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  Doctors Wanted to Write Notes for Teachers Who'll Lose Pay for Protesting

  April 26 at 5:45 a.m.

  A post on the popular Nextdoor site suggests that some educators planning to take part in teacher walkout day protests scheduled for Friday, April 27, may have their pay docked for doing so without a doctor's note and requests that medical professionals who sympathize with their plight volunteer to write one up for anyone in this situation.

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  Is Riggs Putting the Fox in Charge of the Henhouse With New Discipline Task Force?

  April 25 at 9:59 a.m.

  More than a month has passed since the Office of the Independent Monitor revealed flaws in the investigative and disciplinary process in the sheriff's office in response to the death of Michael Marshall, who choked to death on his own vomit while in policy custody more than two years ago while being held on a $100 bond. Now, the freshly appointed executive director of the Department of Safety is recommending changes to the sheriff's department and a new task force to look into discipline. But does he have the right people in place?

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  Will Unionizing Effort Leave Denver's Pacific Islanders High and Dry?

  April 25 at 7:11 a.m.

  United Airlines is threatening the community as the company pushes back against an effort by its catering workers to unionize.

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  Republicans Are Still at It With Anti-LGBTQ Bills That Have No Chance of Passing

  April 25 at 6:19 a.m.

  The anti-queer agenda under the guise of religious liberty is still rampant at the Capitol.

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  Boulder Doctor Champions Pain Treatment That Trades Opioids for Love

  April 25 at 6:10 a.m.

  Opioid abuse has reached crisis levels in Colorado and the country as a whole in part because more and more people prescribed the medication by their physicians are becoming addicted to it. But this particular problem can't be pinned on Boulder-based Dr. Mark Strom, who'll be taking part in a Q&A in conjunction with All the Rage, a new documentary making its Denver debut at the Alamo Drafthouse tonight.

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  Three Billboards Movie Inspires Attack on Mike Coffman and the NRA

  April 25 at 5:53 a.m.

  Inspired by the acclaimed movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, the parents of Jessica Ghawi, who was among twelve people killed in the July 2012 Aurora theater shooting, are behind a campaign to use outdoor advertising to shame Representative Mike Coffman and other opponents of gun-control legislation.