Lady Saved By Colorado Safe Haven Wants To Thank Mom Who Chose Life For Her
March 19, 2019
Halle Burke is a freshman in a suburban high school in Denver, Colorado. She has big brown eyes and long dark hair, with a sweet personality. She reminds me a lot of my niece. Unlike many teenagers, she doesn’t sprinkle sentences with the word “like.” She takes time to answer questions, and she speaks with…
Oakland teachers union forces charter school moratorium as strike ends
March 19, 2019
Oakland teachers, on strike for a week, ended their walkout when they reached an agreement with the school board that will increase their pay 11%, reduce class sizes, and enforce a moratorium on approving new charter schools. The Bay area is the most expensive place to live in the nation, so the 11% raise was…
Hickenlooper Knocks Colo. Senator Bennet on Absence of Executive Experience
March 19, 2019
Sen. Michael Bennet / Getty Images BY: Todd Shepherd Follow @shepherdreports March 13, 2019 3:58 pm Former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper knocked Senator Michael Bennet’s presidential hopes, saying his fellow Coloradan’s tenure in government is lacking in executive experience. The swipe is noticeable for the fact that Hickenlooper was something of a sponsor to Bennet’s…
‘When we strike, we win’: Tentative arrangement reached in Oakland instructor strike
March 17, 2019
CLOSE About 3,000 teachers in Oakland, California, are striking over pay, class sizes and other issues, following educator walkouts in West Virginia, Los Angeles and Denver. The Oakland strike affects 36,000 students at 86 schools. (Feb. 21) AP The Oakland Unified School District and a union representing striking teachers have come to a tentative agreement…
State Emphasizes: New York Seeks Information From Facebook, App Makers About Sharing Of Personal Information; Cleveland Clinic Aims To Double Number Of Clients It Treats
March 17, 2019
Media outlets report on news from New York, Ohio, California, Texas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Kansas and Colorado. The Wall Street Journal: New York Requests Documents From Facebook, Apps On Data Sharing A New York regulator is ramping up a promised investigation of how Facebook Inc. gathered sensitive personal information from popular smartphone applications, after a report…
[Article] Harper’s Index, by admin
March 17, 2019
Estimated number of US Christian missionaries abroad last year : 120,000 Of foreign Christian missionaries in the United States : 30,000 Number of states that passed laws in 2018 requiring or permitting schools to display the words “In God We Trust” : 6 To display “God Enriches” : 1 Value of cash that spilled from…
Denver Le’Veon Bell to Join Jets After Sitting Out Season
March 16, 2019
Le’Veon Bell, the superstar running back who sat out last season in a salary dispute with the Pittsburgh Steelers, has agreed to a free-agent deal with the Jets. Bell, 27, is considered one of the most versatile offensive players in the N.F.L. After ESPN broke the news early Wednesday that he had come to terms…
Movin’ on up: Hausmann Construction growing its business, Lincoln’s skyline – Lincoln Journal Star
March 16, 2019
Joey Hausmann said he often gets asked, “When did you take this over from your dad?” He said a lot people assume that, because many of Lincoln’s major construction firms are second- or even third-generation businesses, his is, too. But Hausmann Construction has only been around for a little more than 15 years, and in…
GTY T echnology’s Questica Budgeting Option Continues Its Winning Streak, Onboarding New Government, Education, and Healthcare Organizations onto Its Client Roster
March 16, 2019
LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GTY Technology Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:GTYH) (together with its operating subsidiaries, “GTY”), a leading SaaS/Cloud solution for the public sector and its affiliated segments, is pleased to announce recent key wins from Questica, its subsidiary which provides budget preparation and management software solutions. “The velocity of Questica’s wins is a reference point that highlights…
Fire Departments Are “Going Dark” and Becoming Secret Public Security Organizations
March 16, 2019
By MassPrivateI Across the country fire departments in Connecticut, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Illinois have begun encrypting their radio transmissions, effectively turning them into secret public safety organizations. The latest fire department to ‘go dark’ and hide its communications from the public is the Denver Fire Department in Colorado. The Denver Post reported that once the fire department…