Metro Post-Telegraph

DENVER – Obama was scheduled to speak to students Wednesday morning on his new plan for the future; helping higher education students with their financial aid and to make it easier on them once they graduate. Students stood in line on an average of five hours between the two days and were ecstatic to hear [...]

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As long as Denver’s been Denver, there’s always been the stock show. The annually held, 16-day National Western Stock Show has never been just an “event” – it has been as integral a part of the city’s legacy as those commanding mountains to the west. And when a movement to relocate that 102-year-old tradition to [...]

Last week Metropolitan State College of Denver received a $1 million anonymous donation. The money is planned to create the One World, One Water Center for Urban Water Education and Stewardship, dubbed the OWOW center.

By Mark Braley CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Beginning at the start of this summer, the city of Centennial will become the next bicycle friendly community. As Fort Collins has done for years, Centennial will be adding miles of new bike lanes on several existing city streets. The project has been on the minds of Centennial’s Senior [...]

Campus Reacts to bin Laden’s Death By Corey Ward DENVER- Two days after the White House announced the death of Osama bin Laden, students at Auraria Campus shared their thoughts on his death. “I was watching Family Guy when they cut away to announce it,” said Connor McNa, a junior at Metro State. “I was [...]

DENVER- The Colorado State Senate voted 22-13 to pass HB 11-1126 Monday morning, April 4. The bill’s focus is to help encourage greater parent involvement in public schools, said bill co-sponsor Sen. Evie Hudak, D-Westminster. The bill requires parents to be notified and given the chance to get involved through meetings and public sessions, if [...]

DENVER – Two state senators on March 8, proposed a bill that would examine the use of law enforcement for student discipline at local schools. Evie Hudak (D-Westminster) and Linda Newell (D-Littleton) have proposed a bill asking the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice to study the use of law enforcement in school. The bill [...]

    On Feb 14, a public hearing was held on a new bill that may force medical marijuana business owners out of business, due to new zoning restrictions. Proposed bill, CB10-1003, adopts local licensing procedures and requirements for medical marijuana centers, medical marijuana-infused product manufacturers, and optional premise cultivation licenses. “The bill in front [...]

The Denver City Council met Monday night with a bare agenda and the intentions of a brief session.

After the traditional pledge of allegiance to start the council meeting, Council President Nevitt said the swiftness of the night’s meeting “may have an opportunity to beat a land speed record.”