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Colorado appears poised to reap some of the benefits from the sprawling $2 trillion infrastructure proposal unveiled by President Joe Biden last week. The president on Wednesday unveiled details of the package in an address at a carpenters union training center in Pittsburgh, touting it as one that “people are going to look back and say this is the moment when America won the future.” “It’s a once-in-a-generation investment in America unlike anything we’ve seen or done since we built the interstate highway system and the space race decades ago,” he said. “In fact, it’s the lar...

Colorado prison administrators are willing to shell out more than $3 million to overcome vaccine reluctance among prison workers, calling it a small price to pay to avert ongoing impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. In an effort to lift inoculation rates, the state Department of Corrections told its 6,200 prison employees in late March they were each eligible to receive a one-time payment of $500 for proof they’ve been vaccinated. In a memo announcing the incentive, DOC Executive Director Dean Williams cited March 25 data showing that only 38% of prison system staff had reported receiving bo...

As COVID’s school closures have dragged on for the past year, parents wanting their children back in the classroom have found themselves stymied by teacher unions and the public education bureaucracy. There were few alternatives to letting their kids languish in remote learning. But some Douglas County parents decided they weren’t going to take “no” for an answer. They mounted a recall effort against four members of the Douglas County School Board, which had kept the district’s middle schools and high schools closed. In January, parent Nate Ormond began organizing other community me...

Is a dead person still required to pay restitution to his victim? That is the question the Colorado Supreme Court will take up, after announcing on Monday it will hear a matter involving a criminal defendant who died during his appeal, prompting a lower court to expunge the entire case, including a restitution order. Known as “abatement ab initio,” the legal doctrine results in defendants having no charges on their record if they happen to die after a conviction, but before the final outcome of their appeal. The origins of the doctrine are unclear, and some states have never honored it, w...

Today Mainly clear. Low 37F. NNW winds at 15 to 25 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.. Tonight Mainly clear. Low 37F. NNW winds at 15 to 25 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. Updated: April 7, 2021 @ 3:14 pm