🌱 Jeffco Schools To Increase Wages + TABOR Runs Into Inflation

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Here are the top stories today in Lakewood:

1. Jeffco School District raising wages at schools. Over the next year, Jeffco will increase hourly wages for a variety of positions including paraeducators, custodians, bus drivers, secretaries, and food service workers. (7News)
2. Woman accused of stealing government credit cards. An employee of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Lakewood, Dema Martinez, allegedly stole $800,000 in credit cards, and is now facing a 24-count federal indictment for wire and bank fraud. (9News)
3. Metro Denver has some of the highest median rents in the U.S. Out of the 50 largest metro areas, Denver-Lakewood-Aurora currently has the 14th highest median rent at $2,032 per month. (FOX31)
4. Environmental groups file suit against state regulatory agencies in Colorado and Montana over coal mining compliance rules. Five groups, including the WildEarth Guardians and the Sierra Club, filed a lawsuit over clean air rules being violated at the West Elk Mine. (CO Sun)
5. Colorado's TABOR budget rules run smack dab into inflation. Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights puts growth and spending caps on the state's budget and is pegged to growth and inflation. The lag time between today's fast-rising inflation and how the state's budget is calculated is causing alarm. (The Journal)

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Today in Lakewood:

• Baby Time: Belmar Library. (10:15 a.m.)
• Teen After Hours: Throwback Movie Night. (6 p.m.)
• EDGE Gallery: Works by Rachael Amos, Philip Rader, Mark Farrell. (6 p.m.)
• Things To Do: In and around Denver this weekend — July 27-31. (303)

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From my notebook:

• Lakewood Cultural Center. Performance Now Theatre Company took home wins in this year's Henry Awards for The Drowsy Chaperone, co-produced with Lakewood Cultural Center Presents. (Lakewood Cultural)

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