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DPS and Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together
launch free English learning program
DPS
Denver, Co.- Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together (MATT) and Denver Public Schools (DPS) announced the launch of MATT Maestro en Casa (“Teacher at Home”) English immersion program to be implemented in Denver, Colorado, through radio station MARIA 1090 AM. The immigrant integration program teaches English and essential tools to help immigrants fully integrate into American society.
Denver Public Schools will partner with MATT to implement the program throughout the school district. “We are excited to be able to offer our families this innovative English-learning and integration progr....
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Rabies confirmed in foxes,
skunks, horses and cat
Denver, Co.- So far in 2010, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Laboratory and Colorado State University Diagnostic Laboratory have confirmed rabies in 99 animals. According to state health officials, 34 skunks, 54 bats, seven foxes, one domestic cat, one horse, one mule deer and one muskrat have tested positive for rabies this year.
In 2009, 103 animals tested positive for rabies in Colorado, which broke the state’s annual record of 70 cases in 2006, all of which were bats. Colorado is on track to break another record for rabies in wildlife due the spread of rabie....
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Jard Polis legislation combats
teen pregnancy dropout crisis
Washington, DC.- Continuing his efforts to build an excellent public education system that provides each and every child with the opportunity to succeed, Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) today introduced H.R. 5894 – the Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act – that would provide states and school districts funding to ensure that pregnant and parenting students have equal access to educational opportunity.
“Pregnancy and parenting significantly increase a student’s risk of dropping out of school and for the first time in over a decade teen pregnancy rates in the U.S. are ....
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Denver Student Walks
the Halls of Congress
Washington, DC.- The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI), the nation’s premier Hispanic youth leadership development and educational organization, is hosting Sasha Ward of Denver, Colorado, a student at the University of Denver, along with 29 other university students from across the United States for its nationally recognized and highly competitive Congressional Internship Program.
The CHCI Interns are assigned to Congressional offices on Capitol Hill for a period of eight weeks from June to August to learn first-hand about our nation’s legislative process and issues pending b....
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Get ready for effort to derail
health care reform in Colorado
Bell Policy Center
By Bell Policy Center
Denver, Co.- Just as we are beginning to see the benefits of federal health care reform -seniors getting help to bridge the gap in Medicares prescription drug coverage, young adults staying on their parents health insurance plans and small businesses receiving tax credits to provide health coverage- Coloradans are faced with an attempt to take them away.
Last Friday, Jon Caldara of the Independence Institute turned in more than 130,000 signatures for a constitutional amendment that would block national health care reform in Colorado. The secretary of state is revi....
Bell Policy Center
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Breastfeeding saves lives and money
elcomercio@imageimpressions.com
Denver, Co.- The lives of more than 900 babies could be saved each year, along with an estimated cost savings of $13 billion per year, if U.S. women exclusively breastfed their babies for the first six months of life, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Energy Reform must include
investment in green jobs
elcomercio@imageimpressions.com
Alex Cárdenas and Jorge Madrid
By Alex Cárdenas and Jorge Madrid
The harsh realities of the BP oil disaster and ongoing unemployment from our national recession are driving an important conversation in Washington about our addiction to oil and the promise of a clean and green future. Simply put, this disaster must result in directing our nation t....
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Adams City Middle School recertified
as AVID national demonstration site
elcomercio@imageimpressions.com
Commerce City, Co.- Adams City Middle School (ACMS) has been recertified as a National Demonstration School by Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), following a site visit and evaluation by national experts. Larger percentages of AVID students at ACMS score at Proficient and Advanced levels compared wi....
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Top ten facts about amended returns
Joe Muñoz
Taxpayers who need to make a change or adjustment on a return they already filed can do so by filing an amended return. Here are the top 10 things every taxpayer should know about amending your federal tax return.
1.- Taxpayers needing to amend their return use Form 1040X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return....
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22nd Annual Kids Cure for Cancer
Denver, Co.- We hope you will join us on July 25, 2010 at Washington Park in Denver, for the 22nd Annual Kids Cure for Cancer. With your help, together we can make a difference in the lives of children with cancer and their families...one day at a time.
Visit us online at www.kidscure.org to register, build a per....
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