Top Stories + Colorado Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
July 23, 2009
Hispanics have highest rate of uninsured in Colorado – 40% of adult Hispanics are without health insurance
December 20, 2008
Three Hispanics among hopefuls for Ken Salazar’s Senate post in Colorado – Henry Solano, John Salazar & Federico Peña
December 15, 2008
Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.), a Latino with deep knowledge of water and land issues, is President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Interior Department. Two senior Democrats confirmed Monday that Obama will name Salazar to the post, rounding out an energy and environmental policy team announced at a Chicago news conference.
December 12, 2008
Colorado Democratic Rep. John Salazar says he’s been appointed to the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which all but eliminates him from consideration to be secretary of agriculture.
September 29, 2008
Latino voters a force in Colorado’s Senate race
September 24, 2008
Latino vote emerges as swing vote in Colorado
Hispanic Vote May Tip The Balance In Colorado
August 11, 2008
Republican state lawmaker Doug Bruce blasted the El Paso County Sheriff’s office last week for booklets Bruce said tell suspected illegal immigrants how to avoid law enforcement officers. – Colorado
June 9, 2008
Denver promise of free college is breaking some hearts – Illegal immigrants graduating from high school find that the 2004 pledge won’t cover out-of-state tuition, and they’re not entitled to Colorado resident prices.
June 3, 2008
Aurora OKs bigger immigration detention center – The move effectively clears the way for GEO Group Inc. to turn a 400-bed facility into a 1,500-bed center to house illegal immigrants, making it the second-largest detention center in the nation. – Colorado
May 6, 2008
Ski towns struggle with labor crunch as immigrant crackdown continues
May 5, 2008
Cinco De Mayo Big Business For Advertisers In Denver – (and elsewhere)
April 22, 2008
Colorado Lawmaker Calls Mexican Workers “Illiterate Peasants”
March 24, 2008
Labor shortage grows desperate for area farmers; Relief sought in state measure, but say U.S. reform needed – Colorado
November 27, 2007
Colorado mayor’s sympathy for immigrants costs him his job – Tom Selders spoke out against a raid at a meatpacking plant, and the town spoke in the voting booth by turning him out of office. – Greeley, Colorado
October 31, 2007
Colorado GOP returns to illegal immigrants – Legislators seek to deny bail to those accused of repeat DUI or other serious crimes.
October 29, 2007
Tancredo says he’s leaving Congress
October 17, 2007
Latino players giving Rockies big boost – Effect felt from leadoff man Taveras to closer Corpas
October 2, 2007
Immigrants stir up Greeley – Some say a forum hosted by the DA was more about politics. Others say the effect on crime is a real issue.
August 13, 2007
Latino majority signals sea change – Colorado’s population shift emphasizes the urgency of addressing immigration, education and health insurance reform
August 9, 2007
Latino liftoff: Hispanic consumers targeted – Colorado casino targeting Hispanics
June 24, 2007
Anxiety in the Land of the Anti-Immigration Crusader – Tom Tancredo – Colorado
May 30, 2007
Hispanic boys have lowest grad rate in Denver Public Schools – Only 19 percent in 8th grade in 2001 finished high school
May 13, 2007
Impact of Swift raid still being felt – Greeley, Colorado
March 26, 2007
Why so few Latinos pursuing science?
March 25, 2007
Colorado Hispanic Veterans Call For PBS Boycott
March 21, 2007
Tortillas Like Mamá’s, but This Is No Bodega – Rancho Liborio in Denver (this looks pretty cool)
March 6, 2007
Immigrants heard Colorado’s you’re-not-welcome-here message loud and clear. Now the state needs its criminals to fill the workers’ former farm jobs.
January 26, 2007
Illegal immigrants lose state housing – Colorado
Colorado congressman wants black, Hispanic caucuses abolished – (Tancredo is at again)
January 24, 2007
Spanish station hitting rare air Top-rated KXPK a first in Denver – Top-rated KXPK a first in Denver. Radio’s Tricolor, the KYGO for Latinos, has captured the most listeners in two vital demographics.
December 13, 2006
Interactive Map of ICE Raids on Swift & Company Meat Packing Plants in Six States
Workers in shock as raid happens – Greeley, Colorado – Take a look – Extensive coverage
