Tag: Covid-19
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Colorado Supreme Court rules commercial property owners not entitled to 2020 tax relief due to pandemic
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In four separate cases encompassing hundreds of commercial property owners, the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying public health restrictions on businesses did not entitle the owners to a lower property tax bill for 2020. Eleven lawsuits across Colorado challenged…
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Powwow attendees can enjoy festivities, free COVID-19 vaccine | HEALTHY BITES
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save COVID-19 ain’t over just yet. Organizers for a federal initiative to increase confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines want the public — especially the vulnerable — to know that getting inoculated is the best defense. The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment will be providing…
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Estimated 325,000 Coloradans will lose Medicaid with end of COVID-19 public health emergency
With the federal government’s COVID-19 public health emergency set to end in May, an estimated 325,000 Coloradans face losing Medicaid coverage. To put that number into perspective, Colorado enrolled 400,000 people in the first two years of the state’s Medicaid expansion in 2014. “The magnitude of transitioning that number of people hasn’t been seen since…
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Colorado Supreme Court takes control of sprawling property tax challenges in wake of pandemic
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The Colorado Supreme Court has assumed control over four virtually identical cases at the unusual behest of the state’s Court of Appeals, wading into a flood of challenges filed by commercial property owners who want counties to reduce the value of their properties because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eleven lawsuits, each spear-headed by the same…
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From ‘eccentric’ family to pandemic-era justice: Maria Berkenkotter ceremonially sworn in to Supreme Court
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Justice Maria E. Berkenkotter poked gentle fun at the unusually large gap between her first day on the job in January 2021 and her public swearing-in nearly 21 months later. “Thank you all so much for being here to celebrate the 633rd-day anniversary of my appointment,” Berkenkotter said to laughter during her late-September ceremony. Gov.…
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Colorado sees flat unemployment rate, signaling a return to normal
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Colorado’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in September at 3.4%, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. The number of unemployed fell by 2,200 from the month before, but the unemployment rate stayed unchanged due to rounding, according to the report. Colorado Springs hotel lodging sees boost in September Ryan Gedney, a senior economist with…
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Polis gets new omicron COVID vaccine booster, opens 10 community vaccination sites
Gov. Jared Polis received the newest COVID-19 vaccine booster shot on Wednesday, the first booster designed to protect against the omicron variant of the virus. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the boosters from Moderna and Pfizer one week ago, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommending the shots a day later.…
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From ‘off-the-grid kid’ to appeals judge: Eric Kuhn sworn in to Colorado’s second-highest court
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Shortly after his birth in Santa Fe, N.M., W. Eric Kuhn recalled his parents bought a large amount of land in northern New Mexico, where he and his brother grew up isolated from other families. “I remember at least stories of the teachers at the…
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Denver will continue to house members of high-risk homeless population at Aloft Hotels
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver City Council gave final approval Monday night to a resolution extending the city’s use of 140 rooms at a downtown hotel for the high-risk homeless population to the full council for approval, as well as a food service agreement. The resolutions will extend the…
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Federal judge to CU worker: 2-hour ‘inconvenience’ not a constitutional violation
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A University of Colorado employee claimed in a federal lawsuit that one of her colleagues filed a deliberate, falsified report that she was COVID-19 positive days before a major work event, causing her severe emotional distress and violating her constitutional rights. However, a federal judge…