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Attorney: Boulder City Council lacks authority or reason to remove Sweeney-Miran from panel
Daily Camera Boulder News
KEYWORD SCORE: 86.13. aaron brockett, boulder, boulder city council, city attorney, city council, colorado, commission, dan williams, election, lawsuit, mayor, police, lisa sweeney-miran
Just over two weeks after a special investigator recommended Lisa Sweeney-Miran’s resignation or removal from Boulder’s Police Oversight Panel, an attorney representing her has alleged that the City Council has no authority or just reason to remove her. [image: Lisa Sweeney-Miran]Lisa Sweeney-Miran Sweeney-Miran’s attorney, Dan Williams, sent a letter to city attorneys on Monday stating that City Council lacks authority to remove POP panelists since the POP is not a city board or commission, but a separate and independent entity. The municipal
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Interview: Kelly Brough talks housing, homelessness, transportation and more ahead of the Denver mayor runoff election
Denverite
KEYWORD SCORE: 83.66. affordable housing, air quality, bike, bike lane, cars, city council, colorado, commute, condo, construction, development, diversity, downtown, election, government, homelessness, house, housing, land use, mayor, multi-family, police, rtd, scooter, small business, sustainable, traffic, transit, transportation, unhoused, vision zero, zoning
*Editor’s note: We’ll be publishing Johnston’s interview with Colorado Matters later this week.* Denver’s runoff election is underway, with ballots dropping on May 15. Colorado Matters’ Ryan Warner sat down with candidate Kelly Brough, the former Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce CEO and chief of staff to former Mayor John Hickenlooper, to discuss housing, crime, education, environment, transportation and what makes her different from her opponent, former state Sen. Mike Johnston. The following interview has been lightly edited for clarity. ----
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City of Boulder Awarded Over $700,000 Toward Safe Routes for Manhattan Middle School
Boulder Colorado Release
KEYWORD SCORE: 52.16. bicycle, bike, boulder, boulder housing partners, city of boulder, colorado, colorado department of transportation, commute, construction, house, housing, infrastructure, multimodal, public meeting, transportation, transportation master plan
City of Boulder Awarded Over $700,000 Toward Safe Routes for Manhattan Middle School cropped_Bear creek multimodal path.png ozaslana@bould… Mon, 05/01/2023 - 10:23 May 01, 2023 Funds will improve transportation infrastructure to support safe and convenient travel options Colorado Safe Routes to School (SRTS) has awarded the City of Boulder $707,222 to improve safe routes for Manhattan Middle School. In 2024, the city will receive the awarded funds and work with the community to develop the conceptual design. Construction will take place in 2025
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Bringing Broadband to Multifamily Housing
Governing
KEYWORD SCORE: 49.09. affordable housing, average house, black, covid-19, development, government, hispanic, house, housing, infrastructure, low-income, nonprofit, pandemic, renter, tenant
In Brief: Equitable broadband access is a shared goal at local, state and federal levels. Low-income families in multifamily housing are a badly underserved population. Federal dollars are available, but this sector presents unique infrastructure and affordability challenges. State and local governments and community-based organizations are finding ways to close this gap. Tens of billions of federal dollars have been allocated to the pursuit of “Internet for all” over the next 10 years. This investment is driven by a conviction that every Ameri
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Local Social Impact Investors Are Pulling Chicago Out Of Junk Bond Status
Next City
KEYWORD SCORE: 46.41. black, city government, construction, development, economic justice, electric vehicle, government, homelessness, housing, inequality, occupancy, public sector, racial justice, redevelop, sales tax, sustainability, transit
[image: The Bottom Line] (Photo by Isaac Singleton / CC BY-NC 2.0) Chicago is a city still notorious for the junk-bond status it finally managed to shed last year. But earlier this year, investing as little as $1,000 of their own savings, a new crop of municipal bond investors helped Chicago open a new chapter of its municipal bond history. In some ways, the bond offering was similar to any other Chicago municipal bond offering. The city borrowed $160 million dollars from investors, and the city repays investors over time, plus interest, using
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Colorado House plans revival of Polis’ gutted zoning reform bill
Denver Post Politics
KEYWORD SCORE: 43.47. accessory dwelling unit, adus, colorado, development, enforcement, eviction, government, house, housing, housing crisis, land use, land-use, mixed-use, pandemic, protest, single-family, social justice, tabor, transit, transit-oriented, transportation, zoning
