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Because They Need It

December 18, 2022 Like 0 Steve Nelson

“Because they need it.” – Whitney Tilson Tilson is a multimillionaire hedge fund manager who is a major supporter of education “reform,” particularly the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) chain. “Because they need it,” was Tilson’s unguarded response to a…

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Navajo Nation Police Department is warning tribal citizens about treatment center recruiters

December 17, 2022 2 0 Guest Contributor

The Navajo Nation Police Department has received numerous missing persons reports that they have traced to addiction treatment centers in Arizona. Now they are warning tribal communities about recruiters.

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More Than 200,000 Colorado Kids Could Lose Health Coverage, Experts Warn

December 16, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Children's uninsured rates are down in Colorado, according to a new Georgetown University Center for Children and Families report. But experts warn that when the COVID public health emergency is declared over, more than 200,000 Colorado children could lose health…

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Two years after the Boulder Police Oversight Panel’s conception, the City of Boulder is still failing to hold the Boulder Police Department accountable to the standards of its community, Resulting in Boulder Police Oversight Panel Member, Martha Wilson Resigning in Protest

December 14, 2022 1 0 Zoe Jennings

Boulder Police Oversight Panel Meetings This December 15th, 2022 City Council meeting is to appoint the new Panel. In 2014, Boulder residents shut down 28th St. to protest Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson’s killing of Black teenager Michael Brown.…

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Upper Colorado River officials release details of water savings program

December 13, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Upper Colorado River basin officials have released details of a conservation program that would pay water users to reduce their use of Colorado River water, with the goal of implementing it as soon as this summer. “Anyone who is proposing…

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Report sheds light on Colorado State Patrol stops, altered reports

December 13, 2022 1 0 Guest Contributor

A Colorado State Patrol trooper at the center of recent controversies was also involved in the 2021 traffic stop that prompted an investigation into the altering of official reports that led to the removal of his immediate supervisor. Colorado State…

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Husband hopes $353 million award in death of Colorado cyclist Gwen Inglis sends message to drivers

December 12, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

A Jefferson County jury awarded $353 million in damages to the estate and husband of Colorado champion cyclist Gwen Inglis in the case of her death by a driver under the influence.

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Colorado Media Project Matching Grant ends Dec. 31st, 2022

December 6, 2022 Like 0 redtornado

News happens everywhere, every day. Help YS reach our goal of $5,000 by Dec. 31, 2022, and Colorado Media Project will match us. #newsCOneeds #GivingNewsMonth With many communities suffering from news deserts, it is rare to have true local, community journalism. Yet Yellow Scene…

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Free meals will be offered in most Colorado school districts next year. Is yours one of them?

December 6, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Many Colorado school districts, including Jeffco, Cherry Creek, Aurora, and Adams 12, plan to offer free school meals to all students starting in the fall of 2023 through a new state program funded with a voter-approved tax measure affecting high…

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Statement in SCOTUS Case of 303 Creative v. Elenis from National LGBTQ Task Force and Out Boulder County

December 5, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Just two weeks after a shooter killed 5 people, injured 18, and traumatized so many others at Club Q in Colorado Springs, the United States Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in an anti-LGBTQ public accommodations discrimination case from…