A student-led effort to help Colorado public schools stock their bathrooms with menstrual hygiene products like pads and tampons passed its first legislative hurdle yesterday.
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Anti-Vax Facebook Group Told CO Mom to Give Son Elderberries Instead of Tamiflu. Days Later He Died.
The mother of a four-year-old boy in Southern Colorado who died of the flu Wednesday sought advice for “natural” remedies in an anti-vaccine Facebook group while he was ill, which included the use of elderberry, placing potatoes on the child’s forehead, and simply “eating lots of fruits and vegetables.”
Colorado Lawmaker Claims Wolves Will Hunt Hikers and Skiers
This November, Colorado voters will decide whether to reintroduce wolves to the state’s Western Slope. Most opposition to the proposal comes from ranchers in the region who are concerned for their livestock.
Bipartisan Bill Cracks Down on Vaccine Exemptions
A vaccination bill that proved to be one of last year’s most controversial pieces of legislation in Colorado is set to be reintroduced this week.
Anti-Abortion Scare Tactics Reach Colorado Capitol
Legislation that’s seen by reproductive health advocates as an attack on later abortion care was defeated at Colorado’s Capitol yesterday.
Parents Push for Access to Sex-Ed Materials 90 Days Ahead of Time
Human sexuality was a hot topic yesterday in the Colorado Legislature, with the Senate Committee on State, Veterans, and Military Affairs voting down a bill that would have required schools to notify parents electronically and via a written note before sex-ed is taught to their children.
Conservatives Are Pushing for “Parental Rights” in Colorado. Here’s What That Means.
For some conservatives, it’s their “parental right” to send their kids to a public school where sex education is designed only for heterosexual teenagers–or to a school that asks no questions about whether students are vaccinated.
GOP-Leaning Pollster Sees Democratic Tsunami in November in Colorado
“If 2018 was a Democratic wave, then 2020 is very likely to be a tsunami.”
Colorado Catholic Leaders Back Death Penalty Repeal
Colorado’s Catholic Bishops doubled down on their longstanding support for repealing the death penalty, issuing a news release Friday commending the Colorado Senate for passing the repeal bill (by a 19-13 vote) and thanking state Senate sponsors Julie Gonzales (D-Denver), Jack Tate (R-Centennial) and Leroy Garcia (D-Pueblo), and “all the other senators who supported this important legislation.”
Rally Goers Decry #CoverUpCory Gardner
“If we all vote, if we all engage in democracy, that guy is gone,” Denver City Councilman Chris Hinds told about 150 demonstrators at the Colorado Capitol this afternoon, gesturing toward a life-sized cutout of U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), which stood just to the right of the microphone.