by Mr. Leadville | Jul 24, 2020 | Leadville News
In what’s believed to be a first for Colorado, an entire town has been placed under a conservation easement to preserve an area highly prized for its scientific, educational and environmental values. The historic mining town of Gothic, near Crested Butte, has been...
by Mr. Leadville | Jul 24, 2020 | Leadville News
Colorado teachers may refuse to report for work unless their criteria for reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic this fall are met, the head of the state’s largest teachers union said Tuesday. Colorado Education Association president Amie Baca-Oehlert told...
by Mr. Leadville | Jul 24, 2020 | Leadville News
DenverColorado has just five district court judges who are Black, another 15 who are Latino, and a similar lack of minority prosecutors and public defenders — numbers so low that a state supreme court justice said it could undermine “public confidence that justice is...
by Mr. Leadville | Jul 23, 2020 | Leadville News
The amount of graffiti and other vandalism on the Colorado Capitol building and its grounds — which began to appear during late May protests of police violence — has increased almost daily since then. So have frustrations about the lack of visible cleanup efforts. A...
by Mr. Leadville | Jul 23, 2020 | Leadville News
Signaling little faith in our economy to rebound any year soon from the pandemic, Gov. Polis signed a law this week to bankrupt the state’s $1.1 billion unemployment fund before jacking up taxes on employers for five years. It’s a risky scheme that Polis is counting...
