Tag: Dei
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Denver joins suit against Trump administration claiming grants have unlawful conditions
Denver has joined Chicago, New York, Boston, Baltimore, New Haven, Minneapolis and St. Paul in suing the Trump administration over what they claim are unlawful conditions imposed on federal grant funding. The lawsuit, filed Monday in a U.S. District Court in Illinois, “aims to prevent the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management…
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UCCS among 50-plus universities facing federal racial discrimination probe as part of Trump’s anti-DEI campaign
WASHINGTON • More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end “diversity, equity and inclusion” programs that his officials say exclude White and Asian American students. The list includes the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, according to a Friday news release from the U.S.…
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Federal judge moderated DEI panel days before hearing arguments in Colorado DEI case
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A judge on the federal appeals court based in Denver oversaw a panel discussion last year about the future of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace while he had a case pending before him on the same subject. Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit dismissed the employment discrimination…
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EDITORIAL: Council forces inclusion into exclusive resolution
The Gazette editorial board crusades against needless division. That’s why we wrote, in March of 2022, that “public libraries are not special interest bookstores. We need them to stand as objective archives without political agendas — left or right — forced by activists in management.” Then-Pikes Peak Library District Director John Spears had spent six…
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Denver parks officials ask for bigger security budget, councilmembers lament lack of bathroom access
Denver Parks and Recreation officials on Monday asked the city council for an additional $1.6 million in its 2023 budget to enhance security measures at parks, prompting a councilmember to note the gruesome murder of a 14-year-old boy at a recreation center. “We had our first murder in 30 something years at the Southwest Recreation…