Tag: President Biden
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The call for a ceasefire, from a mother’s point of view | John Moore
There’s one basic human truth that bipartisan supporters of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza want befuddled politicians in Denver and across the United States to know: “There are mothers on the other side of the fence as well.” They want them to make the fighting and the suffering stop. Now. Several U.S. cities have signed…
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Biden urges Air Force Academy graduates to ‘meet the moment’
Under partially cloudy skies at Falcon Stadium, President Joe Biden on Thursday highlighted various world threats from the conflict in Ukraine to increasingly damaging natural disasters that 921 Air Force Academy graduates will face as future military leaders. Biden noted the world “genuinely needs” them at this inflection point in history and despite all the…
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Littleton officer receives highest national recognition for bravery
A Littleton police officer grinned like a child as President Joe Biden secured a gleaming Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor around his neck. Cpl. Jeff Farmer traveled to Washington D.C. to accept the award — considered the highest decoration for bravery a service officer can receive. The official ceremony, presented by Biden and U.S. Attorney…
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Gov. Polis orders flags at half-staff to honor Nashville school shooting victims
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis ordered flags on all public buildings to be lowered to half-staff early Tuesday in honor of the victims of Monday’s mass shooting in Nashville. Flags will remain lowered to half-staff from the announcement Tuesday morning until sunset on Friday, according to a…
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More prosecutors are relying on grand juries in cases against police
Two men dressed in suits sporting well-trimmed beards sat with their attorneys before a judge in the unaccustomed position of being accused of a crime. The fired sheriff deputies’ former colleagues guarded the doors of Courtroom C as they would for any other defendant. Former Clear Creek Sheriff deputies Andy Buen and Kyle Gould landed…
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Denver advocates call for action against methane emissions
Environmental, health and frontline advocates in Colorado want President Biden to take immediate action on methane pollution. They rallied Thursday at the EPA’s Regional Denver Office as part of a nationwide effort to push for more regulation of the oil and gas industry’s methane pollution. In 2021, the EPA proposed a draft rule to cut methane…
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Sheneen McClain joins other families affected by police brutality at executive order signing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sheneen McClain, the mother of Elijah McClain, joined the relatives of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the White House on Wednesday as they watched President Joe Biden sign an executive order that supporters say will reform federal law enforcement. The order was in part prompted…
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U.S. Forest Service receives funding for forest fire mitigation along the Front Range
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday directing the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to spearhead efforts to protect, sustain and rebuild the nation’s old-growth forests, mitigate the threat of wildfire and support local communities’ response to forest fires. “These magnificent ecosystems are threatened by the climate impacts that…
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5,276 acres in Colorado to be leased for oil, gas extraction
The Bureau of Land Management is opening up 5,276 acres of federal land for oil and gas extraction in Colorado. The nine parcels lie in Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco and Weld counties. Other than a 120-acre parcel 14 miles east of Eaton in Weld County, they are all in northwest Colorado in areas where drillers…
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Biden echoes Colorado Democrats’ calls for gun control measures in wake of Boulder massacre
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to pass stricter gun control laws, amplifying appeals by Colorado Democrats to pass legislation in the wake of the mass shooting at a Boulder grocery store that left 10 dead, including a police officer. “I don’t need to…