MOE CLARK

Position: The Colorado Sun

Why a handful of Colorado lawmakers are afraid to go to the Capitol

As House Speaker KC Becker, a Boulder Democrat, called the roll on Tuesday for the first time since Colorado’s legislative session went into recess due to the coronavirus pandemic, Rep. Janet...

DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Will Colorado step in to provide coronavirus aid to immigrants in U.S. illegally?

Alaina Silva met her husband in a crowded sushi restaurant in downtown Denver in 2011. He was the sushi chef behind the bar, wearing a black chef’s coat and apron that crisscrossed behind his back....

DATE: May 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s efforts to scale up PPE production tangled in federal red tape

In a matter of weeks, hundreds of manufacturers across Colorado have suspended normal production of things like snowboards, outdoor gear and clothing to make personal protective equipment for...

DATE: April 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado lawmakers want to stop dogs, cats from being euthanized

Sometimes, food and shelter just aren’t enough. A bill at Colorado’s Capitol says dogs and cats deserve more when they’re lost or abandoned – they need mental and emotional care, too. Lawmakers...

DATE: March 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

In first signed bill of 2020, Polis includes tribal youth on teen advisory council

The youth advisory council helping Colorado lawmakers draft bills at the state Capitol will soon include tribal representation – a dozen years after the group was first formed. That’s thanks to...

DATE: Feb. 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

There’s a push to increase fines for Colorado polluters

The Western Sugar Cooperative sugar beet processing plant in Fort Morgan was ordered to pay a $2 million fine to Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment in May 2018 for egregious...

DATE: Feb. 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Why isn’t water central to every local land-use decision in Colorado?

In the early 1980s, the small city of Woodland Park started strategically planning how to protect its water supply for the future. “Because we have all junior water rights and a limited water...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado lawmakers move closer to repealing death penalty

The deep and emotional tension surrounding a bill to repeal the death penalty in Colorado came alive on the Senate floor in a six-hour debate Thursday. “By having the death penalty in Colorado, we...

DATE: Jan. 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Are eviction records being misused? Lawmakers think so

Every time an eviction case is filed by a landlord in Colorado, it produces a court record, even if the tenant wins and gets the case dismissed. Those eviction filing records are swiftly scraped...

DATE: Jan. 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Scathing audit finds Colorado could have collected millions in oil, gas fines – but didn’t

Colorado’s Oil and Gas Conservation Commission failed to collect thousands of monthly production reports from operators across the state over a two-year period – information that affects the...

DATE: Jan. 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: State Nation World

Volunteers help people released from immigration detention in Colorado

DENVER – Gurwinder Singh Aujla was unsure of what to do after winning his asylum case and being released from the privately owned Federal ICE Processing Center in Aurora. The 19-year-old from India...

DATE: Dec. 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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