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Colorado allocates $7.5M for food assistance program for women and children amid federal shutdown
The federal government shutdown prompted the Colorado General Assembly’s budget writers to take action on Tuesday, allocating additional funds to the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) food program. The state portion of the federal program falls under the Department of Public Health and Environment. Last week, the department requested an emergency funding addition of $7.5…
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Coloradans can receive free gun lockboxes at educational event
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Colorado gun owners in need of safe storage for their handguns are in luck — a collection of local organizations will be giving away free handgun lockboxes at an educational event later this month. The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office — along with organizations and departments including the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, Broomfield and Lafayette police departments…
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Colorado attorney general announces $350 million settlement with opioid marketing company
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Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a $350 million settlement on Thursday with Publicis, a big healthcare marketing company, over its role in the opioid epidemic. The national settlement will result in almost $6 million to the state of Colorado to help address the opioid crisis, according to a news release from Weiser’s office Thursday. Publicis…
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Colorado lawmakers begin to tackle major housing bills, including occupancy limitations
Major measures on housing are starting to move at the state Capitol this week, which saw the first hearings on some of the roughly 260 bills introduced in this session so far. Colorado faces an acute housing shortage. One study puts the deficit in metro Denver region alone at 45,025 to 115,012 housing units. As…
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Colorado Springs-area schools moving forward with back-to-school plans despite new CDC guidelines
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pikes Peak area school districts are moving ahead with plans to open their schools in a few weeks, but with an eye on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest guidance on masks and state reaction to it. Less than three weeks ago, CDC…
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Proposed new rules to curb Colorado commuters rile businesses
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The state of Colorado wants all large businesses in the metro Denver area to track what their employees do before and after work when it comes to commuting. It wants those employers to “increase parking charges” for gas-powered vehicles, appoint an “Employee Transportation Coordinator” to…
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Voice of the consumer: Don’t break the bank for back-to-school shopping
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With many students returning to the classroom in person this school year, experts predict it will be a record-breaking year for back-to-school spending. According to a survey by the National Retail Federation, families with children in elementary through high…
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Voice of the Consumer: At long last, Colorado Springs nonprofit benefiting seniors to celebrate 50 years
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Silver Key Senior Services hit a big milestone last year: 50 years of serving the Pikes Peak region. A special gala was supposed to take place to celebrate, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the big event was rescheduled to this year. “We saved all…
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Colorado Interstate 70 project keeps driving forward despite opposition from neighborhood
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Department of Transportation’s massive project to reconstruct a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 70 is creating concerns for nearby residents in the Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods. (Video by Skyler Ballard & Katie Klann) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “NEWS | Denver’s Central 70…
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El Paso County will pursue business certification program, despite Gov. Polis’ request to ease restrictions Monday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While the state might ease coronavirus restrictions on businesses Monday, El Paso County officials will still pursue plans for a business certification program that could allow individual businesses to increase capacity even more. Gov. Jared Polis announced Wednesday he is asking the Colorado Department of…