A new report indicates charter schools have helped many elementary and middle school kids from low-income families continue learning through the pandemic. But there is more work to do.
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Colorado tried to protect people who live in mobile home parks. A Gunnison community fell through the cracks.
The new owner of the renamed Ski Town Village hasn’t filled the potholes, cut the trees that threaten to fall on homes, or fixed the spotty water supply. But he has raised rents by 73%.
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How some low-income Colorado households are getting gigabit-internet service
Federal funding to pay for internet service took off in the pandemic with programs that provided up to $50 a month to Americans who couldn’t otherwise afford a broadband connection. But even before COVID, many local internet providers had taken it upon themselves to lower the cost of broadband. There’s a push to address digital […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, Equity, Health, Housing, News
Armed guards helped evict residents from an East Colfax motel in violation of tenant laws, suit claims
Marlis Sneed lived in a dilapidated apartment for nearly five years at the Summit View Inn, an extended stay motel on East Colfax Avenue in Aurora where tenants paid rent daily or weekly. Wires hung from her ceiling and protruded from outlets in the wall. Sneed’s mattress was ripped and her walls were cracked with […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: Trump is wrong. Fair housing is social justice, economic justice and welcome in the suburbs
President Trump is attempting to undermine the very fabric of our communities, including the diversity of our nation’s suburbs, by using unfounded, hurtful scare tactics. In comments he made in late July, first on Twitter and then at a Texas rally, he said, “It’s been hell for suburbia” and that “people living their Suburban Lifestyle […]
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Cash or card? Coronavirus further shifted society away from currency, toward digital payments
As a young bartender reliant on tips, Josh Rivero developed an early affinity for cash and envisioned one day opening his own bar, complete with ATM, that would operate on nothing but legal tender. Times changed, and when he and his wife, Anna, opened the Fika Coffee House in 2008 in downtown Parker, he noticed […]