Last Monday, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) came out against President Donald Trump’s controversial nomination of Dr. Judy Shelton as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.
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Some Colo Conservatives Make Light of Jeep Driver Who Almost Hit Protesters
Last Saturday, two protests occurred in Colorado: a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Aurora, and a Defend the Police protest in Eaton.
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Colo Lawmakers Urge Bennet, Gardner to Increase Food Benefits
Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Colorado, joined by advocacy organizations, called yesterday for food assistance to be included in the COVID relief package under consideration in Congress.
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Company’s Initial Decision to Deny Sick Leave Is a Warning for Workplaces
Denver Mattress has paid sick-leave wages to a delivery driver, who was initially denied sick leave when he contracted COVID-19 last month and then was allegedly encouraged to return to work sooner than the suggested two-week isolation period.
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Colo County GOP Leader Won’t Remove Facebook Meme Comparing Masks to Police Brutality
Last week, before Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) issued a mask mandate, Otero County GOP Chair Stephanie Garbo posted a meme on her personal Facebook page comparing masks to police brutality.
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COVID-19 Mask Mandates Are Nazism, Say Some Colo Republicans
Some notable Republicans across the country, including Coloradans, have honed in on an analogy to protest public health and safety precautions taken during the pandemic: enforcement of masks, lockdowns, and contact tracing = Nazism.
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Gov. Polis Bill Signings Mark Major Win for Colo LGBTQ+ Community
From bureaucracy to physical violence, queer individuals face unique challenges that require ongoing solutions. Governor Jared Polis signed four bills into law yesterday in Colorado that will make the lives of LGBTQ+ people in Colorado a little bit easier.
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COVID Uncertainty, Police Reform, and Budget Cuts: Aurora Dems Recap 2020
Saturday morning, a group of Democratic state lawmakers from Aurora came together over Zoom to hold a virtual town hall in order to recap the unusual highlights of the 2020 legislative session, as well as answer questions from constituents.
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U.S. Lawmakers: New ICE Stance on International Students is “Cruel”
A recent Trump administration decision to mandate that international students take at least one in-person course this fall–or risk deportation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)–has drastically impacted the lives of non-immigration international students studying in the U.S.
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Is COVID Contact Tracing Colorado’s Newest Political Issue?
“Are we going to start going back to Jim Crow and tagging people, or Nazi Germany where we’re making someone wear a stamp on their chest, because someone has a hateful interpretation?”