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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

CO: Juvenile Justice

Colorado Lawmakers Consider Raising Minimum Age for Juvenile Prosecution

Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would raise the minimum age for prosecuting children for crimes from 10 to 13 years old, except in …

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Over 200 Colorado youths age out of foster care each year in the state, without being adopted or placed with extended family members. (Adobe Stock)
Help for Foster Youths During Stressful Holiday Season

DENVER - Some 24,000 teenagers in foster care across the nation officially become adults each year; in Colorado it happens on their 18th birthday…

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Una profesora de CSU dice que luego de tomar su curso de sociología, aproximadamente uno de cada cuatro estudiantes reporta haber aprendido a ser
¿Puede enseñar un College a sus estudiantes a "Des-aprender" el Racismo?

Fort Collins, CO - En medio de protestas nacionales por la injusticia racial de las policías, muchos Americanos están reexaminando sus …

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North High School students in Denver demonstrate against the school-to-prison pipeline during the Dignity in Schools 2015 Week of Action. (Padres & Jóvenes Unidos)
Restorative Justice: Shutting Down the School-to-Prison Pipeline

LEADVILLE, CO – A school district in rural Colorado is shifting its approach to student discipline in an effort to keep more kids in school and …

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The Colorado Legislature is considering a new bill to limit the use of solitary confinement as a punishment for children. (Manuel Faba Ortega/iStockphoto)
Bill to Limit Juvenile Solitary Confinement Advances in Colorado House

DENVER - The state Legislature is considering a bill to limit the use of solitary confinement as a punishment for Colorado's youths. Despite a 1999 …

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Minority students are more than three times as likely to receive harsher punishments than white students in Denver's public schools, according to a report released Monday. (Pixabay)
Report Card: Racial Disparities Continue in Denver Schools

DENVER - Minority students are more than three times as likely to receive harsher punishments than white students in Denver's public schools…

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The movement to end mass incarceration in the U.S. has a new digital tool for its toolbox. Credit: sakhorn38/iStockphoto.com
New Tool Exposes Companies Profiting from Mass Incarceration

DENVER - Human rights advocates are deploying a new digital tool to help convince corporations to stop profiting from mass incarceration. More than 2.…

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