Tag: government
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Colorado Springs City Council divided over mayor’s plan to leave 911 authority
Tension over Colorado Springs’ decision in June to leave the El Paso-Teller County 911 Authority boiled over to the City Council this week as more officials called for the city to drop its departure plans. On Wednesday, a City Council statement criticizing an unexpected briefing by Mayor Yemi Mobolade about the departure was not approved…
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Teller County officials plead with Colorado Springs to drop pending 911 Authority departure
Law enforcement and elected officials representing Teller County and its communities stood together in asking Colorado Springs to drop its proposal to withdraw from the El Paso-Teller County 911 Authority at a news conference on Tuesday. “Mayor Yemi [Mobolade], you’re a friend, and I know your staff brought you a proposal. … You can turn…
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Teller County officials plead with Colorado Springs to drop pending 911 Authority departure
Law enforcement and elected officials representing Teller County and its communities stood together in asking Colorado Springs to drop its proposal to withdraw from the El Paso-Teller County 911 Authority at a news conference last week. “Mayor Yemi [Mobolade], you’re a friend, and I know your staff brought you a proposal. … You can turn…
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Trump administration warns Jeffco Public Schools it will lose federal funding over transgender issue
The U.S. Department of Education on Friday warned Jeffco Public Schools it has 10 days to correct alleged Title IX violations over the Colorado district’s transgender policy or lose federal funding. The Notice of Impending Action is the latest development in an ongoing saga between the district and the federal government that started last year,…
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July 1 brings new Colorado rules on gun ammo, wildfire-risk scoring, wildlife enforcement
Colorado ushered in a new set of laws on July 1 that affect everything from ammunition sales to insurance transparency and wildlife trafficking enforcement. Here is a look at some of the state’s new laws: Ammunition sales House Bill 25-1133 raises the minimum age to purchase ammunition from 18 to 21 years old. The bill…
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July 1 brings new Colorado rules on gun ammo, wildfire-risk scoring, wildlife enforcement
Colorado ushered in a new set of laws on July 1 that affect everything from ammunition sales to insurance transparency and wildlife trafficking enforcement. Here is a look at some of the state’s new laws: Ammunition sales House Bill 25-1133 raises the minimum age to purchase ammunition from 18 to 21 years old. The bill…
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El Paso-Teller County 911 Authority Board criticizes Colorado Springs over sudden departure
Several members of the El Paso-Teller County 911 Authority Board criticized Colorado Springs on Wednesday for its departure from the organization, as they hope to limit potential impacts from the sudden change. The comments came two days after Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade announced that the city would leave the authority in 2027 to keep…
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Colorado Springs to leave El Paso-Teller County 911 Authority after decades, blindsiding some
The El Paso-Teller County 911 Authority will soon be without its largest entity as Colorado Springs officials opt to depart the agency after 36 years, Mayor Yemi Mobolade announced at a news conference Monday. Mobolade hopes the departure and establishment of a new city authority will keep an estimated $3.8 million of the $13.1 million…
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Polis signs road safety law for breathalyzer tests after crashes
Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law Thursday that establishes a new protocol for crash investigations. Under the law, police officers are required to offer a voluntary breathalyzer test after every crash involving a death or serious bodily. The law is known as Magnus’ Law, named after Magnus White, a champion cyclist killed near…
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Perspective: ‘Structural deficit’ = spending too much
Colorado voters will once again face a November ballot measure aimed at weakening the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, in our state constitution. This year’s proposal — referred by the Legislature — is the Colorado TABOR Revenue Cap Increase for K–12 Education Measure. It would raise TABOR’s cap on government spending and growth, and…