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Vote for Emergency Assistance Ahead of Nov.1, Cause of Death of Dairy Workers is Hydrogen Sulfide Exposure Jack Armstrong
Vote for Emergency Assistance Ahead of Nov.1
The Colorado legislature’s budget committee has approved $10 million Thursday in emergency funding to cover food assistance during the federal government shutdown. But officials say the money is only a fraction of the roughly $120 million in SNAP benefits that are distributed in Colorado each month.
They warned lawmakers it won’t reach all of the 600,000 Coloradans who depend on the program. Governor Polis requested the funding last week. The budget committee voted unanimously to approve it. Republican state Senator Barbara Kirkmeyer, who’s also running for governor, said she’s concerned some parts of Colorado could be left out.
CBI Launches Probe into Use of Force at ICE Protest
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is launching an investigation into the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who threw a 57-year-old woman to the ground during a Durango detention center protest on Tuesday.
Protestors gather outside the Durango ICE detention center to protest the arrest of a Colombian man, Fernando Jaramillo-Solano, and his two children. The Colorado Sun says Jaramillo-Solano lived in Colorado for 18 months and has no criminal history.
In a statement reported by The Sun, Durango Police Chief Brice Current requested the state bureau to investigate the case. CBI is investigating whether the masked agent violated the criminal law during the situation on Tuesday.
Once finalized, the bureau’s findings will be presented to the 6th Judicial District Attorney’s Office and will decide whether the agent will face criminal charges.
Denver, Aurora See Decrease in Crime
A new report shows that violent and property crimes are at their lowest in three years in Denver and Aurora. The report from Colorado-based non-partisan research group Common Sense Institute reported Denver’s steady decline of crime, but also said the city was one of the most violent American cities, with 234 violent crimes per 100,000 people.
The Common Sense Institute analyzed Colorado Bureau of Investigation data to aggregate this report.
Aurora also saw a similar decrease in crime, while still being labeled the most violent city in the state with 318 violent crimes per 100,000 persons.
Colorado politics says the only city with a decrease in crime found in the report was Colorado Springs, showing a 12 % rise in crime since 2022. Denver’s crime rate dropped 14 % over that same time period, and Aurora’s dropped by 36 %.
Cause of Death of Dairy Workers is Hydrogen Sulfide Exposure
The six workers who died in a dairy farm in Keenesburg, have had their toxicology reports released yesterday. The report states the cause of death was quote “an acute hydrogen sulfide exposure” for possible aspiration.
Hydrogen sulfide is a type of natural gas also found in petroleum. It is sometimes produced from decomposing manure and exposure to low doses can lead to irritation in the eye’s and respiratory system. High exposure in a confined space can lead to death.
These six workers, all Hispanic, were found August 20, 2025 in the Prospect Valley Dairy Farm in Keenesburg. Four men belonged to the same family. Although the report deems the death an accident, an OSHA investigation is underway.
These deaths come a year after one person died and four other workers were hospitalized for a hydrogen sulfide gas leak at the Western Sugar Cooperative. During that investigation, OSHA found 11 violations.
