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Colorado lawmakers to receive COVID-19 vaccine starting this week

Colorado lawmakers to receive COVID-19 vaccine starting this week

General Assembly convenes for three days starting Wednesday.
Colorado 2021 legislative preview: Testing and school funding will be key issues

Colorado 2021 legislative preview: Testing and school funding will be key issues

Lawmakers return to the Capitol on Wednesday to officially start the new session, but they will delay most of their work until at least mid-February, when they hope COVID rates will be lower and more people will have been vaccinated. They will take up issues including standardized testing, learning loss, funding for K-12 and higher education, and school discipline. 
RTD officials: City’s status within FasTracks plan not going to change anytime soon

RTD officials: City’s status within FasTracks plan not going to change anytime soon

Through 2019, the total Longmont portion of the RTD tax for FasTracks is $60,299,232, Jim Golden, Longmont’s chief financial officer, said in an email. To date, the only FasTracks spending slated for Longmont is $17 million for the First and Main transit station.
Colorado’s new unemployment system flags thousands of claims for fraud, likely including some innocents

Colorado’s new unemployment system flags thousands of claims for fraud, likely including some innocents

The state labor department completed the installation of new software for the unemployment system on Sunday, including a fraud detection program that flagged thousands of benefits requests as suspicious.
Longmont police report Jan. 11, 2021

Longmont police report Jan. 11, 2021

A daily crime report in Longmont.
Police seek help identifying suspect in vandalism of Memorial Building

Police seek help identifying suspect in vandalism of Memorial Building

“We remain hopeful that someone in the community can identify the individual responsible,” police stated in a Facebook post.
Jury trials in Boulder County on hold until March

Jury trials in Boulder County on hold until March

The move is the latest in a series that have kept jury trials off the docket.
Council to hear report on how new ordinance banning RVs on city streets is working

Council to hear report on how new ordinance banning RVs on city streets is working

There are fewer RVs in the most well-known areas of the city where the vehicles were most commonly parked, according to a report to council.
Five questions with Joie Seigrist, St. Vrain Valley school board president

Five questions with Joie Seigrist, St. Vrain Valley school board president

Today marks the second installment of an eight-part series focused on what the St. Vrain Valley board does and getting to know its members. 
As gasoline tax revenues fall, Polis and legislative leaders eye new fees to shore up Colorado’s transportation funding

As gasoline tax revenues fall, Polis and legislative leaders eye new fees to shore up Colorado’s transportation funding

Gov. Jared Polis and legislative leaders are working toward a long-sought fix to the state’s transportation funding system.