Author: Luige Del Puerto
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‘Sanctuary’ city hearing: Denver mayor faces Congressional oversight committee | LIVE UPDATES
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, along with officials from Boston, Chicago and New York, will testify before the U.S House Oversight and Government Reform Committee at 10 a.m. EST (8 a.m. MST) today in Washington, D.C. Jeff Hurd closes hearing with questions about Denver’s approach A third Colorado Republican who doesn’t sit on the Oversight committee…
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Small Business Administration to move regional offices out of ‘sanctuary cities’
The U.S. Small Business Administration will relocate its regional offices away from “sanctuary cities,” the office’s new administrator said in a memo issued on Monday. The memo didn’t specifically cite Denver, though a Congressional panel has singled out Denver and a few other urban centers as “sanctuary” jurisdictions. “To better serve Main Streets across America, especially…
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ANALYSIS: Flurry of maneuvers reveals King Soopers, union’s leverage as strike enters second week
A flurry of moves and counter-moves made Saturday by leaders of striking workers and King Soopers offered glimpses into the leverage both sides hold as the picketing entered a second week. At the outset, both sides maintained they are committed to ending the conflict. They also agreed that time is of the essence. Yet both…
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Union says it will end strike and negotiate if King Soopers makes concessions
Leaders of the striking workers at King Soopers on Saturday countered the company’s request to negotiate and agree to not picket while talks are ongoing with their own offer — provide the union with information it has been seeking for five months and they will pull down all picket lines. The union asked for the information…
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King Soopers warns striking workers could see lapse in health care coverage if parties fail to reach deal soon
King Soopers on Saturday asked the leadership of striking union members to start negotiations and agree to not picket while talks are ongoing, even as it hinted that employees may begin losing health coverage in April if a deal isn’t reached soon. The request, addressed to Kim Cordova, president of the UFCW Local 7, also said…
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$570 million frozen: Here’s the list of Colorado programs officials say are impacted following Trump’s freeze
The bulk of the Colorado programs whose funding — according to local officials — remained inaccessible as of a few days ago deal with energy, “climate resilience” and electric vehicle infrastructure. At $156 million, the single biggest spending item has been earmarked for expanding solar energy. The funding amount cited by Gov. Jared Polis and…
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$570 million in federal funding remains inaccessible to Colorado following Trump’s freeze, officials say
Colorado’s governor and both of the state’s U.S. senators asked the director of the federal budget office Monday to unlock what they said was more than $570 million in federal funds that remained inaccessible to state groups after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to lift a sweeping funding freeze. In a letter, Gov.…
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DEA arrests alleged Tren de Aragua member in Denver
Anti-narcotics agents have arrested a man suspected of being a member of the Venezuelan gang operating in metro Denver. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration provided few details of the arrest. In a post on X on Wednesday, the agency said the arrest was made overnight. The agency posted a video of the arrest, which showed…
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Denver Public Schools’ ‘all-gender’ restroom investigated by Trump’s education department
The U.S. Department of Education claims the change discriminates against female students by limiting their options
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Group targets Colorado’s ‘sanctuary laws’ for repeal
Gov. Jared Polis insists Colorado is not a ‘sanctuary’ jurisdiction; Douglas County is suing the state over those ‘sanctuary’ policies