Colorado would boost adult high school diploma programs and also ensure students learn digital literacy skills under two bipartisan bills in the state legislature.
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Colorado Selects Company to Administer Unemployment Benefits for Undocumented Workers
Colorado’s Office of New Americans selected a Denver-based company this week to administer its upcoming wage replacement program for unemployed undocumented workers, putting the state on track to be the first in the country to have an unemployment fund that serves undocumented immigrants.
Gov. Polis Emphasizes Housing Need in Address to Colorado Lawmakers
We should ask ourselves who we as Coloradans want to be in our 150th year. How can our work now and over the next few years make that Colorado possible? And finally, how can Colorado’s example shine a bright light for the nation?” the Democrat said.
Tribal Leaders Stress Education, Water Issues in First-of-its-Kind Address to Colorado Lawmakers
Leaders of the two federally-recognized Native American tribes within Colorado’s borders used part of their first annual address to the state’s General Assembly to brief lawmakers on the long history of their relations with other governments — beginning with a treaty with the Spanish more than a century before the United States existed.
Colorado AG Weiser Forms Task Force to Combat Organized Retail Theft
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Wednesday announced the formation of a new statewide task force targeting organized retail theft and the reselling of stolen goods online.
Colorado Grocery Workers Oppose Proposed Kroger-Albertsons Merger Ahead of Senate Hearing
Grocery store workers with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union on Tuesday voiced their opposition to the proposed merger of supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons, claiming the merger will harm employees and customers alike ahead of a Senate subcommittee hearing on the proposed $24.6 billion deal.
The Centennial State First in the Country, According to Democratic Report Card
Colorado is the top state in the country for democracy rules and practices, with flawless ratings on voting and election subversion issues and some of the country’s strongest regulations to restrict the role of money in politics.