Tag: Trump Administration
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Denver backs legal challenge to Trump’s use of National Guard
Denver has joined 26 other local governments in an amicus brief supporting California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles. “In Denver, our residents are connected with police who live on the same streets they patrol and with officers who grew up in the same…
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Cost of a Trump ban on mail-in ballots on Denver ‘impossible to speculate’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced he will move U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama, citing Colorado’s mail-in voting practice as a contributing factor to the decision, which he stated lends itself to “automatically crooked elections.” But city officials said it is impossible…
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DU law students issue vote of no confidence in school leaders after DEI cuts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of the Sturm College of Law on Wednesday issued a vote of no confidence in University of Denver Chancellor Jeremy Haefner, the second such move against the school leader in as many months. This time, students criticized Haefner and the institution’s provost, general counsel, and…
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Denver moves to dismiss Trump immigration enforcement lawsuit
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Trump administration over the city’s “sanctuary” policies. The motion, filed on Monday in a U.S. district court, insisted that the laws of both Colorado and Denver do not impede federal immigration enforcement and that “the…
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Legal bill for Denver Mayor Mike Johnston for ‘sanctuary city’ hearing swells to $550,000
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The legal bill for Mayor Mike Johnston’s March 5 appearance before a Congressional hearing on “sanctuary” jurisdictions grew by $300,000 this week, according to city financial documents. That brings the total cost, so far, to $550,000. In early June, the city paid D.C.-based law firm…
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Denver sues Trump administration, again, over threats to withhold federal funding
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The City and County of Denver has filed another lawsuit challenging the Trump administration over threats to withhold funding from so-called “sanctuary jurisdictions” that limit local enforcement of federal immigration law. The city joins close to 50 other jurisdictions in the lawsuit, filed this week…
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Colorado Springs eyed for ICE detention centers, federal documents show
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado may soon be home to six new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, including two in Colorado Springs, according to federal documents recently obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU made the announcement late Wednesday…
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Community Solar Innovation Summit discusses future of solar energy amidst potential turmoil
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Participants in the annual Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA) conference were set to discuss innovations in the energy source this week, but looming legislation thrust the industry’s potentially shaky future into the spotlight. “We’ve ridden this solar coaster. Uncertainty is something we’ve faced before,”…
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Colorado 988 officials speak out after Trump administration eliminates LGBTQ hotline
Officials of Colorado’s mental health line said Tuesday it is working to marshal resources following a decision by the Trump administration to cut funding for a special hotline line dedicated to LGBTQ callers. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced on June 17 that it will nix the national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline…
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Denver joins lawsuit to stop Department of Homeland Security from freezing counterterrorism money
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The City and County of Denver joined four other cities in a lawsuit against the Trump administration regarding the freezing of funds used for counterterrorism measures. Denver joined the lawsuit on Monday — along with Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and Seattle — against the Department of Homeland…