During the pandemic, the Brighton Housing Authority started new programs to tutor school children and find emergency housing for victims of domestic violence
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Broncos sale nets $41 million for youth programs in stadium district
Denver metro governments that paid into tax fund to build new stadium share 2% of $2 billion net profit
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Student teachers are rarely paid. Colorado lawmakers, school leaders want to ensure they’re compensated.
Near the end of last semester, Jorge Cabral’s budget was on the brink. He carefully watched how he spent each dollar, limiting his purchases to essentials like shampoo and toilet paper and cutting corners with meals by buying rice and beans to last through each week. On top of getting no pay for his full-time […]
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Brighton councilman, facing DUI charge, resigns
Brighton City Councilman Kris Jordinelli, who faces a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence after an incident with Brighton police this summer, resigned from his council position Friday. A city statement said the remaining council members will take the next steps to fill the vacancy at a future meeting. Jordinelli was elected in 2020. His […]
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Man convicted of killing Denver-area driver while going 120 mph during speeding livestream
BRIGHTON — A 24-year-old man has been convicted of vehicular homicide after prosecutors say he hit a car while driving around 120 mph during a Facebook livestream showing him speeding. A jury in Adams County found Bryan Kirby guilty Thursday in the 2018 crash, District Attorney Brian Mason said Monday. He was also found guilty […]
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A newborn-screening program is saving Colorado babies with a rare and deadly genetic disease
When the phone call came five days after their daughter’s birth, Erin and Jason Schill had already forgotten that a nurse had come into their hospital room to take their hours-old newborn for a routine blood test. At 6 pounds, 2 ounces and 18 inches long, little Lennox Joy Schill seemed perfectly healthy when she […]
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Why Colorado Democrats are trying to unseat the most bipartisan Republican in the legislature
State Sen. Kevin Priola was the most bipartisan lawmaker in Colorado last year, a moderate Republican who sided with Democrats more often than any of his GOP colleagues. He was the lone Republican senator to support state tracking of greenhouse gas emissions, and the only one to join Democrats in a failed attempt to get […]
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Colorado’s near-lowest vaccination rates have schools ready to enforce state law to prevent an outbreak
Concern that Colorado is vulnerable to a major outbreak of measles, mumps or whooping cough has prompted a few school districts to try something new: follow state law. Colorado requires that school districts exclude students from school if they do not have up-to-date immunizations or exemptions on file. But most districts do not follow that […]
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Colorado now has more school districts on four-day weeks than any place in the nation — with little research on the benefits
LA JARA — Down here, where kids ride the bus for an hour through miles of potato and alfalfa fields to get to school, teachers use the term “null curriculum.” It means any part of a class that’s considered fluff. And it’s not allowed. Since the North Conejos School District switched to a four-day week […]