The Hungry Sparrows The little birds arrived this morningAt the concrete cafeDancing for their breakfast yetFinding none at their feet.Have they forgotten thatThe morsels they seekAre hidden as alwaysIn plain sightAbove their tiny headsIn the hanging pan whereThey usually sit toEat and chirp in whispersAbout news of worry and wonder; Did you hear about Jose,The […]
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Colorado medical workers are getting free childcare. Should grocery store and food processing employees get the same benefit?
Advocates are calling for grocery store and food processing workers to be eligible for the same emergency child care available to front-line medical workers. As schools and child care centers closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, state officials and early childhood groups launched an emergency child care system for essential workers. They included medical workers, […]
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The effort to ban flavored vaping products, menthol cigarettes in Colorado now has a big asterisk
Democratic state lawmakers set out this year to pass a bill banning the sale of all flavored vaping and nicotine products in Colorado, including menthol cigarettes and wintergreen smokeless tobacco, as a way to curb teen use. They won’t get it done. On Tuesday, House Bill 1319 — which sought to impose the blanket ban […]
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What the new law on beer sales means for Colorado craft brewers
Like most Colorado breweries, River North started small. It occupied a tiny taproom in its namesake Denver neighborhood and specialized in one style of beer. Seven years later, the brewery operates a large production facility north of the city, added new beers and now distributes statewide. The latest expansion came at the start of the […]
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Colorado grocery, convenience stores are now selling full-strength beer
There are more places to buy regular beer in the New Year in Colorado. Grocery and convenience stores are now able to sell full-strength beer under a state law that took effect Tuesday. Previously, they had only been allowed to stock beer that was 3.2 percent alcohol by weight. MORE: The end of 3.2 beer in […]
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The end of 3.2 beer in Colorado: What to know about the law taking effect Jan. 1, 2019
Starting Jan. 1, you can buy full-strength beer at grocery and convenience stores in Colorado for the first time. The change is part of an overhaul approved by state lawmakers in 2016 to update the state’s alcohol laws from the Prohibition-era standards. “I jokingly say this, but it’s last call for 3.2 beer,” said Kris […]