PHOENIX, Arizona, June 11 (TNSres) -- Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication issued the following news: Just weeks after winning the prestigious Grand Prize in the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards, Carnegie-Knight News21 has launched a new reporting project examining the state of American democracy. Twenty-nine student journalists representing 14 universities have convened at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and   more

DENVER, Colorado, June 11 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Governor Jared Polis signed into law today a bipartisan bill to make early childhood education in Colorado more inclusive and accessible. HB24-1009, sponsored by Representatives Junie Joseph, D-Boulder, and Barbara McLachlan, D-Durango, and Senator Joann Ginal, D-Fort Collins, expands bilingual early childhood programs and facilities with a new bilingual licensing unit in the Departme  more

DENVER, Colorado, June 11 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Governor Polis today signed into law bipartisan legislation that will reduce Colorado's competency waitlist and improve efficiency and effectiveness in the competency system. Last year, Colorado had 448 people who were deemed to be incompetent to proceed by a court and were waiting to receive competency restoration services before proceeding to trial, with an average wait time of 66 d  more

DENVER, Colorado, June 11 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Governor Jared Polis yesterday signed three bills into law to save seniors and Coloradans with disabilities money by allowing them to deduct all federally taxed social security income on their state taxes, reinstate a refundable tax credit to save older Coloradans money on housing, and expand a refundable tax credit for seniors with disabilities. "The rising cost of living has been to  more