DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 10 -- The Colorado Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023: The Colorado Department of Transportation announced today it has launched a new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) program. CDOT is planning, designing and will build BRT routes on sections of Federal Boulevard, Colorado Boulevard and eventually Colfax Avenue east of I-225 in the Denver region. BRT work is also underway on CO 119/Diagonal Highway in Boulder County, and future rapid tra more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 10 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2023: Today, Governor Polis made two appointments to fill vacancies on the Colorado Court of Appeals. Governor Polis appointed Pax L. Moultrie to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable David Furman, which is effective January 1, 2024. Ms. Moultrie is a District Court Judge in the 2nd Judicial District, a position she has held since 2020. Her docket consists of juvenile ma more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 10 -- The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies' Division of Insurance issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2023: Today, the Colorado Division of Insurance (DOI), part of the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), issued a request to the homeowners' insurance companies with policyholders in the Marshall Fire area with a specific ask to extend additional living expenses (ALE) benefits in homeowners' policies for people still rebuilding their homes. ALE bene more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 10 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release: Legislative leaders in the House and Senate released statements following Governor Polis' call for a special session to address property tax relief for Coloradans: "We always knew that if Proposition HH failed, property taxes would rise dramatically for thousands of Coloradans, which would make Colorado's cost of living even more out of reach for so many," said Senate President Steve Fenberg, D-Boulde more PR

GOLDEN, Colorado, Nov. 10 -- Colorado School of Mines issued the following news: A pair of Colorado School of Mines professors will be inducted into the American Society for Engineering Education's Hall of Fame. Jon Leydens, professor of humanities, arts, and social sciences, and Juan Lucena, professor of engineering, design and society, were selected as part of the ASEE Hall of Fame Class of 2023 for their work in integrating engineering and social justice. The honor recognizes "Engineering  more PR

FORT COLLINS, Colorado, Nov. 10 (TNSres) -- Colorado State University issued the following news release: A low-tech method developed by Colorado State University and partners has revolutionized how federal agencies, conservation organizations and ranchers restore degraded meadows and ranchlands across the West. A study led by CSU researcher Renee Rondeau has found that strategically placing rocks in the wet meadows of Gunnison's sagebrush hills slows water, reconnects the floodplain and incre more PR

LAMPASAS, Texas, Nov. 10 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: Lampasas Community Gardens is constructing an ADA-compliant garden area, thanks to a $12,359 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and the City of Lampasas. The Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with almost $16,000 in matching funds from the community gardens, community donations and grants from the Square Foot Gardening Foundation, will help provide a concrete area wi more PR

LAMPASAS, Texas, Nov. 10 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: The 580 Sports Complex park soon will get an endurance exercise course and other upgrades, thanks to a grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and the City of Lampasas. The $25,000 Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with $35,041 in matching funds from the Lampasas Lions Club, will pay for the construction of a paved walking path and the addition of several exercise equipm more PR

BOULDER, Colorado, Nov. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Colorado Boulder campus issued the following news: University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed a new way of counting microorganisms that works as much as 36 times faster than conventional methods, cuts plastic use more than 15-fold and substantially decreases the cost and carbon footprint of biomedical research. The technique, described Nov. 2 in the journal Nature Microbiology, could revolutionize the way microbiology expe more PR

AURORA, Colorado, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Colorado Boulder Anschutz Medical Campus issued the following news release: * * * The tool aims to assist state governments looking to regulate more potent products and could lead to expanded research * * * After conducting the first scoping review of its kind, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have developed an evidence based interactive mapping tool to assist policymakers as they consider regulating the  more PR

GUNNISON, Colorado, Nov. 10 -- Western State Colorado University issued the following news: Even before the leaders of Western Colorado University made sustainability a guiding principle of the latest Strategic Plan, programs and departments on campus were looking for ways to reduce waste and limit the University's carbon footprint. Now, with sustainability among the top priorities at Western, organizations that share the University's dream of a sustainable future are taking notice. In Octobe more PR