Two farm workers died during a recent heatwave in Washington and Oregon. While this is outrageous, it’s not unusual. Farm workers die in hot weather every year.
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Ken Buck Solicits Funds With COVID and Big Tech Conspiracies
On Monday, U.S. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) sent a fundraising email to his subscribers with an unusual title: “Delete After Reading.”
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Federal Judge Rules DACA Unlawful, Prompting CO Immigrant Groups to Ask Congress to Pass Reform
Last week a federal judge declared Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the Obama-era program that protects immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children from deportation, unlawful. While the Biden administration has promised to appeal the decision, Colorado immigrant advocacy groups said the ruling illuminates the need for lasting immigration reform in Congress.
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Mesa County Schools Reinstate Equity Position Amidst False Claims of Critical Race Theory Teaching
Tracy Gallegos was officially hired as Director of Equity and Inclusion at a special Mesa County school board meeting Wednesday, July 21 – a position that has come under fire in recent months.
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Republicans Seek to Close Open Primaries, Exclude Unaffiliated Voters
Just four years after Colorado’s first open primary, a faction of Republican leaders are attempting to opt-out of the laws approved by voters in 2016 which allowed unaffiliated voters to cast votes in partisan primaries. If successful, the largest group of Colorado voters, those without affiliation to a political party who represent nearly 40% of the state’s 4 million voters, will lose their voice in determining Republican nominees for U.S. president and state office races.
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The GOP’s Border Stunt Isn’t Helping Anyone
Herd immunity is important in stopping deadly viruses, but in politics the herd instinct can send a whole species over a cliff.
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Former CO Lawmaker Joins Trump Lawyer Jenna Ellis in Condemning the Republican National Committee
In a Facebook post Monday, former state Sen. Tim Neville (R-Littleton) indicated his support of Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis’ condemnation of the Republican National Committee (RNC). Ellis subsequently quit the GOP, but Neville has yet to signal that he will follow suit.
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Five Takeaways From Colorado’s Choice Enrollment Numbers
Students in Colorado crossed school district boundaries a little more than usual during the pandemic school year, according to enrollment data.