New outbreaks of COVID-19 identified by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment fell by 22.4 percent over the past week, with dips of similar or even greater size in almost every category tracked by the state during the pandemic. But there was one demographic group that defied the decline: kids.
Outbreaks associated with children make up well over a third of the latest batch, with most of the spread taking place at K-12 schools, where infections of students, the majority of whom have not been vaccinated, are much more common than those involving staffers.
The CDPHE considers an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location are confirmed within a fourteen-day period, or two or more cases of respiratory illness with an onset of symptoms within a fourteen-day period are paired with at least one additional COVID-19 diagnosis. The vast majority of businesses and facilities identified as ou
HURT, Va. (Altavista Journal) â Hurt officials have worked diligently over recent weeks to develop a proposed budget for the upcoming 2021-22 fiscal year, which begins July 1. They have done so amid the ongoing effects of a global pandemic and struggling economy, along with a variety of local concerns.Â
Financial planning and capital improvements were the weightier topics discussed by Town Council during its monthly business meeting Tuesday, May 4.
Finance Committee Chairman Steve Watson presented to council a draft budget proposal and a recommendation to advertise it for public hearing. Specifics of the proposal were reviewed and agreed to by his committee during its April 29 meeting.   Following moderate discussion council voted unanimously to proceed with advertisement and to schedule a public hearing for June 1.
Legal Colorado Christian school seeking broad ministerial exception from 10th Circuit
Daniel Wiessner
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A devotee holds a rosary as Pope Francis visits St. Peterâs Parish church in the Sam Phran district of Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand, November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Wang - RC24GD9L5AHG
A U.S. appeals court panel on Tuesday will take up the latest high-profile case to test the limits of an exemption from anti-discrimination laws for religious schools, with a Colorado Christian academy claiming it should apply broadly to teachers, chaplains and other leaders.
Daniel Blomberg of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, who represents Faith Christian Academy, will urge a 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that the ministerial exception shields the school from a former faculty member s claims that he was fired for organizing a chapel service focused on combatting racism.
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