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Denver Post reporter. Finding humanity in journalism. I write about marginalized groups, social justice, education, libraries, housing, youth, ghosts and general whimsy. Local news stan.
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If you are a NOAA or NWS employee in Colorado who was fired today, I'd like to talk to you for a @denverpost.com story. Inbox is open, DM for signal.

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New: The Colorado Department of Early Childhood plans to cut therapeutic care and other services to babies and toddlers with disabilities as soon as Monday as it grapples with a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall www.denverpost.com/2025/02/26/c...

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“Multiple representatives of the Department of Early Childhood did not respond to interview requests or questions from The Post on Wednesday, and a spokesman for Gov. Jared Polis declined to comment.”

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New: The Colorado Department of Early Childhood plans to cut therapeutic care and other services to babies and toddlers with disabilities as soon as Monday as it grapples with a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall www.denverpost.com/2025/02/26/c...

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“It feels like patient abandonment, which is not OK,” an occupational therapist based in Larimer County said // Story by @jessicaseaman.bsky.social and @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social

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Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk’s DOGE are expected to produce no savings apnews.com/article/doge...

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Denver Broncos outside linebackers coach Michael Wilhoite is accused of punching a Denver police officer in the face at the drop-off line at Denver International Airport on Sunday, according to court records.

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2 Native girls repeatedly asked their horse-riding organization Westernaires to stop imitating Indigenous culture. "They refused to listen." Now, the 10 & 11 y/o's quit, saying they couldn't tolerate it anymore. "Some people just don't care about other people." www.denverpost.com/2025/02/24/w...

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An 11 y/o CO Native girl. "I’ve had this picture of this nice world in my head for a long time, but I’ve seen and heard the truth about the world so now it just breaks that picture of the world inside my head. I don't really know how to make the world better." www.denverpost.com/2025/02/24/w...

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CSU complies with Trump’s anti-DEI directives - and sees protests - as other Colorado schools weigh responses www.denverpost.com/2025/02/22/c... via @denverpost

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someone has added a banner to the FCC Complaints page so that anyone going to file a complaint first gets asked if they want to join in a complaint re: “investigating news distortion at 60 Minutes” consumercomplaints.fcc.gov

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Gov. Polis was on Politico’s “Governors Summit” yesterday. He praised DOGE’s apparent plans to get rid of the penny, criticized Trump’s tariffs, reiterated his support for RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary, threw cold water on running for president, and said he hopes to learn from DOGE. Full quotes:

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“Anytime that whole FOIA offices are getting fired, it portends terrible things."

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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

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"She was a fighter. She’d get knocked down — she struggled a lot with health issues that stemmed from the shooting — but I’d watch her pull herself back up. She was her best advocate and an advocate for others who weren’t as strong in the disability community” // Obit by @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social

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MSU Denver’s new Affordable Housing Institute professionalizes an industry to beef up workforce www.denverpost.com/2025/02/19/a... via @denverpost.com

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Columbine High School shooting survivor dies decades after tragedy. Her tenacious spirit is remembered. www.denverpost.com/2025/02/17/a... via @denverpost.com

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New: USAID gutting hits Colorado as organizations, small businesses struggle to survive www.denverpost.com/2025/02/14/u... via @denverpost.com

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Want a Valentine's read? Check out Denver's first romance bookstore: It's so popular, they can barely keep books stocked. I talked to Coloradans about why a genre mocked for so long is finally getting its flowers www.denverpost.com/2025/02/04/s... via @denverpost.com

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This was uncovered by the @denverpost.com's @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social and that's why local news matters.

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New: First-of-its-kind Colorado program is paying parents to become full-time literacy tutors to their kids www.denverpost.com/2025/02/13/r... via @denverpost.com

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Aurora teachers provide a glimpse into their classrooms on the day of immigration raids https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/02/10/aurora-teachers-talk-about-classes-during-immigration-raids-denver-adams12/

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Denver saw declines in homicides and shootings in 2024 — but domestic violence surged www.denverpost.com/2025/02/09/d... via @denverpost.com

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Had a dream Elmo was retiring and the succession plan was I was to become Elmo. Gotta say, that was a hard one to wake up from, folks

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ICE officials in Denver have not responded to multiple inquiries from @denverpost.com since Wednesday asking how many people were detained in this week’s operation, how many were members of Tren de Aragua, and where detainees are being held and processed // Story by @meganululani.bsky.social

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“It’s insulting and infuriating ... I would never want to put anyone through that sort of stress.” “People are scared.” “We’re falling to the way of Nazi Germany.” Reporting by @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social @sethklamann.bsky.social and Shelly Bradbury on ICE raids in CO today via @denverpost.com

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I’m at Leetsdale and Oneida at the Cedar Run Apt complex ICE has raided this morning. Activists are out here on bullhorns saying majority of CO stand with their immigrant neighbors as federal agents pace the neighborhood @denverpost.com

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Stop-work orders from the feds brought widespread confusion: "The project is for cheetah trafficking in Africa… not sure what DEI activity would be on it. So this feels like a blanket stop on the project," a Colorado State researcher wrote in an email reviewed by @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social

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New: CU, CSU instruct researchers to resume federally funded projects — including DEI work — after Trump’s directive blocked www.denverpost.com/2025/02/04/c... via @denverpost.com

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As @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social reports, nothing can withstand the force of an idea whose time has come. In this case, #SpicyLibrarian has arrived, and her @denverpost.com story on the RiNo bookstore gives insight into its rapid ascent...

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