Published January 12, 2021 at 6:17 PM MST
Scott Franz
Capitol Coverage
Today on Colorado Edition: As state lawmakers return to the Capitol for the start of the 2021 session, we’ll explore how the pandemic, and last week’s violence at the U.S. Capitol, will impact opening day. We’ll also get a preview of education-related bills lawmakers are expected to take up in the coming year. We’ll learn how large wildfires may impact water supplies. And finally, we check in with folks in Colorado’s restaurant industry to hear how the recently relaxed pandemic restrictions have affected business.
Our guests include: KUNC’s state capitol reporter Scott Franz;
Today on Colorado Edition: We also get the latest on vaccine rollout disparities across Colorado. Plus, we explore the challenges of bilingual contact tracing, speak with Colorado’s insurance commissioner, and learn why convalescent plasma isn’t the coronavirus miracle treatment some thought it could have been.
Originally published on December 24, 2020 4:28 pm
Gov. Jared Polis has made hundreds of decisions this year that have affected millions of Coloradans. He s the one deciding where we can eat, whether we have to wear masks and most recently, who is first in line to get the vaccine. He s also had to govern through his own COVID-19 diagnosis.
Capitol Coverage reporter Scott Franz recently spoke with Polis about his coronavirus response. Below are highlights from the interview.
Scott Franz: I recently talked to the National Governors Association and they told me one of your fellow governors said the pandemic was like a hurricane that makes landfall in all 50 states and never leaves. This hurricane has been with us now for more than nine months, and you ve been the face of Colorado s response leading us through it. I m wondering how are you holding up?
Gov. Jared Polis has made hundreds of decisions this year that have affected millions of Coloradans. He's the one deciding where we can eat, whether we have to wear masks and most recently, who is first in line to get the vaccine. Capitol Coverage reporter Scott Franz recently spoke with Polis about his coronavirus response.
Some Grand Forks dining establishments resume normal hours, others wait and see
The change caught some business owners by surprise, and now some are tinkering with schedules or assessing what they can do. 1:11 pm, Dec. 22, 2020 ×
Joe Schneider, co-owner of Joe Black’s Bar and Grill and The Hub Pub, must deal with ongoing changes in scheduling. The business can now resume its normal operating hours. Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald file photo
While some Grand Forks restaurants and bars are looking forward to generating more sales, others are playing catch up, after Gov. Doug Burgum extended the hours they may be open.