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In Texas' school voucher standoff, school leaders weigh in

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:54:49 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – In rural Guadalupe County — more than an hour from the Texas Capitol —Seguin Independent School District Superintendent Matthew Gutiérrez returned from visiting one of his campuses.He described one classroom where 10 small groups of students were working with paraprofessionals and intervention teachers. The entire set-up was possible, he said, because of federal dollars allocated to districts during the pandemic. It’s money that will be fully spent soon.“That’s what we need,” Gutiérrez said. “Our students have significant needs, especially in high-poverty school districts like Seguin ISD, and to think that it is possible that our funding could be reduced … that is going to be detrimental for us.” School choice center stage in Texas House Dr. Gutiérrez and other superintendents, like the head of Pflugerville Independent School District, have been very vocal leading up to critical votes in the Texas legislature.God bless this bipartisan group of #txlege Reps. wh...

Troy man arrested, charged with attempted murder in shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:54:49 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Troy Police have arrested a suspect in Wednesday's shooting that left three people hospitalized. Hector Rodriguez, 35, of Troy, is charged with attempted murder. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Troy Police say they were able to apprehend the suspect not far from the scene less than 45 minutes after the shooting occurred. According to a police investigation, Rodriguez is the lone gunman involved in the incident, and the weapon believed to be used in the shooting was found in a nearby apartment. Police say they believe this is not a random act and the shooting resulted from an ongoing argument between two of those involved, as the victims and suspect are known to each other. According to Troy Police, the three victims are still hospitalized as of Thursday morning. Both an adult male and a teenage male sustained non-life-threatening injuries, with an adult female in critical condition. Rodriguez will be ...

Suspect who abducted Ithaca woman, Tatiana David, has been charged

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:54:49 GMT

(WSYR-TV) -- 34-year-old Michael Davis, who abducted Tatiana David, of Ithaca, last week, which led to her death following a shootout with police, has been charged. Davis, of North Chesterfield, Virginia, took the mother of his child, from her home on April 5, her 34th birthday. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! New York State Police said a witness reported seeing a man forcing David into an SUV.Virginia State Police have charged Davis with one count of abduction, a felony.Davis is now in the custody of the Prince William County Adult Detention Center while still being treated at Inova Fairfax Hospital, according to State Police.Additional charges are pending as the investigation continues by the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation's Fairfax Field Office.

Musk says owning Twitter 'painful' but needed to be done

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:54:49 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk has told the BBC that running Twitter has been “quite painful” but that the social media company is now roughly breaking even after he acquired it late last year. In an interview also streamed live late Tuesday on Twitter Spaces, Musk discussed his ownership of the online platform, including layoffs, misinformation and his work style. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! “It’s not been boring. It’s quite a rollercoaster,” he told the U.K. broadcaster at Twitter's San Francisco headquarters.It was a rare chance for a mainstream news outlet to interview Musk, who also owns Tesla and SpaceX. After buying Twitter for $44 billion last year, Musk's changes included eliminating the company's communiciations department.Reporters who email the company to seek comment now receive an auto-reply with a poop emoji.The interview was sometimes tense, with Musk challenging the reporter to back up assertions ...

Can Utah oil-train project be derailed? Colorado lawmakers, communities hope so

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:54:49 GMT

Several Colorado elected officials say federal agencies that approved a plan to run daily crude oil trains from Utah through Glenwood Canyon and Denver shrugged off the potential “downline” impacts and need to take a closer look.Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet and Congressman Joe Neguse have asked the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a supplemental review of the Uinta Basin Railway project to more carefully consider the risks to Colorado communities and the environment, including water and the climate.Several western Colorado cities and counties are lending their support to a consolidated lawsuit by environmental organizations and Eagle County. They contend the environmental analysis of the rail project, which is being pursued by seven eastern Utah counties, is flawed because it glosses over the potential impacts of running as many as five trains carrying up to 350,000 barrels of waxy crude a day through Colorado.The destination would be refineries on the Gulf Coa...