A week after the Colorado Senate gutted Gov. Jared Polis’ marquee land use reform bill, House Democrats are preparing to reverse some of those changes and return key zoning provisions to a measure that’s repeatedly been altered as it has passed through the Capitol. Under amendments set to be added to the bill Tuesday, SB23-213 would again allow for accessory dwelling units — like carriage houses — to be built on single-family lots, albeit only in more populous parts of the state. The amendments would also reintroduce provisions clearing the way
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Granny flats are now allowed in even more of west Denver
Denver Post Politics
KEYWORD SCORE: 40.25. accessory dwelling unit, adus, affordable housing, city council, city staff, colorado, construction, housing, infrastructure, latino, public hearing, renter, zone, zoning
Homeowners in two more Denver neighborhoods now have the right to build accessory dwelling units on their properties without going through a long rezoning process. The City Council on Monday made Valverde and Athmar Park on the west side of the town the latest corners of the city with blanket rezoning that allows residents to build secondary housing structures on their lots without applying for that zoning on an individual basis. Those units, often called ADUs or sometimes granny flats or mother-in-law apartments, are viewed as a key tool in th
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Editorial: We are not ready to give up on single-family zoning yet
Denver Post Opinion
KEYWORD SCORE: 39.25. affordable housing, budget, city council, colorado, commission, construction, demolition, development, duplex, housing, housing crisis, land use, land-use, landmark, multi-family, property tax, redevelop, single-family, transit, zone, zoning
Colorado lawmakers’ attempt to completely overhaul planning and zoning in almost every municipality across this state with a single piece of legislation was ambitious, drastic, and rushed. We can think of nothing this session that would have affected the lives of home-owning Coloradans more than the original proposal in The Land Use bill to eliminate single-family-only zoning across the state in favor of more density. And sadly, we are not convinced by the data that it would have made housing any more affordable for those who are still struggli
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Intermediary cities in Asia: Sustainability and experimentation are key
City Monitor
KEYWORD SCORE: 38.59. air quality, bike, bus rapid transit, cars, construction, development, energy, government, house, housing, inequality, infrastructure, open space, segregation, sustainability, sustainable, transit, transportation
[image: intermediary cities] The footprint and the associated environmental impacts of intermediary Asian cities extend far beyond their boundaries. These impacts range from the urbanisation and conversion of natural areas, to the mining of mineral resources for construction materials, and pollution from transportation. [image: intermediary cities]An Air Asia aircraft descends towards Chiang Mai International Airport amid high levels of air pollution in Chiang Mai in April. The government has launched a green building programme, promoting the u
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Athmar Park and Valverde join eight other neighborhoods in receiving neighborhood ADU rezoning
Denverite
KEYWORD SCORE: 38.38. accessory dwelling unit, adus, affordable housing, city council, colorado, construction, development, housing, housing crisis, single family, traffic, zone, zoning
Athmar Park and Valverde are joining the many other city neighborhoods that have been rezoned to allow for accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, on residents’ single-unit properties. On Monday, City Council approved the wide-swath rezoning that will allow residents to build the small backyard homes in a portion of Valverde and most of Athmar Park. The large-scale change eliminates the need for homeowners to apply for an ADU rezoning, a small but tedious part of the ADU construction process. The rezoning affects about 2,700 parcels across Athmar Pa
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Colorado lawmakers look to TABOR surplus to pay for big-dollar priorities for Democrats
Denver Post Politics
KEYWORD SCORE: 37.47. bike, boulder, budget, colorado, electric vehicle, government, house, pandemic, progressive, property tax, tabor
A chunk of Colorado’s forecasted tax rebates could be directed toward tax credits for parents and low- to moderate-income residents and to promote decarbonization under a slate of proposals from Democratic legislators. The proposals wouldn’t eat the entirety of some $2 billion in projected rebates in coming years, but show a willingness by legislative leaders to tap into excess revenues — ones otherwise slated for blanket refunds to taxpayers — for policy priorities. “We look to that surplus and certainly want to find ways to think about using
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DPS wants to delay redistricting until after the election. Denver's clerk and recorder isn't so sure
Denverite
KEYWORD SCORE: 36.34. ballot measure, black, city clerk, colorado, election, latino, open record, the hop, voting rights
