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Mesa County judge bars Tina Peters from overseeing 2022 election

A Mesa County judge granted a request on Tuesday to remove embattled Clerk Tina Peters as the county’s designated election official (DEO) during the 2022 election.  The court also granted Secretary of... Read more »

Michigan to spend $100 million to open new child care programs, tackle pain points

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer aims to help open or expand 1,000 child care programs by 2024 using $100 million in federal COVID aid. The state plans to invest in child care buildings, educator... Read more »

Polis signs bills to reduce property taxes, delay gas fees

Gov. Jared Polis signed several pieces of legislation into law on Monday, among them bills to reduce property taxes and delay gas fees for Colorado residents. The bills are some of the... Read more »

Here’s what reorganization could mean for Adams 14

The Adams 14 school district is set to be the first district in Colorado forced to start a reorganization process after years of low academic performance on the state’s accountability system. Since this would... Read more »

Struggling with child care in Michigan? Share your story.

Karin Cooney’s child care center is licensed to look after 44 kids from Monday to Friday. But for months, she’s only really been able to care for around 30 — a consequence... Read more »

States Have Yet to Spend Hundreds of Millions of Federal Dollars to Tackle Covid Health Disparities

The Biden administration in March 2021 announced it was investing $2.25 billion to address covid health disparities, the largest federal funding initiative designed specifically to help underserved communities hardest hit by the virus. Two... Read more »

Newsom unveils $18.1 billion relief package to address inflation

Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a $18.1 billion dollar relief package on Thursday to address rising inflationary costs by leveraging the state’s budget surplus. The package, introduced a day before Newsom is set... Read more »

Trees aren’t a climate change cure-all – 2 new studies on the life and death of trees in a warming world show why

When people talk about ways to slow climate change, they often mention trees, and for good reason. Forests take up a large amount of the planet-warming carbon dioxide that people put into the atmosphere when... Read more »

For some people, religious leaders might be most effective at communicating the importance of COVID-19 vaccination

Vaccinating a substantial portion of society has been found to be the best way to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control, but the pace of vaccination has slowed down since the vaccines were... Read more »

Polis, Democratic lawmakers tout legislative achievements after session ends

Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic lawmakers touted their legislative achievements during a press conference on Thursday, one day after the session ended. Lawmakers said their focus for the legislative session was to “save people... Read more »