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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Friday May 05, 2023 ( 4 items )  

Advancement Project: Movimiento Poder Asks to Join Lawsuit Challenging Denver Public School District Board of Education's Behind-Closed-Door Reversal on Police Free Schools
DENVER, Colorado, May 5 (TNSgov) -- The Advancement Project, a non-profit that develops community-based solutions based on legal analysis and public education campaigns, issued the following news release: On behalf of Movimiento Poder, Advancement Project and Eric Maxfield Law, LLC asked the Denver District Court to allow it to intervene, or join, in a lawsuit over the Denver Public School District Board of Education's closed-door decision to suspend a policy prohibiting police in schools (the   more

Institute for Justice: Entrepreneur Asks Colorado Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Transportation Monopoly
DENVER, Colorado, May 5 (TNSgov) -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release: An entrepreneur in Steamboat Springs filed a petition asking the Colorado Supreme Court to allow him to have his day in court in a lawsuit challenging Colorado's transportation monopoly law. Abdallah Batayneh filed his lawsuit in March 2021, arguing that state law protects existing transportation companies from competition by giving them the power to veto new competition. That hurts customers, the p  more

The University of Florida Takes First Place in PRSSA's 2023 Bateman Case Study Competition
NEW YORK, May 5 (TNSres) -- The Public Relations Society of America issued the following news on May 4, 2023: PRSSA, the foremost organization for students interested in the public relations and communications fields, announced today that The University of Florida was named the winner of the 2023 Bateman Case Study Competition. Earning second place was The University of Colorado Boulder -- The Daily He(a)rd, followed by Louisiana State University in the third-place spot. This year, PRSSA teame  more

Western Watersheds Project: Wolf Advocates Praise Colorado's Progress Towards Restoration, But Object to New Rules' Unscientific Reliance on Killing Wolves
DENVER, Colorado, May 5 (TNSgov) -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release: The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission unanimously approved a plan that paves the way for the state to begin translocating gray wolves into Colorado by the end of 2023. The Commission also approved rules that authorize both private individuals and state agents to kill wolves under a variety of circumstances, a management tool that runs counter to the best available science about the species  more