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Sara Martin

@sarakaymartin.bsky.social
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Journalist. Denverite it CA 🏔️. Currently reporting from @Berkeleyside.org & @BerkeleyJournalism.bsky.social

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14/01/2026
Animals at Rio de Janeiro's BioParque zoo received popsicles and frozen treats Tuesday as the city faced another day of extreme heat during Brazil's summer.
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Rio de Janeiro zoo animals are treated to popsicles as the city faces scorching summer weather
Animals at Rio de Janeiro’s BioParque zoo received popsicles and frozen treats Tuesday as the city faced another day of extreme heat during Brazil’s summer.
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
My latest this weekend for @berkeleyside.org: Protests against ICE and U.S. intervention in Venezuela held in Berkeley at Chevron station and I-80 overpass #BayArea #BayAreaprotests #Berkeley
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Protests against ICE and U.S. intervention in Venezuela held in Berkeley at Chevron station and I-80 overpass
Protests, including one at a Chevron station, responded to the capture of the Venezuelan president and ICE's fatal shooting of Renee Good.
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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 12/01/2026
Protests, including one at a Chevron station, responded to the capture of the Venezuelan president and ICE's fatal shooting of Renee Good.
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Protests against ICE and U.S. intervention in Venezuela held in Berkeley at Chevron station and I-80 overpass
Protests, including one at a Chevron station, responded to the capture of the Venezuelan president and ICE's fatal shooting of Renee Good.
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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 06/11/2025
Your guide to Berkeley, Oakland and Richmond cafes serving ceremonial-grade tea, matcha lattes and green desserts, despite a global shortage.
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Matcha, matcha everywhere: Where to get your fix in the East Bay
Your guide to Berkeley, Oakland and Richmond cafes serving ceremonial-grade tea, matcha lattes and green desserts, despite a global shortage.
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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 01/12/2025
Marco Casasola and wife Cristina Ibarra found community in the local music scene and joy in the city's quirky aesthetic. But home ownership remains elusive.
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We fell in love with South Berkeley's music scene and people. But homeownership remains elusive.
Marco Casasola and wife Cristina Ibarra found community in the local music scene and joy in the city's quirky aesthetic. But home ownership remains elusive.
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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 10/11/2025
Journalism friends, please share: @denverpost.com is seeking a Sports Editor to oversee the newspaper's sports staff and produce a sports section that has repeatedly earned national recognition for excellence. More details, including pay range, at the link below #journalismjobs
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JournalismJobs.com - Job Listing - Sports Editor
JournalismJobs.com has journalism and media job listings with digital media, newspapers, tv stations, radio stations, magazines, nonprofits, and academia.
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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 11/07/2025
Ava Community Energy launched a $10 million electric bike rebate program this week. Lotto winners can get up to $900 toward an e-bike — up to $1,500 for low-income residents.
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All in Alameda County can enter lottery to get a heavily subsidized e-bike
Ava Community Energy launched a $10 million electric bike rebate program this week. Lotto winners can get up to $900 toward an e-bike — up to $1,500 for low-income residents.
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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 14/07/2025
Rich Lyons is preparing to testify before a U.S. House committee investigating on-campus “antisemitism upheaval and hatred” in a hearing with huge stakes both for Cal and the wider UC system.
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UC Berkeley chancellor to be grilled Tuesday in Capitol Hill antisemitism hearing
Rich Lyons is preparing to testify before a U.S. House committee investigating on-campus “antisemitism upheaval and hatred” in a hearing with huge stakes both for Cal and the wider UC system.
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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 23/07/2025
The Adventure Playground whale was built during a summer camp run by Girls Garage, a Berkeley nonprofit that teaches design and build skills.
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A whale of a summer project: Kids and teens build colossal climbing structure at Berkeley's Adventure Playground
The Adventure Playground whale was built during a summer camp run by Girls Garage, a Berkeley nonprofit that teaches design and build skills.
