Sometimes, the fight for equality and the empowerment of women globally really does begin at home. Denver’s Karen Sugar has taken her grassroots effort to empower women to Gulu, Uganda, a city in the heart of a former war zone. In 2008, Sugar formed the nonprofit Women’s…
Denver – For decades the stress test has been a valuable tool for cardiologists diagnosing blood flow problems in heart attack patients. “The stress test is designed not to detect heart damage. It is designed to detect problems with blood flow with stress,” said Dr….
Justin Sanger hopes he didn’t just create a new social networking site; he wants to build an ecosystem. Sanger and his colleagues at SupportLocal launched their site in April as a way for consumers to recommend and support local businesses. The system is expansive in…
by Ryan Warner It seems pretty straightforward: An employee comes to work high, and they’re fired. Even with marijuana being legal in Colorado, businesses still have the right to make that call. It says so in Amendment 64. And a recent court ruling affirms a…
By Al Lewis DENVER (MarketWatch) — Henry Palacio, a 50-year-old Intel Corp. employee in Rio Rancho, N.M., was busy making chips last summer when one of his co-workers stuck a “kick me” sign on his back. He thought he’d felt something. He asked a safety…
Colorado employers should feel more secure in enforcing their drug policies against marijuana use after the Colorado Court of Appeals held recently that an employee can be fired for testing positive for medical marijuana — even if that use occurred offsite and was legal under state law,…
DENVER – In the basement of a church on Emerson Street you will find fresh coffee brewing, a safe place to rest and help for those facing the challenges of mental illness. The CHARG Resource Center opened in 1989, and in the days since…
REDMOND, Wash. — One in 50 school-aged kids has an autism spectrum disorder, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control. Health officials say the new information doesn’t indicate more children have autism, but shows that doctors are more frequently diagnosing the…
John W. Kellogg and Rebecca B. DeCook, Partners, Moye White LLP Once again the race is on to get new renewable energy projects under construction by year end. While the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (“ATRA”) provided the long sought extension of the Production…