It’s been three years since the last census — when legislative bodies redraw their boundaries — but Denver Public Schools hasn’t taken up redistricting. But the school board says it’s waiting until after the election. City officials, concerned over the delay, sent a letter to DPS. In the April 7 letter, city clerk and recorder Paul Lopez said currently the five geographic school board districts are not balanced as required by law. He wrote “noncompliance of this magnitude” could jeopardize the office’s ability to meet the many deadlines require
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Governor, Democrats unveil 10-year plan to prevent Coloradans’ property taxes from rising too quickly
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 34.47. ballot measure, boulder, budget, colorado, covid-19, energy, government, nonprofit, pandemic, property tax, renter, single-family, tabor
Colorado voters would be asked in November to approve a 10-year plan aimed at preventing property taxes from rising at a historic clip under an eleventh-hour proposal unveiled Monday by Gov. Jared Polis and Democrats in the state legislature. The effort, which would reduce Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refunds in order to make up for the cuts, is aimed at combating a dizzying rise in property values that will cause a corresponding jump in homeowners’ and businesses’ tax burden. Property tax bills are in large part determined by property values, and
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House Democrats will try to resurrect provisions in Colorado land-use bill that were gutted in the Senate
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 33.56. accessory dwelling unit, adus, affordable housing, bus rapid transit, bus route, colorado, development, duplex, government, house, housing, housing crisis, infrastructure, land-use, single-family, transit, transportation, zone, zoning
[image: An example of attainable housing in Grand Junction, a result of the federal government's Opportunity Zone program, which has poured $1 billion into Colorado since it began in 2018. (Photo by Four Points Funding)] Less than a week after a land-use bill hailed by Gov. Jared Polis as a way to solve Colorado’s affordable housing crisis was gutted in the state Senate, a group of House Democrats is making a last-ditch effort to resurrect portions of the legislation, including those requiring cities to zone for increased housing density around
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Boulder Fire purchases first electric fire engine
Daily Camera Boulder News
KEYWORD SCORE: 33.06. air quality, boulder, city manager, development, electric vehicle, energy
Boulder Fire-Rescue has bought its first electric fire engine, which will also be the first electric vehicle of its kind in the state. According to a city news release, the new Rosenbauer RTX fire engine will be a Range Extended Electric Vehicle — it will have an all-electric drivetrain and pump along with a diesel energy backup system, which will help the city improve air quality and reduce emissions that cause climate change. “This is a tremendous step forward for our community and yet another example of Boulder’s leadership in addressing cli
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CU Boulder ends vaccine requirement effective May 15
Daily Camera Boulder County News
KEYWORD SCORE: 32.22. boulder, colorado, covid-19, cu-boulder, pandemic, public health
The University of Colorado Boulder’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for students, faculty and staff will end effective May 15. The decision was made in accordance with state and federal guidelines, said Jessica Doty, associate vice chancellor, health and wellness services. “The University will continue to strongly recommend COVID-19 vaccinations for all in our campus community as a safe, effective tool for minimizing the effects of COVID-19, including serious illness and death,” Doty said in an announcement Monday. “And COVID-19 vaccination will
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Campus police, security screening and more mental health staff: A new plan for Denver schools takes a first crack at making them safer
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 31.34. colorado, enforcement, house, nonprofit, pandemic, police, protest, working group
Denver Public Schools would conduct more detailed building security assessments, retrain staff and students on how to keep themselves safe in an emergency, empower schools to decide whether they want police on campus and partner with the city to recruit and prepare more mental health professionals, according to a 48-page draft safety plan released Monday afternoon. The plan follows a string of high-profile violence at Denver schools, including a March 22 shooting at East High School in which a 17-year-old boy wounded two administrators before f
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Ensuring Green Lending Reaches the Communities Who Need it the Most
Next City
KEYWORD SCORE: 31.34. development, economic justice, energy, government, house, low-income, nonprofit, sustainability
(Photo by Annie Spratt) From solar energy systems for food banks to supporting sustainability initiatives for nonprofits, Beneficial State Bank funds projects that help build a greener future, especially for underserved communities that need it the most. “Many larger banks are unwilling to provide financing for nonprofits, especially smaller, grassroots organizations,” says Jae Easterbrooks, vice president and Earth Services team leader of the Oakland, California-based CDFI. The bank’s clients mostly come from low- and moderate-income communiti