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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 25/07/2025
The coldest Bay Area summer in more than 25 years has blanketed Berkeley with fog.
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While much of the country is baking, Berkeley is bundling up
The coldest Bay Area summer in more than 25 years has blanketed Berkeley with fog.
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons is speaking tonight at the Berkeley City Club about meeting the moment we’re in: the Trump Administration’s attack on higher education. #Berkeley #Cal #UCBerkeley
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/06/2025
Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. What's happened since? A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
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Criminalizing pregnancy: A record number of women were prosecuted the year after Dobbs
They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/06/2025
Officials in Minnesota were searching for the person who shot and killed State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, in what Gov. Tim Walz described as a politically motivated attack. The suspect also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife. Live updates: nyti.ms/3HGa3cc
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The ‘No Kings’ protest culminated in Berkeley, CA today, home of the Free Speech Movement. #Berkeley #NoKings
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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 11/06/2025
A speed-friending event for queer adults. Drag bingo and trivia. And what’s set to be Berkeley’s biggest Pride festival in decades.
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Summer of Pride: 17 parades, festivals and events celebrating the East Bay’s LGBTQ+ communities
A speed-friending event for queer adults. Drag bingo and trivia. And what’s set to be Berkeley’s biggest Pride festival in decades.
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Looking to celebrate Pride in the East Bay? Look no further than my guide in @berkeleyside.org 🏳️‍🌈 👀 #BayArea #Berkeley
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Summer of Pride: 18 parades, festivals and events celebrating the East Bay’s LGBTQ+ communities
A speed-friending event for queer adults. Drag bingo and trivia. And what’s set to be Berkeley’s biggest Pride festival in decades.
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Hi all — I'm happy to share that for the next eight weeks I’ll be joining @berkeleyside.org as a reporting and photo intern covering the goings-on in the city of Berkeley! I’ll be reporting on the issues that matter most to Berkeleyans. Have tips or questions? Reach me at sara@berkeleyside.org!
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
From @cbscolorado.bsky.social: Colorado police responding to attack at Boulder's Pearl Street Mall, multiple injured “Witnesses at the scene said that the suspect attacked people with Molotov cocktails who were participating in a walk to remember the Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza.”
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Colorado police responding to attack at Boulder's Pearl Street Mall, multiple injured
Colorado police are responding to what they called an attack at Boulder's Pearl Street Mall that left multiple people injured.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/05/2025
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Colorado man who threatened to kill Democratic election officials in Colorado and Arizona and blamed his actions on exposure to far-right political rhetoric to more than three years in prison, officials said.
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Man Who Threatened to Kill Election Officials Gets More Than 3 Years in Prison
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Corey Hutchins @coreyhutchins.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The nonprofit National Trust for Local News has just offloaded most of its Colorado newspapers to a for-profit, out-of-state company: coloradocommunitymedia.com/2025/05/13/n... I reported on troubles at the National Trust & its Colorado papers in February: coloradomedia.substack.com/p/very-unfor...
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National Trust for Local News announces partnership with Times Media Group - Colorado Community Media
The National Trust for Local News today announced a restructuring of its Colorado operations — known as Colorado Community Media — that centers on a partnership with Times Media Group. The National Tr...
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Ryan (Ry) Warner @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
In the Colorado Matters studio, I shared thoughts on listening and interviewing with local documentarian Adam Taub. If there’s a tool that works for you, and which I missed, let me know!
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Be a Better Listener | Radio Interviewer's Perspective on Listening & Interviewing
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Today marks the one year anniversary of students & professors from @msudenver.bsky.social who were dragged off of the Tivoli Quad on the Auraria Campus by police for protesting the war in Gaza. These protesters were subsequently arrested due to violating the camping ban policy. #copolitics
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie appeared in Japantown this afternoon for the Cherry Blossom Festival’s parade finale, marking the close of the annual two-week celebration.
Photo by Sara Martin.
