Stories tagged: "Colorado"

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Politics Progressives Notched Big Wins at the State Level This Year. Here Are a Few.

2020 wasn’t a banner year at the national policy making level, but that void made the work of state leaders all the more critical.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil December 23, 2020 8:00 am EST
Healthcare An abortion rights rally outside of the Supreme Court in March 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)
Healthcare Colorado Voted to Protect Reproductive Rights. Louisiana? Not So Much.

Election Day saw reproductive rights in the US take one step forward and potentially 50 steps back with anti-abortion measures on the ballot in both the West and South.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright November 5, 2020 10:57 am EST
Coronavirus Protesters call for the reopening of Colorado while restrictions put in place to stop the spread of the new coronavirus were eased in most of the state, Friday, May 1, 2020, in front of the State Capitol in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Coronavirus Colorado Man Arrested For Pipe Bombs Was Organizing Armed Protest Against Coronavirus Restrictions

FBI and ATF Agents discovered four pipe bombs and potential pipe bomb components inside Bradley Bunn’s house.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil May 4, 2020 1:32 pm EDT
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Law and Order Colorado Becomes 22nd State to Abolish Death Penalty

Colorado’s action is part of a gradual national trend to move away from capital punishment.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright March 25, 2020 12:18 pm EDT
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Politics Could Democrats Take Back The Senate? New Polls Say Yes.

Polls show Democrats leading Republican incumbents in key Senate races in Arizona, Maine, North Carolina, and Colorado.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil March 5, 2020 3:38 pm EST

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The post-war economic boom of the 1950s and 60s sharply increased Wisconsin crop production. In this photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Latino farm workers hoe a cucumber field near Wautoma in 1967. Economy From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
This 2018 photo shows the signage of the Fayetteville Works plant where the Delaware-based Chemours Company manufactures C3 dimer acid, also known as GenX. The chemical has entered the Cape Fear River, a source of drinking water for much of the southeastern part of North Carolina for an unknown time period. (Photo via AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Environment Polluters of ‘Forever Chemicals’ No Longer Getting a Pass, EPA Head Pledges
A photo of the Fall Creek School District building in Eau Claire County. Gina Kildahl, a parent whose 7-year-old son contracted COVID-19 while attending the school, recently filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to implement masking requirements and other precautions aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fall Creek School District) Coronavirus Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
Getty Images Elections Michigan’s County Clerks are Still Living Through the 2020 Election