In another targeted attack against transgender people, the Colorado GOP, represented by Director of Special Initiatives Darcy Schoening, sent an email calling on the state’s school boards to resist enacting recent updates to Title IX that protect transgender students from discrimination on the basis of gender identity.
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‘Like a Flashing Neon Sign’- Gabe Evans’ Volunteers Credit Trump Endorsement With Boosting Him to Primary Win in CO’s Top Race
Soon after Colorado’s election polling centers closed at 7:00 p.m., onlookers at Congressional candidate Gabe Evans’ primary election watch party erupted in cheers.
Colorado School Board Succumbs to Right-Wing Pressure, Delays Ruling on Nondiscrimination Policy
Caving to a coordinated effort by anti-trans groups and right-wing politicians — including current U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), who is running for election in the district that includes Douglas County — to spread fear and misinformation about regulations that provide greater clarity around schools’ obligations under Title IX, the Douglas County School Board voted 4-3 this month to delay its planned discussion on an update to its nondiscrimination and sexual harassment policies.
Not Only Does the CO Republican Party Want You To Burn Your Pride Flag, But It’s Also Spreading Debunked Anti-Trans Bathroom Misinformation
A few weeks before the Colorado Republican Party called for the burning of Pride flags, the organization sent out a mass email falsely claiming that parents of students attending Grand Peak Academy Charter School in Colorado Springs were told “their third-grade girls would be continuously forced to use the restroom with a grown male teacher who calls himself ‘Ms. Sparks’ and tells kids they can be any gender they want.”
Company with Ties to Conservatives Files Lawsuit Challenging a Policy Aimed, in Part, at Bolstering State Retirement Program
Colorado substitute teacher provider Tagg Education filed a legal challenge in Denver’s District Court earlier this month against a Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) policy that mandates substitute teachers must be members of PERA, regardless of whether they are employed by a school district or as an independent contractor of a third-party agency.
Centennial Senator Says New Law Will Help Seniors ‘Afford Their Rent’
Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) signed a bill into law earlier this month aimed at helping older Coloradans save money on rent through a refundable tax credit.
Far Right Activist & Election Denier Reveals School Board Recall Defense Plan on Secret Recording
Right wing activist and self-proclaimed “America’s Mom” Sherronna Bishop and Kelly Kohls, director of school board leadership for Moms for America, a group the Southern Poverty Law Center deems an anti-government extremist organization, outlined their strategy to end the community-led effort to recall Garfield School District RE-2 board member Tony May during a secretly-recorded Zoom call obtained by the Colorado Times Recorder earlier this month.
Two Colorado Counties Join With ‘Hate Group’ To Push For Repeal of Laws Protecting Migrants
El Paso and Douglas County Commissioners, along with their respective sheriffs, Joseph Roybal and Darren Weekly, joined with an anti-immigration hate group last month to push for the repeal of Colorado laws that protect immigrants from unjustified harm from the federal government and state and local government contractors.
Jan 6 Insurrectionist Disrupts Colorado School Board Meeting
Tensions mounted during a recent Falcon School District 49 board meeting when January 6 insurrectionist Thomas Hamner accused Superintendent Peter Hilts and attorney Brad Miller of failing the district’s students and continued to disrupt the meeting after returning to his seat.
Christian Nationalism on Display as Boebert and Others Call for Battle with the Radical Left
Republican candidates vying for spots on Colorado’s House, Senate, County Commissioner, and U.S. House district primary ballots this June invoked prayer, politics, and patriotism to rile up El Paso County’s Republican delegates during their March 23 assembly at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs.