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Tipoffs for Boulder, Colorado (State) Newsletter for Friday February 16, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Colo. Gov. Polis Announces Wildfire Mitigation and Forest Health Management Grants for Colorado Communities
DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 16 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Governor Jared Polis and Colorado Department of Natural Resources Executive Director Dan Gibbs were joined by state leaders, legislators, youth corps members, and water providers to announce an additional investment of $6.5 million in grants from Colorado's Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) for on-the-ground forest mitigation work and landscape scale watershed projects throughout Colorado. Ov  more

Colo. House Democrats: Legislation to Increase Penalties for Child Labor Violations Clears Committee
DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 16 -- The Colorado House Democrats issued the following news release: The House Business Affairs and Labor Committee today passed legislation to ramp up financial penalties for businesses that violate child labor laws. "While we've made important progress to update Colorado's child labor laws, we must ensure violators are held accountable and our youth are protected," said Rep. Sheila Lieder, D-Littleton. "Right now, businesses face small or non-existence fines for child  more