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Former President Donald Trump criticized the daughter of Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over Trump's criminal trial relating to hush money payments, on social media. Federal judge Reggie Walton gave a rare interview to CNN's Kaitlan Collins and explained why he's concerned about these attacks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | SharetPresident Joe Biden's campaign released a video from his star-studded fundraiser event at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, highlighting a light-hearted moment between the president and TV host Stephen Colbert.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareTransgender and nonbinary people would receive more explicit protections in Colorado’s anti-bias and harassment law if a newly introduced bill becomes law. Advocates characterize the bill as a simple legislative fix to ensure gender identity and expression are protected across state law, while also sending a message about Colorado’s values. “(The bill) ensures nonbinary and trans people are seen and represented in every part of Colorado law, which is especially important now with the wave of anti-trans rhetoric and legislation across the country,” said Garrett Royer, political director for LGBTQ advocacy organization One Colorado.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareLow-income Coloradans with mental illnesses are poised to receive longer hospital stays after state legislators set aside money to expand a decades-old Medicaid rule. Federal law requires that Medicaid patients hospitalized in psychiatric facilities be discharged after 15 hospital days in a month or the facility doesn’t get paid. The rule was intended to prevent hospitals from warehousing patients, but advocates and psychiatrists say that it instead pushes hundreds of vulnerable Coloradans out of the facilities prematurely and into a cycle of homelessness, incarceration and emergency room visits. That may finally change.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareEvery day, Andrea Cunningham drives Grover, her 3-year-old wirehaired pointing griffon, four miles roundtrip to Fuller Dog Park in northeast Denver — even though she lives just blocks from Cheesman Park. She makes the trek to avoid getting ticketed for an unleashed dog, but she hopes Denver will expand its offerings of dog-friendly outdoor spaces. “I drive four miles a day just to walk my dog, and I would be really happy to walk five blocks a day instead,” said Cunningham, 59. Denver has doubled its number of dog parks in the last decade, but that hasn’t satisfied demand yet.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA canine respiratory disease outbreak that sickened Colorado dogs last fall is motivating state lawmakers to find a legislative fix, but some pet care facilities say the proposed bill needs a lot more clarification to work. The bill, HB24-1354, would require licensed pet facilities to “make every reasonable attempt to notify” pet owners of an infectious disease outbreak within 24 hours of the facility learning about that outbreak. Rep.
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