by Mr. Leadville | Jun 3, 2020 | Leadville News
Spelling bee-trayed. That’s how some kids whose lives revolve around the Scripps National Spelling Bee felt after the competition was canceled for the first time since World War II due to the coronavirus pandemic. With no plans for an alternative or rescheduled event,...
by Mr. Leadville | Jun 3, 2020 | Leadville News
An initiative to significantly raise Colorado’s tobacco taxes was approved for circulation this week, meaning that the organizers can begin collecting signatures in hopes of getting it on the November ballot. Initiative 292 calls for an increase in the state’s tax on...
by Mr. Leadville | Jun 3, 2020 | Leadville News
No public health insurance option. Drastic cuts to K-12 and higher education funding. Seniors losing tax breaks on their homes. These are a few of the dozens of sacrifices Colorado’s Democrat-led Legislature must make when it returns to work Tuesday after a March 14...
by Mr. Leadville | Jun 3, 2020 | Leadville News
Some writers are always writing and others, like Jessica Wilson, wait for a good idea.“I can’t write until it hits me,” she says. “If inspiration hits me, the words start flowing.”Inspiration struck in early April, about a month after the Colorado Springs program...
by Mr. Leadville | Jun 3, 2020 | Leadville News
Colorado on Thursday topped its previous high-water mark for COVID-19 testing, as the state gets closer and closer to reaching the mass testing that public health experts say is needed to safely monitor the virus. A combination of private facilities and the state-run...