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Parking Reform Is Snowballing
Strong Towns
KEYWORD SCORE: 31.28. comprehensive plan, development, downtown, energy, government, housing, mixed-use, parking garage, sales tax, traffic, transit, zoning
*This article** was originally published on *Public Square: A CNU Journal*. It is shared here with permission. All images for this piece were provided in the original article.* ------------------------------ “Pretty much since the 1950s, nearly every building, whether it is new, or remodeled, has been required by local governments to have a certain number of off-street parking spaces,” notes Catie Gould of the *Sightline Institute*. These mandates affect the form and cost of housing and commercial properties nationwide—and not in good ways. Ref
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Boulder Parks and Recreation bringing back services, pool operations thanks to recruitment efforts
Boulder Colorado Release
KEYWORD SCORE: 30.03. boulder, colorado, east boulder, north boulder, pandemic, south boulder
Boulder Parks and Recreation bringing back services, pool operations thanks to recruitment efforts Lifeguard_Be-a-safety-maker.jpg thorntonj@boul… Mon, 05/01/2023 - 14:34 May 01, 2023 Through the winter and spring, Boulder Parks and Recreation has focused on hiring enough seasonal staff for peak summer fun. While we continue to be impacted by the nationwide labor shortage, we expect to provide most department services at the highest level since 2019. Through the winter and spring, Boulder Parks and Recreation (BPR) has focused on hiring enough
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Editorial: Coordinated growth strategy needed as region’s population barrels toward 1.6 million
BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 29.50. affordable housing, boulder, boulder county, colorado, commute, commuting, development, government, homelessness, house, housing, traffic, transit, transportation
Imagine that you are expecting a wave of extended family members planning to move into your home. You have plenty of notice, with time to figure out how to house and feed them. You have time to plan for transportation, health care and recreation. But you opt not to plan, and instead are beset by a wealth of problems. That’s what we face in Northern Colorado, with hundreds of thousands of new residents heading our way. It’s a pretty staggering statistic: While Colorado overall added only 28,629 new residents in 2022 compared with the prior year,
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Opinion: Reps. Woodrow and Jodeh: We remain committed to our bill to build more housing now
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 29.28. accessory dwelling unit, air quality, colorado, commute, energy, homelessness, house, housing, occupancy, sustainable, transit, zoning
Colorado needs more housing now. There is no issue more important for our state. Across the board, our housing shortage is the culprit behind the most intractable challenges we face: increasing rents, unaffordable homes, homelessness, more expensive goods and services, longer commutes, inefficient water use, and poor air quality. Colorado is at a crossroads, and we have a choice to make. We can continue with the status quo that is driving up costs, displacing people from the communities they love, and suppressing our economy, or we can come tog
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Four Colorado colleges granted $5M by Delta Dental to expand oral health programs
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 27.91. black, colorado, covid-19, diversity, employment, hispanic, latino, pandemic
Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation, one of the largest funders of oral health initiatives in the state, on Monday said it’s granting a total of nearly $5 million to four colleges to help them expand existing dental hygiene programs or start new ones from scratch — all with the goal of addressing workforce shortages and diversifying the profession. The grants, split among Front Range Community College, Community College of Denver, Colorado Mountain College and Pikes Peak State College, will be distributed in installments over the next four year
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Boulder man gets probation after plea agreement in stabbing case
Daily Camera Boulder News
KEYWORD SCORE: 27.44. boulder, boulder county, boulder police department, homelessness, police
[image: Scott Schwelling (Boulder County Sheriff's Office)]Scott Schwelling (Boulder County Sheriff’s Office) The man accused of stabbing a Boulder Barnes & Noble employee earlier this year over shoplifting allegations was given probation after entering into a plea agreement. Scott Schwelling, 42, pleaded guilty Friday to felony menacing, with prosecutors dismissing the original charge of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon. Schwelling has maintained he was acting in self-defense and that he did not steal anything from the store, but sai
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Kalinski: Property tax assessments are going to hit Boulder Valley hard
BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 27.19. boulder, boulder county, budget, gunbarrel, house, marshall fire, property tax
People with fixed incomes are getting hit right where it counts — their monthly payment. This May, homeowners in Boulder County will receive news that the valuation used to calculate their property tax is expected to go up 35% or more. On one level, confirmation that our homes (read investments) are worth more sounds great. While we know what has happened to our property values over the past couple of years, this is still going to be a surprise. If you look under the surface, the vast issues arising by such a change are disturbing. Those with f
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Boulder receives grant to improve safe routes to Manhattan Middle School
Daily Camera Boulder News
KEYWORD SCORE: 26.53. bicycle, boulder, colorado, construction, infrastructure
Colorado Safe Routes to School has awarded Boulder a $707,222 grant to improve safe routes for Manhattan Middle School. The city will receive the grant money in 2024 and work with the community to develop a conceptual design. Construction will take place in 2025. The money will be used to improve pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure to increase safety, provide convenient travel options and encourage active lifestyles in the neighborhood. The grant also will augment nearby city work, including recently installed signal timing that gives pedestr
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Colorado Democrats move to put upzoning back in the upzoning bill after it was gutted
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 26.50. accessory dwelling unit, colorado, condo, development, government, house, housing, land-use, mayor, single-family, sustainable, transit, transportation, zoning
Colorado’s sweeping land-use bill was gutted once, and then gutted again. Now, House Democrats will attempt reconstructive surgery to restore the bill’s most ambitious — and controversial — components, including density mandates on local governments. “We have some concerns that the version that passed the Senate lacks a lot of the solutions that we sought when we introduced the bill in the first place,” said Rep. Steven Woodrow. “And so we’re looking to put a good amount of that back in.” But even if supporters succeed, they could be setting up
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CU Boulder students win $50,000 to help build athletic supplement company
Daily Camera Boulder News
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.91. boulder, colorado, cu-boulder, infrastructure, petition
A group of University of Colorado Boulder students won first place and received $50,000 during the New Venture Challenge to help fund their athletic supplement startup company. The New Venture Challenge is an annual business competition for students to present their business plan and have the opportunity to win a portion of a $100,000 prize to help propel their startup. CLD-9 is the name of the first-place winning athletic supplement company created by CU Boulder students Eric Osicka, Jackson Cameron, Khushang Hirpara and Tanner Amaya. Hirpara,
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Meals On Wheels Is A Climate-Relief Model
Next City
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.88. black, covid-19, nonprofit, pandemic
Airman 1st Class Courtney Taylor (left), customer service technician with the 341st Comptroller Squadron, delivers a meal to Clara Donney (right), a Meals on Wheels recipient of a Thanksgiving dinner sponsored by the Great Falls Community Food Bank. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Katrina Heikkinen / U.S. Air Force ) *This article originally appeared in Nexus Media News and was made possible by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.* When an unprecedented heat wave bore down on Portland, Oregon, in June 2021, Jonna Papaefthimiou, the city’s chie
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What Denver homeowners need to know about their property tax assessment, how to appeal and other tax relief resources
Denverite
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.75. colorado, government, house, occupancy, pandemic, property tax, renter
If you own a house in Denver and haven’t opened that letter from the assessor about your property’s value, let us warn you now: you’re in for a shock. Letters from the assessor have gone out with updated property values and homeowners are probably seeing some big numbers. Denver saw a 33% median increase in home values from July 2020 to June 2022, which Denver Assessor Keith Erffmeyer said was the highest he could recall in his nearly three decades working in the office. Surrounding Front Range counties saw even bigger jumps in residential valu
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Gov. Polis signs four gun bills into law; three were sponsored by Boulder lawmakers
Boulder Reporting Lab
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.69. boulder, city council, city of boulder, colorado, government, judy amabile, lawsuit
