Today on Colorado Edition: We鈥檒l get a look at when we can expect Colorado鈥檚 election results. We鈥檒l also learn more about why paramedics in Colorado sedate people during encounters with law enforcement, and we鈥檒l explore teaching workloads during the pandemic.
When To Expect Colorado鈥檚 Election Results
For Coloradans who get their ballots in the mail and turn them in by mail, drop box or early in-person voting, the election lasts much longer than one day. But ballots must be received by county clerks by 7 p.m. on Tuesday to be counted, and then we鈥檒l begin to get a sense of results. Colorado鈥檚 Secretary of State Jena Griswold joined us on Monday morning to walk us through what we can expect, and how voting is going so far this year.
Teaching Workloads During The Pandemic
We鈥檝e heard a lot about in-person, remote and hybrid learning across Colorado. But what impact do these different methods have on teachers?
found that for teachers who are expected to teach both online and in-person, it can often mean they have to work twice or three times as hard. Erica joined us to discuss how the hybrid teaching model impacts teachers and their workload.
Why Paramedics In Colorado Sedate People During Confrontations With Law Enforcement
In Colorado, paramedics can sedate people during confrontations with police officers, using a sedative called ketamine. That happened to Elijah McClain, the 23-year old Black man who died after an encounter with Aurora police in August of 2019. And it has also happened to more than 900 other people across our state in the last two and a half years.
It鈥檚 a controversial practice, and one that KUNC鈥檚 Michael de Yoanna and Rae Solomon have been reporting on for months now. is for Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, and they joined us with updates on what they found.
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