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 18/04/2025
When Denver chef Amos Watts died suddenly in 2024 at age 43, he was just weeks away from reopening his signature small-plates restaurant, the Fifth String, in a new location off East Colfax. His wife, Jessica McCabe, has kept Watts' dream alive and hopes to open this summer.
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Denver restaurant on track to open despite death of much-loved chef/owner
There have been construction delays, but she hopes to open at 1490 Eudora St. sometime this summer.
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Platforms have changed so much this last year, but if you originally found me due to my reporting on the pro-Palestine protest on the Auraria Campus in Denver last spring, I have some news to share: Our reporting team at @themetonline.bsky.social has won an award for our coverage last April!
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I think I’ve found my favorite piece of journalism art - simply beautiful. Here’s a link to it, and support goes toward The Big Bend Sentinel in Marta, TX 🏜️🌵💛 thesentinelmarfa.com/collections/...
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Next with Kyle Clark @nexton9news.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Colorado's $14 billion outdoor industry faces uncertainty with new tariffs impacting anyone who buys outdoor recreation gear.
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Colorado's outdoor industry faces an uphill climb amid Trump's tariff policies
Colorado's $14 billion outdoor industry faces uncertainty with new tariffs impacting anyone who buys outdoor recreation gear.
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NPR @npr.org · 08/04/2025
Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.
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Asian grocery stores, a lifeline for immigrants, brace for steep new tariffs
Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 08/04/2025
Federal officials have terminated visa eligibility for at least 107 international students across at least a dozen college campuses in California since last week, a move that immigration advocates denounced as an unlawful attempt to intimidate foreign students into leaving the country.
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Trump administration sows panic at California universities after revoking over 100 student visas
Trump administration officials have revoked over 100 student visas at California universities.
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Ryan (Ry) Warner @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
“CPR News asked a court to unseal the docket and judicial records connected to three federal raids conducted in Denver and Aurora in Jan. and Feb. ‘The public has a powerful interest in transparency in these cases,’ says a memorandum supporting CPR’s petition.’”
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Colorado Public Radio petitions federal court to unseal ICE/DEA raid documents - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
Colorado Public Radio asked a U.S. District Court to unseal the docket and judicial records connected to three federal law enforcement raids conducted in Denver and Aurora in January and February.
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CNN @cnn.com · 06/04/2025
New York state officials have told the Trump administration that they will not comply with its demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices in public schools, despite the administration’s threats to terminate federal education funding: cnn.it/4iUa8GJ
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NY public schools tell Trump administration they won’t comply with DEI order | CNN
New York state officials have told the Trump administration that they will not comply with its demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices in public schools, despite the administration’s ...
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Today’s Hands Off protest in Berkeley, CA. #CApolitics #berkeley #HandsOff
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I'm here at the North Berkeley BART station covering the "Hands Off" protest that is spanning cities across America today in response to the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE cuts through federal agencies. #capolitics
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 01/04/2025
California officials have envisioned a host of sweeping changes for San Quentin State Prison as they attempt to remake the facility into a Scandinavian-style rehabilitation center complete with a farmers market, a podcast production studio and a self-service grocery store.
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California to spend $239 million to turn San Quentin into Scandinavian-style rehab center
California officials are transforming San Quentin into a Scandinavian-style rehab center, complete with a farmers market and podcast studio.
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
It’s now poppy season here in California 🧡
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Chalkbeat @chalkbeat.org · 14/02/2025
Arbitrator sides with Denver Public Schools in dispute with teachers union over pay raises www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/02/…
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In dispute over Denver teacher raises, arbitrator sides with district
The superintendent said the result was “not a surprise,” while the teachers union president said it was decided on “a technicality in contract language.”
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Investigative Reporters & Editors @ire.org · 10/02/2025
On my way to FOIA the info you wouldn't give me
Kendrick Lamar performing at Super Bowl
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 04/02/2025
Yosemite National Park figured out a way to eliminate bumper-to-bumper traffic and hour-long waits: limit the number of visitors by requiring reservations. But the reservation system is now on hold to give the Trump administration time to review the planned changes.