Gov. Jared Polis signed four gun bills into law on April 28, 2023. Three of the laws were sponsored by Boulder lawmakers: a three-day waiting period for gun sales, expansion of the “red flag” law, and a measure that makes it easier to sue gun manufacturers. “Waiting periods are a necessary buffer when someone in a crisis wants a gun to cause harm to themselves or others,” Rep. Judy Amabile, a Democrat from Boulder, said in a news release. “My son’s life was spared because his background check was delayed when he went to our local gun store. To
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Wood: Arron Mansika’s mindful mission
BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.09. boulder, boulder chamber, colorado, nonprofit, public health
It’s been more than two years since Arron Mansika stepped down as executive director of Naturally Boulder, the Boulder Chamber affiliate that celebrates and connects the natural-products industry. Mansika co-founded the organization in 2005, helping to build it into an innovative trade group representing more than 1,000 companies. Success of Naturally Boulder has been emulated by chapters in other cities through Naturally Network, a national organization of interdependent Naturally affiliates promoting the natural and organic sector. Naturally
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How State Governments Can Address Their Workforce Talent Crisis
Governing
KEYWORD SCORE: 24.75. colorado, covid-19, development, government, pandemic, public sector, refugee
One kind of crisis comes out of nowhere, like COVID-19. Another comes in the form of a slow burn, getting worse gradually. State governments generally coped well with the onset of the pandemic, adjusting operations quickly. Now they face the second kind of crisis: a large and growing workforce talent gap. Since the pandemic began, the number of job vacancies in state and local governments has more than doubled. In late 2022, 59 percent of state and local government workers said they were at least considering leaving their jobs. From 2016 throug
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‘The Story of the Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse’ exhibit and other Boulder events for today
Daily Camera Boulder County News
KEYWORD SCORE: 24.63. boulder, colorado, house
Today *“The Story of the Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse” exhibit:* Join the Museum of Boulder and The Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse in celebrating the 25th anniversary of this community treasure; 9 a.m. Monday, Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder; free- $10; museumofboulder.org. *“NOW: Colorado Creatives Unleashed” exhibit:* The “NOW: Colorado Creatives Unleashed” exhibit will showcase current works of select Colorado artists, highlighting what these artists have been creating in their studios during the past year; 11 a.m. Monday, R Gallery + Wine
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Advocates Urge Feds Not To Weaken Already-Weak Crash Reporting Guidelines
Streetsblog Net
KEYWORD SCORE: 24.59. development, enforcement, police, safe streets, traffic, transportation
A new set of federal crash reporting guidelines could actually encourage cities to collect *less *data about the systemic factors behind the national traffic violence epidemic by treating basic information about road design at crash sites as optional, a prominent national organization says. Ahead of a recently extended May 3 deadline, the advocacy group Salud America is urging safe streets advocates to submit their comments on the newly revised sixth edition of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria, which outlines hundreds of recommended dat
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Opinion: No choice but for big cuts along the Colorado River basin
Denver Post Opinion
KEYWORD SCORE: 24.47. boulder, colorado, commission, government, sustainability
The mighty Colorado River is endangered. Persistent massive drought, exacerbated by climate change, overuse, and ever-rising demand, has taken a heavy toll. Water levels have dwindled and remain at a historic low in Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the largest human-made reservoirs in the United States – so low in Lake Mead a year ago that it came close to hitting dead pool status, which occurs when water levels are too low to generate electricity. This wet winter’s record-breaking snowpacks will not resolve the crisis: with just a few consecutive dr
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Colorado Democrats propose a property tax relief measure that would reduce TABOR refunds for up to 10 years
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 24.22. ballot measure, colorado, energy, government, javier mabrey, progressive, property tax, renter, tabor
*Updated 6:52 p.m.* With property tax increases looming across Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis and fellow Democrats on Monday introduced a plan to potentially offer relief for homeowners and other property owners — if it’s approved by voters this November. The measure would allow homeowners to avoid about half of the 2024 increase to their property taxes, on average. It would pay for that discount, in part, by reducing the tax refunds that Coloradans receive. The changes wouldn’t be permanent but would last up to a decade. “Our proposal has the abil
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Is Colorado Option the right or wrong prescription?
BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 24.19. boulder, boulder county, city council, claire levy, colorado, commission, house, housing, human services, nonprofit, petition, public hearing, small business
When the Colorado House of Representatives approved state Senate amendments, passed House Bill 23-1224 on April 26 and sent it to Gov. Jared Polis for his signature, it capped a pulse-quickening debate about the “Colorado Option,” a state-designed health insurance option that launched its first open-enrollment period last year — as well as the broader concept of single-payer coverage and “Medicare for All.” Supporters call the Colorado Option a success. Opponents call it a failure. Other than in Colorado and the state of Washington, where the n
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Denver Police union endorses Kelly Brough
Denverite
KEYWORD SCORE: 22.59. city government, election, enforcement, government, mayor, pandemic, police
The Denver Police Protective Association, the union representing more than 1,400 officers, endorsed Kelly Brough for mayor, citing her experience in city government. “It was a very tough decision for this board,” said Sgt. Tyson Worrell, president of the Denver PPA. “And we spent a lot of time with the candidates, and at the end of the day we are going with Kelly because we believe that she’s the best person to run this city. She’s the best person to partner with us to help address the crime issues.” Worrell said both candidates are “good peopl
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Space antenna firm Tendeg seeks incentives for Louisville expansion
BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 22.38. boulder, boulder county, city council, colorado, commission, construction, development, tenant
LOUISVILLE — *Tendeg LLC*, a Louisville space antennas and deployables company, is planning to expand its local production capacity and is seeking a tax and fee incentives package from the city to open a new plant. The request, which will be reviewed Tuesday by the Louisville City Council, comes on the heels of an April *offer from the Colorado Economic Development Commission of more than $4.9 million* in tax incentives. Tendeg, which, according to a Louisville city memo, “is growing quickly and must expand its manufacturing capabilities in ord
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Tuesday’s Headlines Get Off Our Phones
Streetsblog Net
KEYWORD SCORE: 21.88. bike, bike lane, bus rapid transit, city council, construction, downtown, mayor, redevelop, traffic, transit, transportation, zone
- Drivers are increasing distracted by their phones, according to a new study, contributing to the rise in traffic deaths in recent years. But states that passed hands-free laws saw improvements. (Route Fifty) - Vox interviewed Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about traffic safety, fare-free transit and ridership recovery after COVID. - The Federal Railroad Administration issued a warning about super-long freight trains that are more prone to derailment. (Associated Press) - Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is pushing back against ci
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Colorado property tax relief: Polis, lawmakers reveal plan to ease skyrocketing tax bills
Denver Post Politics
KEYWORD SCORE: 21.34. colorado, government, house, housing, pandemic, progressive, property tax, rent control, renter, sustainability, tabor, tenant
The fate of property tax policy will likely be in the hands of Colorado voters this November as lawmakers and the governor try for long-term solutions to the state’s skyrocketing property values. Gov. Jared Polis and the members of the Democratic majorities in the state Senate and House of Representatives unveiled Monday a proposal that would chop $40,000 off the valuations that steer total property taxes owed, reduce the overall residential assessment rate and expand and enhance the senior homestead exemption, among other changes. In all, the
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NoCo live music venues expect large summer crowds
BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 21.03. boulder, budget, colorado, covid-19, downtown, energy, house, latino, pandemic, turnout
As the world shifts back to normal, live music venues are seeing great turnouts for their shows and events with plenty of options in Northern Colorado. In Boulder, music lovers can head to the Boulder Theater, The Fox Theatre and the Avalon Theater. Fort Collins has the Lyric Cinema and the Aggie Theatre, while Greeley’s hot spot is the Moxi Theater. Bellevue has the Mishawaka and Lafayette, Nissi’s Entertainment & Events. All of these options result in one thing — there isn’t a weekend over the summer months that doesn’t have something fun to
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