Our View: Colorado librarian wins settlement, our admiration
Librarians really are champions for every patron who walks through their doors. Yes, they get books and information into the hands of people whose lives will be enhanced by them,…
Librarians really are champions for every patron who walks through their doors. Yes, they get books and information into the hands of people whose lives will be enhanced by them,…
ERIE, Colo — A Colorado library district that allegedly fired a librarian after she objected to their decision to get rid of anti-racism and LGBTQ programming for teens will pay…
A former librarian will receive $250,000 from the High Plains Library District as part of a settlement in a lengthy civil rights dispute over her firing. Brooky Parks lost her…
A Weld County library district has agreed to pay $250,000 to a librarian it fired two years ago after she objected to the cancellation of programs for youth of color and LGBTQ…
DENVER (KDVR) — There are now three separate investigations into last week’s death of a 71-year-old man in a Denver jail. In a public zoom meeting with the Citizen Oversight…
Unanswered questions about accountability linger a year after a man died in Denver’s downtown detention center, after several days of begging for medical care as he experienced chest pains, trouble…
DENVER — Three agencies are conducting investigations into why an inmate died in custody two days after his attorney begged the court to release him because of COVID. “Our hearts…
DENVER (KDVR) — A nurse at the Denver Downtown Detention Center has been placed on leave following the death of a Denver inmate on Feb. 9, the Problem Solvers have…
Two days before he died, Leroy “Nicky” Taylor called his public defender from the Denver jail and begged for help. “I’ve been sick for 10 days,” he said in a…
DENVER (KDVR) — Two days before he died, Leroy “Nicky” Taylor called his public defender from jail and in a barely audible recording left her a message where he said,…