Is Denver setting up an ICE showdown, fire danger stays high, newfangled landlines for kids
The city's mayor wants police officers to arrest ICE agents if they break the law
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Show Notes
It’s been a scary week for fire danger on the Front Range, but a ray of hope is on the horizon. Then, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston signed an executive order that limits what ICE can do in the city, setting up potential conflicts between federal and local law enforcement. Plus, parents are turning back to an old technology to help their kids learn communication and social skills: landlines.
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Read more on the stories in today’s show:
- Get tickets for Colorado Today Live with NPR’s A Martinez.
- CDOT warns: Speed warnings begin on I-25 this weekend.
- CPR’s Kevin Beaty on the damage from Wednesday’s grassfire in Thornton.
- Denverite’s Kyle Harris on the Denver mayor’s ICE order.
- CPR’s Allison Sherry on ‘Tin Can’ phones for kids.
This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Bazi Kanani and Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Madilyn Rose, Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.