Tag: Covid-19
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Federal judge to CU worker: 2-hour ‘inconvenience’ not a constitutional violation
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…
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Denver council postpones vote extending contract with hotel to house high-risk homeless population
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver City Council postponed its vote on whether to extend the city’s use of 140 rooms at a downtown hotel for the high-risk homeless population. Council member Deborah Ortega requested the council postpone the vote because she was not present for the topic discussion at…
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Southwest Airlines files lawsuit against Colorado after being fined $1.3M in labor law violations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Southwest Airlines is suing Colorado after the state ordered the company to pay $1.3 million in fines for violating the state’s labor laws relating to sick leave during the pandemic. A March 18 citation from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment says Southwest Airlines…
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Denver extends COVID local disaster declaration to end of June
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver City Council approved a resolution extending the city’s disaster declaration relating to the COVID-19 pandemic to June 27. The declaration was originally issued by Mayor Michael Hancock on March 12, 2020, and was set to expire on May 30. The city decided to extend…
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Air Force Academy cadet submits resignation after refusing vaccine on religious grounds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A senior Air Force Academy cadet who faces the possibility of being kept from graduating with his classmates after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds has begun proceedings to resign from the school, according to an academy official. The cadet, whose name…
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Cinco de Mayo festival returns to Denver following two-year hiatus
People crowded downtown’s Civic Center on Saturday to see low riders, trucks and traditional Mexican dancers as the city welcomed back the Cinco de Mayo festival from a two-year hiatus. Children yelled and screamed as people tossed candy, and parents cheered as their sons and daughters danced their way along the near-mile-long parade route. Phoenix…
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Colorado legislature passes measure creating pandemic supply stockpile
The state legislature approved a measure Thursday to create an emergency stockpile of supplies to prepare Colorado for the next potential pandemic. If signed by Gov. Jared Polis, House Bill 1352 would spend nearly $2 million each year to maintain a supply of face masks, gloves and other medical-grade personal protective equipment to distribute to…
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Polis, Colorado legislators push $700 million in property tax relief that taps into TABOR refund
Rising property values in Colorado are expected to cost Coloradans about $1.3 billion more in property taxes over the next two years. Lawmakers, business representatives and the governor’s office have been negotiating on a solution, and on Monday, the governor and some of those involved in the talks rolled out legislation to offer relief to…
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Denver City Council approves business support programs
Denver City Council unanimously approved two contracts with the city’s Department of Economic Development and Opportunity that would help small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the 16th Street Mall reconstruction project. One of the contracts is with Mile High United Way, setting aside $5 million in American Rescue Plan funds to provide financial…
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Colorado bill would create emergency stockpile of masks, other supplies for next pandemic
A proposed bill is seeking to create a statewide stockpile of personal protective equipment and other supplies to prepare Colorado for another future pandemic. If enacted, House Bill 1352 would spend nearly $2 million each year to maintain a supply of face masks, gloves and other medical-grade PPE to distribute to hospitals, vaccine clinics, schools,…