Tag: Inauguration
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s inauguration: Poet laureate, protesters and other side-stories
Before, during and after Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s inauguration Monday, there were plenty of non-ceremony events happening. Here’s a small collection: Colorado Poet Laureate Bobby LeFebre delivers new poem The crowd really got fired up from this poem, “Questions for the Moment,” delivered in three minutes during the 1-hour-and-15-minute ceremony: “Let us say that this…
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7 former Denver mayoral candidates to help Mike Johnston transition into office
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Denver’s next mayor is relying on his former rivals to help build his administration. Mayor-elect Mike Johnston announced the nearly 450 people who will make up his transition committees on Thursday — in charge of holding public meetings, sourcing applicants for key roles, and recommending priorities for the incoming administration. The lengthy list features many familiar names,…
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NEWS | Scenes from Inauguration Day at the Colorado Capitol
Chanting about police brutality, burning flags, and protesting systemic injustices – all scenes from the Colorado Capitol today after Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. (Video by Katie Klann and Skyler Ballard)
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Select post offices in Colorado Springs, Denver make changes due to potential armed protests
Several post offices plan to close early and some mail collection boxes will be temporarily removed in Colorado Springs and Denver Saturday as a precaution ahead of “potential upcoming civil events,” the United States Postal Service announced in a news release. The measures taken by the postal service come after the FBI released a bulletin…