome center bus, to better serve immigrant students
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Jeffco will pilot new programs, including a welcome center bus, to better serve immigrant students

By Yesenia Robles | Chalkbeat Colorado An influx of immigrant students last year left the Jeffco school district scrambling to meet their needs. So this fall, officials are piloting new programs and support to help students. The school district is piloting a series of changes, including new staff, resources, and curriculum materials, as well as a new welcome center bus, after hundreds of immigrant students arrived throughout the past school year. The district is planning for the surge to continue into next school year. “Our schools have been incredibly autonomous in how they meet the needs of our special populations and especially our multilingual language learners,” Jeffco Superintendent Tracy Dorland told the district’s school board this spring. “Our student achievement data tel...
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More than 100 poultry workers likely exposed to avian flu, Colorado health officials say
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More than 100 poultry workers likely exposed to avian flu, Colorado health officials say

By Nicole C. Brambila | Denver Gazette State health workers distributed antiviral medication earlier this week to more than 150 workers who were potentially exposed to poultry infected with avian flu at a commercial egg facility in Weld County. Last week, state officials tested more than 50 symptomatic workers, Annemarie Harper, a Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment spokesperson, said in an email to The Denver Gazette. At least four poultry workers have tested positive for avian flu. A fifth is case is presumed positive, pending confirmation. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Greg Lopez will serve on U.S. House Budget, Science committees during brief, 6-month term
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Greg Lopez will serve on U.S. House Budget, Science committees during brief, 6-month term

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics U.S. Rep. Greg Lopez has been appointed to the House Budget and Science, Space and Technology committees, the Colorado Republican announced Tuesday. The newest member of the state's congressional delegation, Lopez was sworn into office last week after winning a June special election to fill the remainder of former U.S. Rep. Ken Buck's term. Lopez said he will take a conservative approach to federal spending on the budget panel while shining a light on his district's "significant and robust" tech sector as a member of the science panel. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Colorado Republicans praise Trump’s pick of ‘young, dynamic’ J.D. Vance as his running mate
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Colorado Republicans praise Trump’s pick of ‘young, dynamic’ J.D. Vance as his running mate

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics Leading Colorado Republicans and delegates to the party's national convention applauded former President Donald Trump's nomination of Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate Monday, with some lauding the choice of the 39-year-old author as evidence Trump is empowering a new generation of Republicans. "Sen. J.D. Vance is a fantastic choice, and we are over to moon that President Donald J. Trump along with Sen. Vance are on a clear path to victory come November, especially as Joe Biden and the Democrats implode and fall apart during the final chapter of this race," said Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams, the chairman of the state's 37-member delegation to the Republican National Convention. Williams told Colorado Politics that the state's dele...
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Invasive, fast-reproducing zebra mussels found in Colorado River near Grand Junction
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Invasive, fast-reproducing zebra mussels found in Colorado River near Grand Junction

By Michael Booth | The Colorado Sun Voracious zebra mussels appear to be spreading into the Colorado River near Grand Junction and infesting the Government Highline canal watering Mesa County farms, less than two years after the invasive species first appeared in a Western Slope lake, wildlife officials said Tuesday.  Western Slope officials called the news “devastating,” and are warning downstream water conservation partners beginning with Utah that the fast-reproducing mussels are likely on the way. Colorado Parks and Wildlife had led the charge to combat zebra mussels after finding the first lake infestation at nearby Highline Lake State Park in September 2022.  The zebra mussels strip plankton from the water en masse, depriving native species of vital food. The ...
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Gaines: Is Gov. Polis sending homeless people to my hometown? Fact check finds no support to claim
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Gaines: Is Gov. Polis sending homeless people to my hometown? Fact check finds no support to claim

By CORY GAINES | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project I was talking to a friend the other day and he remarked that his neighbor had told him that Gov. Polis was sending homeless people out to Sterling, Colo. It got me curious.  I do know that I've seen more homeless people out here than when I first moved out, but are there a ton more?  Are they coming from Polis? I'll get to the answer in a sec, but I wanted to take this as an opportunity to discuss (yet again) the importance of skepticism when you hear a claim.  I wanted to take this as an opportunity to provide an example of some simple steps you can take to evaluate claims you hear. The first thing you should do is the first thing I did when I started investigating:  go to your favorite search eng...
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Platform focuses on ‘forgotten men and women of America’, Sen. Blackburn reports
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Platform focuses on ‘forgotten men and women of America’, Sen. Blackburn reports

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., reported to delegates and attendees Monday evening at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc., that under her leadership the party has a simple to understand platform. The 20-point plan focuses on sealing the border, ending inflation, restoring America's energy dominance, restoring American jobs, defending the U.S. Constitution and much more. Blackburn chaired the committee creating the platform. "We produced a different kind of platform, one dedicated to the forgotten men and women of America," she said. Examples in the platform include the ending of the weaponization of the American government against its people, addressing migrant crime, demolishing drug cartels, making cities safe, st...
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Suspect wielding knives shot dead ‘in the back’ by cops near RNC: sources, witnesses say
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Suspect wielding knives shot dead ‘in the back’ by cops near RNC: sources, witnesses say

By Amy Sikma , Katherine Donlevy and Caitlin Doornbos | New York Post A knife-wielding homeless man who allegedly “heard voices” was shot dead outside the Republican National Convention Tuesday. A witness at the scene told The Post that the man was swinging two steak knives at police near the GOP event’s headquarters — just two hours before the nation’s leading party members were slated to take the stage. Witnesses reported watching the victim run away from security when he was fatally “shot in the back.” At least eight gunshots were heard. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST
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Secret Service director says ‘sloped roof’ to blame for would-be assassin deterring agency from securing location
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Secret Service director says ‘sloped roof’ to blame for would-be assassin deterring agency from securing location

By Emily Hallas | Washington Examiner Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday that the shape of the roof former President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin sat on played a role in her agency not securing the building.  Cheatle has come under fire for her agency’s failure to prevent Thomas Matthew Crooks’s assassination attempt against Trump during a Pennsylvania rally last Saturday. During the event, Crooks gained access to a building approximately 400 feet from Trump’s podium. Counter-snipers were in the building and encountered the gunman, expressing concern about Crooks’s possible security risks shortly before the shooting. Witnesses who saw Crooks on the building’s rooftop, visibility armed with a rifle, warned police and Secret Service agents minute...
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Denver voters will decide whether to allow non-citizens to serve as police, firefighters
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Denver voters will decide whether to allow non-citizens to serve as police, firefighters

By Alexander Edwards | Denver Gazette Non-citizens are one step closer to being able to apply to become a Denver police officer or firefighter after the City Council unanimously approved a ballot measure seeking to change the city charter during Monday’s meeting. The proposed charter change requiring police and fire departments to drop a requirement that applicants be a U.S. citizen must be approved in November by voters, who face an increasingly dense ballot.  Monday’s proposed charter change will allow immigrants of “legal status” to serve as Denver police officers and firefighters, bringing the city in line with employment discrimination laws, according to Councilmember Jamie Torres. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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