Members of the Colorado legislature have been searching for a way to remove the state regulation which prevents towns from banning Styrofoam, and new legislation could provide an avenue for such changes.
Published June 1, 2021 at 5:10 PM MDT
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On today’s episode of Colorado Edition, we dig into a new bill that helps people with past convictions for marijuana possession seal their records. Then, we learn how some colleges and cities are looking to acknowledge and reconcile their land as belonging to Indigenous nations. We hear about efforts to address when police officers are ill-equipped to interact with people with disabilities. And, we get a peek into potential changes to Colorado’s school funding formula.
Today’s guests include Colorado House Rep. Alex Valdez; and Chalkbeat Colorado’s bureau chief, Erica Meltzer. Today s episode features reporting from KUNC’s American Dream reporter Stephanie Daniel and mental health reporter Leigh Paterson.
The Colorado Senate unanimously approved three bills Tuesday that delineates how the state should spend its portion of federal money from the American Rescue Plan approved by Congress in March.
Denver, Colorado - Denver School Board director-at-large Tay Anderson, a Black Lives Matter activist and reportedly Colorado's youngest Black elected official has been accused of molesting over 60 undocumented students, using the residency status of the children to target kids as young as 14-years-o