San Francisco company relocates its HQ, another feather in Denver’s cap

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:54:49 GMT

A company that specializes in making the facilities of some of the country’s largest corporations more energy efficient has moved its headquarters to Denver.Redaptive, which calls itself an energy-as-a-service provider, was formerly based in San Francisco. The company opened an office in the Denver area in 2019 and made the Mile High City its official headquarters in March.“Denver was, I would say, our HQ2 with San Francisco as our primary location,” Redaptive CEO Arvin Vohra said.Making Denver the official headquarters was “a no-brainer decision for us internally,” Vohra said. The office is in the Tabor Center on 17th Street in downtown Denver.In the past few years, companies from across the country and around to the world have relocated their headquarters to Denver. For example, Bay Area company Virta Health moved to Denver last year and as did United Kingdom company Macs Adventure.The city’s commitment to sustainability was a big draw for Redap...

Punk icons Carioca Cafe, Wax Trax Records grapple with Denver over live music, noise, licensing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:54:49 GMT

Ig Eels used to watch people flock to shows from his band Drink Drank Punk whenever they play Carioca Cafe, the downtown dive bar that has managed to hang on over the past few years despite being surrounded by luxury construction projects.But without a cabaret license, Carioca Cafe, a.k.a. Bar Bar, can’t allow the punk-rock guitar player and singer’s house band to perform, despite Drink Drank Punk having played more than 100 shows there since 2013, Eels said. In fact, the bar has never had a cabaret license, according to the Department of Excise and Licenses, which is required in order to sell alcohol while hosting live performances.For roughly a year, owner John Kennedy has followed city guidance on replacing and fixing fire code and other violations, from a new front door to patching a hole in the wall and adding a new, lighted exit sign. He applied and paid for a $1,250 cabaret license more than six months ago, as well as reaching out to the Denver City Council for su...

Wheat Ridge hopeful for a new retail spark at site of a long-closed Lucky’s Grocery

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:54:49 GMT

More than three years after it closed its doors, Lucky’s Market remains a hulking empty box at a prominent corner in Wheat Ridge that has seen its share of drama and delayed promises over the past decade.“We would love to get it occupied tomorrow,” said Steve Art, economic development manager for Wheat Ridge. “We’ve been close on a couple of users but nothing has come to fruition at this point.”In fact, Art said, the developer of The Corners at Wheat Ridge has spoken with no fewer than 11 grocery companies about taking over the empty 35,000-square-foot Lucky’s space at the southwest corner of West 38th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard.“It’s an off-size store,” he said. “It’s too small to be an anchor grocery store (like King Soopers). And it’s too big to be a niche store, like a Trader Joe’s-type store.”Boulder-based Lucky’s opened at The Corners in the summer of 2018 to much fanfare, only ...

To do in Denver this weekend: Molly Brown memories, XicanIndie FilmFest and Care Bears creator

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:54:49 GMT

Toys and kites, taking flightSunday. Denver’s unpredictable spring weather is great for Arvada’s Kite Festival, which returns for its 18th showing on Sunday. The free event features 70 vendors, professional kite flyers (yes, that’s a thing), a kids zone with inflatables and face painting and, of course, kites for sale. Save money, bring your own! 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, April 16, at Stenger Sports Complex, 11200 W. 58th Ave. Free and all ages. arvadafestivals.comAlso this weekend: Toy-design legend Muriel Juneberry Fahrion will head up Sunday’s Toy & Doll Supershow in Northglenn, having last visited Colorado for Denver Retro Con. Fahrion created the first designs for Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake, and worked on lots of other iconic art and entertainment for Disney, Fischer Price and others.11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, April 16 at the Delta Hotel Convention Center, 10 E. 120th Ave. in Northglenn, just east of I-25. Tickets: $8 for adults, children under 12 ...

Mindstir Media CEO and Wall Street Journal best-selling author J.J. Hebert surpasses 1 million Instagram followers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:54:49 GMT

J.J. Hebert is the founder and CEO of the award-winning MindStir Media, a publishing company ranked by many outlets as one of the best book publishers in the United States. On top of running MindStir, J.J. is also massively successful as a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author. He shares his experiences as a top author on Forbes, Entrepreneur and his own blog — in addition to his social media.His claim to fame is that he is one of the most followed authors and book publishing professionals in the world. On Instagram alone he recently surpassed 1 million followers. According to mention.com, users with over 1 million Instagram followers represent only 0.18% of total users on Instagram. That amount is surely much smaller when it comes to authors and publishers specifically.“I started posting on Instagram in 2020 during the pandemic,” J.J. stated. “ I had already amassed a following on Twitter and Facebook at that point, but I wanted to open myself up to other platforms a...