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State Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Tuesday July 23, 2024 ( 7 items )  

Aims Community College Affiliates With Excelencia in Education Presidents for Latino Student Success Network
GREELEY, Colorado, July 23 -- Aims Community College issued the following news release: Dr. Leah L. Borenstein, CEO and President of Aims Community College, has joined the national network of Presidents for Latino Student Success (P4LSS). The network is a program of Excelencia in Education, a leading organization dedicated to advancing the success of Latino students in higher education. P4LSS comprises presidents and chancellors committed to making their campuses learning environments where L  more

City of Pueblo Receives $1 Million DOLA Grant for Real Time Crime Center
PUEBLO, Colorado, July 23 -- The city of Pueblo issued the following news: The City of Pueblo received notice of award from the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) for a $1,000,000 grant to assist with funding the Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) with the Pueblo Police Department. Recently Mayor of Pueblo Heather Graham, Chief of Pueblo Police Department Chris Noeller and Chief of Staff Brian McCain traveled to Montrose, Colo. to present before DOLA regarding this grant application. Consideration   more

Colo. PUC Issues Weekly Meeting Agenda for July 24, 2024
DENVER, Colorado, July 19 -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: * * * Consent Items TRANSPORTATION 1. PROCEEDING NO. 24A-0301CP-SUSP Billups Transportation LLC IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF BILLUPS TRANSPORTATION LLC TO SUSPEND CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO. 55986. Filing Date and Party: 07/02/2024 Billups Transportation LLC Description: Application for authority to suspend Certificate of Public Convenience and N  more

Colo. Speaker McCluskie Addresses Elevating Rural Colorado Partnership Education Celebration
DENVER, Colorado, July 23 -- The Colorado House Democrats posted the following remarks on July 22, 2024, from Speaker Julie McCluskie: * * * KEYSTONE, CO - Speaker Julie McCluskie today delivered remarks at the Elevating Rural Colorado Partnership celebration in Keystone, CO, and discussed recent efforts to boost career pathways in rural Colorado and support rural public schools. The event, organized by Colorado Succeeds, the Colorado Education Initiative, Empower Schools, and Lyra Colorado,   more

Colorado Medicaid Executes Its Fifth Pharmaceutical Value-Based Contract
DENVER, Colorado, July 23 -- The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: * * * Medicaid enters into value-based contract for Dupixent(R) * * * Today the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) announced it has entered into a value-based pharmacy contract designed to save Coloradans money on health care. This latest value-based contract is with Sanofi for Dupixent(R) (dupilumab), an injectable biologic me  more

Polis Administration Announces $129 Million in Federal Funding to Improve Colorado Air
DENVER, Colorado, July 23 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: * * * EPA Grants Colorado Energy Office $129 Million to invest in greenhouse gas emissions reduction * * * Today, Governor Polis and the Colorado Energy Office celebrate an awarded $129 million granted by the EPA to invest in new initiatives to help improve Colorado's air quality. The announcement of the grant allows Colorado to expand initiatives and promote community-driven soluti  more

Senate Democratic Leadership Statements on President Biden
DENVER, Colorado, July 23 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats posted the following statements on July 22, 2024: * * * Senate President Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder, and Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez, D-Denver, today released the following statements on President Biden's decision not to seek reelection. Senate President Steve Fenberg: "President Biden is a true public servant and deserves our immense gratitude for saving the country from a deepening crisis in the 2020 election. He brought   more