Last week, the Pueblo Board of County Commissioners approved a $650 payment to sponsor a 10-person table at A Caring Pregnancy Center’s annual fundraiser next month. On July 8, the Pueblo City Council voted 5-1 to spend $1,500 to sponsor the event.
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A New Documentary About Farming in Southern Colorado Confronts Water Scarcity in the West
by Natalia Mesa for High Country News
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EVRAZ Steel Wrote Pueblo Mayor’s Op-Ed Against Air Quality Bills, Then It Caught Fire
As black smoke billowed from a massive fire at Pueblo’s EVRAZ steel mill, city officials issued an air quality shelter-in-place alert: “Go or stay inside, please shut your windows and turn off your air conditioner.”
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Pueblo City Council Rejects Anti-Abortion Ordinance
Last night the Pueblo City Council voted 4-3 to table a proposed anti-abortion ordinance that would have allowed civil penalties of up to $100,000 against Pueblo abortion providers.
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Ordinance Would Allow $100,000 Penalties Against Any Abortion Clinic in Pueblo
The Pueblo City Council will vote on an anti-abortion ordinance during their upcoming work session on Dec. 12. Introduced by Councilor Regina Maestri, the ordinance passed its first reading during Monday’s Council meeting. The background paper, included in the meeting minutes, notes, “legal Staff does not recommend approval of this ordinance.”
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Activists Call on Pueblo City Council To Stop Abortion Clinic
Anti-abortion activists used the public comment period during last night’s Pueblo City Council meeting to voice opposition to a CARE [Clinics for Abortion and Reproductive Excellence] clinic that recently purchased property in Pueblo. Activists called on the council to take action to prevent the clinic from opening.
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Pueblo Republican Can’t Win In Wake of Revelation That He Didn’t Pay Child Support For 17 Years, Says GOP Lawmaker
“I honestly don’t believe he can win,” said State Rep. Judy Reyher (R-Pueblo) about Pueblo house candidate Don Bendell who acknowledged last week that he failed to pay child support for nearly 17 years.