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A missing email and a federal paper trail: Colorado weighs discipline in Guggenheim case
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A missing email and a federal paper trail: Colorado weighs discipline in Guggenheim case

By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice Rich Guggenheim says an email exists that would end his case. The Colorado Department of Agriculture says it does not. The dispute centers on a message Guggenheim says was sent to him in early December by Gabriel Leverance, a grant accountant at CDA, instructing him to approve a USDA-funded Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey report—the report he had previously kicked back and now at the center of the discipline the department is weighing against him. Guggenheim says he requested records twice under CORA that he believes should have included the email. At an April 15 disciplinary hearing, he told the department’s deputy commissioner: “I know it exists, because I’m the recipient of that email, and I’m not getting it in a CORA reques...
Caught between two governments: Whistleblower says Colorado’s DEI system collides with a federal ban
Rocky Mountain Voice, State, Top Stories

Caught between two governments: Whistleblower says Colorado’s DEI system collides with a federal ban

By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice When managers in the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) logged into their Nov. 6 virtual meeting, the agenda read like a standard operational update. But on the list sat two items that created angst: the statewide EDI/Colorado for All report due in December and the launch of a 2026 Inclusive Leadership cohort.  Those initiatives, part of Colorado’s expanding equity and inclusion system, set the stage for a clash with a different set of requirements now coming from D.C. The moment in the meeting Rich Guggenheim, the program manager who oversees plant certification inspections for Colorado’s nursery and seed industries, signs off on several USDA pest survey grants. When Inclusive Leadership came up, he ...
DU students push back: Law school faces backlash for ending DEI practices
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DU students push back: Law school faces backlash for ending DEI practices

By Parker Gordon | FOX31 Denver DENVER (KDVR) — The Student Bar Association at the University of Denver is addressing the institution’s administrators following an announcement that the university will cease some diversity, equity and inclusion practices. In a press release on Wednesday, the Student Bar Association at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law stated that the student Senate voted to approve a resolution of no confidence in some of the institution’s administrators, including its chancellor and the vice chancellor of DEI. On Aug. 19, in a joint announcement by the chancellor, provost, general counsel, and vice president. The chancellor of DEI to staff and faculty members, which was provided to FOX31 from the university, stated that they will be “ceasing” several ...

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