Author: Nicole C. Brambila
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Colorado AG secures $270 million opioid settlement with drug makers, pharmacies
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Friday the final approval of $17.3 billion in national opioid agreements with two drug makers and pharmacies. The state’s portion of the national settlement is $270 million, which Colorado is expected to receive over 15 years starting by the end of 2023. The settlement is with Teva and Allergan…
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Denver has spent $17 million responding to immigrant surges
Over the past six months, the city of Denver has spent $17.3 million to shelter and support more than 11,100 unauthorized immigrants from South and Central America. Denver has recouped about 25% of the costs. “The city is currently covering costs by using contingency funds and agency budgets, which is not sustainable in the long-term…
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UCHealth cancer patient, longtime Nuggets fan gifted NBA Finals tickets
Benjamin Peter has lived with colon cancer for four grueling years. The 62-year-old Nuggets fan had planned to watch his team take on the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on his 50-inch flat-screen TV Thursday. The stage IV colon cancer patient never dreamed he’d actually be going to Ball Arena. As…
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DPS superintendent requested secret meeting to discuss policy change
In the hours after an East High School shooting wounded two administrators, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero requested a secret meeting with the board of education to discuss changing the district’s policy on campus police, The Denver Gazette has learned. The stated purposed of the proposed executive session — which is closed to the…
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Parents of Luis Garcia speak publicly for the first time since East High shooting death
Santos Garcia cried in the rain. He returned — for the first time on Friday — to East High School where his 16-year-old son, Luis Garcia, was shot 13 weeks ago. Luis Garcia died after two weeks on life support at the hospital. Garcia, who got emotional speaking about his son, was critical of the…
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sends first bus of immigrants to Denver
Greg Abbott: “Until the President and his Administration step up and fulfill their constitutional duty to secure the border, the State of Texas will continue busing migrants to self-declared sanctuary cities like Denver to provide much-needed relief to our small border towns”
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Mayors of Denver, New York, Los Angeles request meeting with Biden on immigration crisis
To date, Denver has spent roughly $16 million responding to the immigration crisis
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The end of Title 42 and the return to normal is ‘a real mess,’ CU Law professor says
No one has a crystal ball. But with the expiration of Title 42, one thing appears fairly certain: The return to “normal” is going to be messy. “We’re sort of back to the problems we used to have prior to Title 42,” said Megan Hall, an immigration lawyer who teaches refugee and asylum law at…
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Denver-area shelters — at or near capacity — brace for immigrant surge
Denver mayor says surge of immigrants may require cutting services, but stopped short of saying immigrants would be turned away
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Denver Public Schools announces safety consultant contract
Denver Public Schools (DPS) Department of Climate and Safety announced Thursday a new partnership with Robinson Corporations Security Group to aid the superintendent in creating his long-term safety plan. The DPS Board of Education called for a long-term, comprehensive safety plan last month following a shooting at East High School that wounded two administrators. Murphy…