NEW: With Colorado COVID cases and hospitalizations rising, Gov. Polis signed a new health order late Sunday night that allows hospitals to refuse some patients.
There are nearly 1,200 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Colorado — the most since December 2020.
Nearly 80 percent of those hospitalized with coronavirus are unvaccinated, and almost 40 percent of hospitals expect to be short staffed during the next week.
“I am very concerned that we are going to exceed capacity and what dictates capacity is going to be the number of safely staffed beds,” said Dr. Anuj Mehta, a pulmonologist with National Jewish Health and Denver Health.
“It's no longer a question of ventilators. It's a question of safely staffed beds. If you typically have one nurse for two ICU beds, and now you're asking that one nurse to care for four ICU patients, that's not safe anymore.”

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3 Nov
Where things stand the morning after #ElectionDay:

🗳 Prop 119 (increase pot taxes for private, out-of-school learning opportunities): Appears to fail.

Supporters of 119 on Tuesday night conceded defeat.
🗳 Prop 120 (property tax cut): Appears to fail.

By 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, 120 had the support of only about 43 percent of voters, and backers conceded it looked likely to fail.

That figure has stayed steady through the latest counts early Wednesday morning.
🗳 Amendment 78 (would have given the state legislature direct authority over more aspects of state spending): Appears to fail.

Because 78 would change the state constitution, it needs at least 55% of the vote to pass. 78's organizer conceded that was unlikely to happen.
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3 Nov
That's going to be about it here for us this Election Day.

But first, a quick recap.
Colorado had three statewide ballot measures this year.

As of right now, it appears that voters have voted down all of them. Image
Now, just a reminder, CPR News is not calling these races, nor is the Associated Press.

But it certainly looks like the three statewide measures have a pretty steep hill to climb if they are to pass.

And in the case of Proposition 119, supporters have conceded defeat.
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2 Nov
Polls close at 7 p.m.!

That means you have until 7 p.m. to:

🗳 Vote in-person
🗳 Be in line to vote in-person
🗳 Drop off your ballot in a drop box (NOT in the mail)
🗳 Register to vote

#copolitics #ElectionNight #Elections2021 #ElectionResults2021
Election results will begin coming in 7 p.m., but are not final until they've been certified...

...which the state plans to do on Nov. 29th, barring any recounts.
We're keeping track of results here. You can, too:

election.cpr.org
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2 Nov
Good morning. It's Election Day in Colorado!

A quick 🧵 about today #Election2021:
First: It's an off-year election. That means no marquee races and only a limited number of statewide ballot measures (in this case, three).

But locally (certainly in Denver), there's plenty of issues for you to weigh in on.
Next: It's way too late to mail back your ballot.

Find a ballot drop box, or polling place near you: sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections…

If you're in line by 7pm, you'll be able to vote.

If you haven't registered to vote yet, you can register AND vote today.
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3 Aug 20
1/ More than 500 teachers, staff, students and parents from across the state have shared w/us their thoughts on schools reopening during #covid19colorado. It's a complicated conversation.

As the school year approaches, we'll keep adding to this thread. Here's what you've told us
2/

"I think Mesa County D51 is making a huge mistake. I'm a teacher there & have 3 kids in 3 schools. We'll be doing online for them bc our rate has been climbing and I don't feel they have an actual plan in place. There's nothing at all in their plan concerning SPED kids."
3/

"As a teacher, I want to be back in my classroom so badly. I didn't enjoy remote learning. I missed being with my students. I'm also really afraid to return to school. Many don't realize how difficult it will be to follow all the protocols. I feel I'm in a no-win situation."
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