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First Latina astronaut to headline International Women’s Day | NONPROFIT REGISTER
WORLD DENVER Denver News: Ellen Ochoa, the nation’s first Latina astronaut, will deliver the keynote address when World Denver hosts its annual International Women’s Day Celebration. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); Ochoa, a 2024 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, in 1993 became the first Hispanic woman to travel to space on NASA’s nine-day STS-56 mission aboard the…
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Anderson Cooper to headline 2025 Executive Luncheon | NONPROFIT REGISTER
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO Denver News: CNN anchor and 60 Minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper will be the featured speaker when Jewish Family Service of Colorado presents its annual Executive Luncheon on April 22. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); He will give attendees a look behind the headlines during a moderated conversation with 9News anchor Kyle Clark.…
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Federal judge green-lights trial against Denver officer who arrested man yelling obscenities at passersby
A federal judge last week concluded a jury will decide whether a Denver police sergeant violated the constitutional rights of a man who hurled sexist comments and broadcast a torrent of swear words through a megaphone outside Denver Union Station in 2019. Abade Irizarry and Kyle Shockley were standing on Wynkoop Plaza on June 2, 2019.…
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Condo conundrum: Can Colorado lawmakers this year find a way to jumpstart affordable condo market?
It’s viewed as the “third rail” in affordable housing — the one path lawmakers have feared to tread. Not this year. A bill expected to be introduced this month takes a new approach to the challenges surrounding condominium construction, and its sponsors hope to avoid the battles between homebuilders and trial lawyers that have perennially erupted…
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Campaign finance, gas station limits on council agenda
Denver’s efforts to clarify campaign finance laws and limit the number of gas stations that can be built in the city will be the subject of two of the three public hearings set for Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. In January, the city’s Land Use Transportation and Infrastructure (LUTI) committee unanimously recommended two bills Tuesday…
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Denver may add 24 new hybrid police cruisers
Denver City Council is expected to pass a resolution approving a $1.1 million purchase order adding 24 new hybrid police cars to the city’s fleet. According to city documents, a purchase order for two dozen 2025 Hybrid EV/Gas patrol vehicles, with a price of $47,590 per unit, will come before the council on Feb. 18.…
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Colorado GOP sues Republicans who tried to oust Dave Williams from state chair position
The Colorado Republican Party sued six prominent state Republicans this week alleging the group orchestrated a failed “coup” that attempted to remove state GOP Chairman Dave Williams and his fellow state party officers from their positions last summer, costing the party substantial legal fees and diverting resources from campaigns just weeks before the November election.…
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Senate Republicans are giving Trump the Cabinet he wants
President Donald Trump got his two former progressive Democratic Cabinet picks confirmed with little Republican dissent this week despite early predictions that they would have trouble getting through a GOP-controlled Senate. When the Senate held the final votes on Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of health…
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In letter to Mayor Mike Johnston, Denver restaurants say they’re now watching downtown ‘fall completely apart’
Several Denver restaurants said they are at a boiling point with the state of downtown. In a letter to Mayor Mike Johnston and city leaders sent last week, Dave Query, owner of Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar, expressed frustrations with the mayor, noting he had promised on the campaign trail to turn downtown around.…
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Man in the middle: DPS lawsuit against Trump policy assigned to judge with higher aspirations
After Denver Public Schools sued the Trump administration on Wednesday seeking to overturn a new policy giving immigration authorities greater latitude to operate in schools, the case was assigned to the lone, first-term appointee of President Donald Trump on Colorado’s federal trial court. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel D. Domenico has routinely handled challenges to governmental actions during his…