A new year brings so much promise and possibility — not only for individuals but also for the Colorado Capitol. A hundred lawmakers will return to business Wednesday morning with visions of new laws dancing in their heads.
Denver Post reporters Alex Burness and Saja Hindi have spent the past six weeks talking to those women and men about what’s in the works on vaccine rules, a statewide family and medical leave program, and health care costs — among many other topics.
They’ve written here and there about many of the issues, but in Sunday’s paper Alex and Saja pull together all of the possibilities, along with predictions about the session from the minority Republican Party. Check it out to see what might be happening on the topics you care about most.
— Cindi Andrews, politics editor
2020 Colorado legislative session: Expect new vaccine bill, more pushback for Polis
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A night on the plains: Chasing the mysterious drones of eastern Colorado
On a chilly evening on the Eastern Plains, the red-and-white lights of drones in the air blink rapidly, punctuating the rural Colorado landscape. As the mystery surrounding the drones continues to grow, The Denver Post’s Sam Tabachnik and RJ Sangosti went out to take a look for themselves. Here’s what they found.
Amid death and urban renewal, a rough year for the refugees of Denver’s Street Fraternity
“Denver is becoming more of an elite city where poor people don’t have a place,” said Amadou Bility, a Street Frat co-founder born in Liberia and one of the four paid staffers.
For a collective of refugees who fled trouble abroad and are fighting to fit into Denver, mean streets turned meaner this past year. At least four members of a refugee self-help group called Street Fraternity died from car wrecks and guns in 2019, Bruce Finley reports.
Have you heard of microgreens? Two high school buddies with no farming background have turned them into a business.
Dave Demerling and Roberto Meza are prime examples of the kind of people state Agriculture Commissioner Kate Greenberg and her staff are trying to cultivate as they pursue new major initiatives. One of the state department’s big goals is to support the next generation of farmers and ranchers, Judith Kohler reports.
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+ Colorado governors have been tapping federal fund for “essential services” for years
+ A transgender teen helped pass a new birth certificate law. She’s now the first in Colorado to benefit from it.
+ Parents of Kendrick Castillo, student who rushed shooter, file claims against STEM School over failure to prevent tragedy
+ Colorado lawmakers consider bill to clear past marijuana convictions automatically
+ Colorado’s red-flag law invoked, likely for the first time, in Denver case
+ Every free day in 2020 at Denver Zoo, Denver Art Museum and other Colorado cultural institutions — The Know
+ Denver family inspired to hand out supplies to homeless on New Year’s Day
+ Denver’s George Washington High to place all freshmen in honors English to better integrate advanced classes
+ University of Colorado presidential finalist questions choice of Mark Kennedy after candidate list is leaked
+ Xcel Energy wins $41.5 million rate increase, far below the $158 million requested
+ They’ve been intertwined for more than 100 years. Now the Boy Scouts and Latter-day Saints prepare for life apart.
+ Up to Speed? Tired of waiting for broadband, rural communities are tapping grants, partnerships to get modern internet
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