The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners unanimously voted to deny a $20,750 Community Development Block Grant to The PLACE, a nonprofit that helps youth exit homelessness, over concerns related to abortion and parents’ rights during a July 11 meeting.
A lawsuit filed against the El Paso County Board of Commissioners claims that the Board of Commissioners is withholding documents related to the county’s redistricting process in violation of the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Opill (norgestrel) for nonprescription use to prevent pregnancy. This is the first daily oral contraceptive approved for use in the U.S. without a prescription. Consumers will be able to purchase the oral contraceptive without a prescription at drug stores, convenience stores and grocery stores, as well as online.
Monument Academy, a public charter school in El Paso County’s Lewis-Palmer School District 38, passed a resolution Tuesday night regarding transgender students following a town hall session with the school’s legal counsel, Brad Miller.
Darren Patterson Christian Academy (DPCA), a private school in Buena Vista, has filed a federal lawsuit against the Colorado Department of Early Childhood and Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program over nondiscrimination requirements to receive state funding for universal preschool.
Last night the Douglas County School District (DCSD) Board of Education adopted revisions to the Parent and Family Engagement Policy which focuses on the issue of “compelled” speech, raising concerns that the policy could be used to justify harassment against transgender students and staff in the district.
Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO), alongside others, have introduced the Right to Contraception Act, which would codify and strengthen the legal right to contraceptives.
Colorado Springs, like many cities along the Front Range, is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis. Paradoxically, while the citizens of Colorado Springs want “something to be done” about the “homeless problem,” projects that attempt to address that problem — by building more houses — face concerted opposition from community members.
In April, Republican legislators and members of the Colorado Parent Advocacy Network (CPAN) held a rally at the Capitol in opposition to House Bill 23-1003, which would create a sixth through twelfth grade mental health assessment screening program administered by the state Department of Public Health & Environment.
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) introduced House Resolution 464, “Acknowledging that unborn children are legal and constitutional persons who are entitled to the equal protection of the laws,” on Monday. The 20 co-sponsors include Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), among others.