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In major shift, Yosemite delays reservation system amid Trump administration review
Delays in moving forward with a permanent reservation system at Yosemite National Park in California are creating confusion.
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Ryan (Ry) Warner @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The federal workforce in Colorado is enormous, as is this development. "... an acceleration in President Trump's already unprecedented purge of the federal workforce."
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Trump offering buyouts to all federal workers, source says
It's an acceleration of Trump's already unprecedented purge of the federal workforce.
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
“First Lady Michelle Obama” by Amy Sherald, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - January 20, 2025. Photo by Sara Martin.
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
1/ The People’s March flooded the streets of the Mission District in San Francisco Saturday in support of many different causes, including women and immigrants rights, climate action and free speech.
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Sara Martin @sarakaymartin.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
From @denverpost.com: "School leaders, (Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero) wrote, should deny U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entry into their buildings. Next, staff should place those schools on a secure perimeter, meaning no one is allowed in or out."
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Denver-area schools are training staff what to do if ICE agents show up at their doors
Colorado educators fear the Trump administration will revoke a 14-year-old federal policy that has prevented ICE officers from arresting people at schools.
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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 19/01/2025
“Crowdfunding is regressive,” says Emily Gallagher, a professor of finance at the University of Colorado Boulder and co-author of a study that examined GoFundMe campaigns following the 2021 Marshall fire
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GoFundMe, Mandy Moore and the unfairness of disaster relief: ‘If you were poor before, you should stay poor’
Aid was historically seen as a way to ‘restore the status quo’. Now the actor’s bid for help amid the LA fires raises a question: who deserves to crowdfund?
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Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
In an interview with reporters after his State of the State address, Gov. Jared Polis said he hopes ICE and the FBI increase their presence here. In his speech, he defended DREAMERs and DACA recipients. But with reporters, he wouldn’t say if he supported deporting undocumented adults working here.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/01/2025
VP Kamala Harris: "Today, I did what I have done my entire career, which is take seriously the oath that I have taken many times to support and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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Rocky Mountain Politics @rockymntnpols.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
"A handful of new laws will begin in Colorado on January 1, from a restriction on using a phone while driving to requirements for delivery companies like DoorDash." #copolitics
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5 new Colorado laws beginning in January • Colorado Newsline
New laws will begin in Colorado on Jan. 1, including a restriction phone use while driving and a requirement for cage-free eggs.
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Jeff Roberts @jeffreyaroberts.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Looking back at the past 12 months, there weren’t a lot of wins for the public’s right to know. #coleg #copolitics
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CFOIC’s 2024 year in review: a more opaque legislature, pricier public records, closed disciplinary records, child autopsies, police officer database and CORA ‘abuse’    - Colorado Freedom of Informat...
Coloradans in 2024 lost ground in the never-ending battle for access to government information.
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Colorado journalists and news organizations starter pack. #coleg #copolitics go.bsky.app/E3quvdt
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Corey Hutchins @coreyhutchins.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
A non-white Colorado TV reporter says he was attacked, tackled, and choked on the job by a man who shouted “This is Trump’s America now”: coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-r...
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Colorado reporter attacked and choked, he says, by a man who shouted 'This is Trump's America'
The news behind the news in Colorado
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Erica Meltzer @ericameltzer.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
The ACLU is suing Colorado’s Elizabeth School District over 19 books removed from the school library, including The Bluest Eye and It's Your World — If You Don't Like It, Change It. A book on Muslim holidays, meanwhile, was placed on the "sensitive" list. www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...
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A school district banned ‘The Bluest Eye’ and 18 other books. Now it’s being sued.
The lawsuit focuses on 19 books, including ‘The Bluest Eye,’ that the Elizabeth School District permanently removed from its school libraries this year.
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