by Mr. Leadville | Jun 11, 2020 | Leadville News
June 5, 2020 (Personhood Alliance) — Can a person be convicted of child abuse for injuring a pre-born child? The Colorado Supreme Court has just said no. But in an interesting turn of events, the court’s decision opens the door for the state legislature to clarify...
by Mr. Leadville | Jun 11, 2020 | Leadville News
Colorado appears to be the next state in line to revise its tobacco purchasing age, as today the state Senate approved HB20-1001, which revises the law to increase the minimum age from 18 to 21-years-old, as well as make a number of other changes to tobacco-related...
by Mr. Leadville | Jun 11, 2020 | Leadville News
When a Cripple Creek casino worker — we’ll call her “Diane” — lost her job on March 17 with no notice when all casinos closed under a statewide COVID-19 public health order, she filed for unemployment insurance benefits. Having earned the minimum wage of $12 an hour,...
by Mr. Leadville | Jun 11, 2020 | Leadville News
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed day care centers to the edge, with stay-at-home orders, new safety regulations and staff shortages slashing available slots and profits. And as centers are forced to cut capacity and turn away families even as the economy reopens,...
by Mr. Leadville | Jun 11, 2020 | Leadville News
by: Colorado Pols June 4, 2020 at 10:57 AM MDT Rep. Jason Crow (D-Aurora).As the Colorado Sun’s Jesse Paul reports: A Democratic congressman from Colorado introduced a bill Thursday that seeks to gather racial policing data from across the nation, create a federal...
by Mr. Leadville | Jun 11, 2020 | Leadville News
One of our enduring national myths is that demonstrations make a difference. Demos are a big deal; after all, the First Amendment explicitly guarantees the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the government for redress of grievances....
