PUEBLO, Colorado, Nov. 28 -- The city of Pueblo issued the following news on Nov. 27, 2023: The City of Pueblo Clerk's Office will oversee the upcoming mayoral runoff election in January 2024. The runoff election is set to take place on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. The runoff election shall be conducted as a mail ballot only election. "The City Clerk's Office has been preparing for the potential of a runoff election. We are doing everything we can to ensure a transparent and fair election takes pla more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 28 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Nov. 27, 2023: Governor Polis announced updates to his communications staff today. This month, Gov. Polis announced that Maria De Cambra, who served as the Governor's Communications and Community Engagement Director since day one of his first term, will begin serving as Executive Director of the Department of Local Affairs on December 4th. Today, the Governor announced that Conor Cahill will serve  more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 28 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Nov. 27, 2023: Today, Governor Polis made two judicial appointments to the 4th and 14th Judicial District Courts. Governor Polis appointed Amanda J. Philipps to the 4th Judicial District Court. The vacancy is created by the retirement of the Honorable Thomas Kane and is effective January 1, 2024. Ms. Philipps is a District Court Magistrate in the 4th Judicial District, a position she has held since more PR

PUEBLO, Colorado, Nov. 28 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following statement on Nov. 27, 2023: * * * Today, Governor Jared Polis released a statement ahead of President Joe Biden's planned visit to Pueblo, Colorado. President Biden, Governor Polis, and officials will visit the CS Wind plant. "We are thrilled to welcome President Joe Biden to Pueblo, the home of heroes and the best chile in the world -- the Pueblo chile. Colorado is leading the nation in transitioning to 100 perce more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 28 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Nov. 27, 2023: This year's honorees for the Colorado Governor's Citizenship Medals were announced by Governor Jared Polis in partnership with CiviCO, the state's premier nonprofit leadership development organization. The medals are bestowed upon citizens and organizations who inspire excellence and service. 2023's six recipients will be honored with a dedicated ceremony on January 25, 2024 at History more PR

BRIGHTON, Colorado, Nov. 28 -- The Colorado State Judicial Branch issued the following news release: Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright has appointed the Hon. Kyle Seedorf to serve as chief judge in the 17th Judicial District (Adams and Broomfield counties). Judge Seedorf will become chief judge upon the retirement of the Hon. Donald S. Quick on Jan. 23, 2024. Chief Judge Quick was appointed to the District Court bench in December 2014 and was appointed as Chief Judge in D more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 28 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on Nov. 27, 2023: Today, Governor Jared Polis signed legislation sponsored by Senators Nick Hinrichsen, D-Pueblo, and Janice Marchman, D-Loveland, and Representatives Javier Mabrey, D-Denver, and Ruby Dickson, D-Centennial, that creates a flat TABOR refund mechanism to provide an equal refund of $800 for all taxpayers. SB23B-003 puts more money back into the pockets of Coloradans, and increases TABOR r more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 28 -- The Kansas Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on Nov. 27, 2023: The Arkansas River Compact Administration (ARCA) annual meeting will be on Thursday, December 7, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. MST at the Otero Junior College Student Center, 2001 San Juan Ave. in La Junta, Colorado. The meeting agenda will be posted on the ARCA website at www.co-ks-arkansasrivercompactadmin.org. ARCA administers provisions of the Kansas-Colorado Arkansas River Compact, inc more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- George Washington University issued the following news: In September, a Colorado judge heard an argument in attempt to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 election ballot due to the 14th Amendment's "insurrectionist ban" and his Jan. 6 efforts. Colorado state court heard persuasive arguments on both sides, and while the ruling came down that Trump can run again, the judge was "evidently discomforted by her own conclusions"(Colorado Newsline). For more context on the subjec more PR

BOULDER, Colorado, Nov. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Colorado Boulder campus issued the following Q&A on Nov. 27, 2023, with Pedro DiNezio, associate professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences: * * * By Yvaine Ye, Science Writer, Strategic Relations and Communications Unrelenting wildfires in Canada and Hawaii. Catastrophic floods in Libya. Sweltering temperatures across the globe. These climate disasters, which once would have happened every decade or longer, all too more PR

BOULDER, Colorado, Nov. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Colorado Boulder campus issued the following Q&A on Nov. 27, 2023, with Amanda Carrico, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Studies: * * * By Yvaine Ye, Science Writer, Strategic Relations and Communications Individual action may seem like a drop in the bucket when it comes to tackling climate change. The scale of the problem is so immense that a poll reported that more than half of young people in 10 surveyed countri more PR