Round-Up: CO Misses the Mark on Child Welfare Standards, and more

By On December 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Andrea Chalfin, Animal Rights/Wellfare, AP, Children & Youth, Colorado, Education, KRCC News, New Mexico, Round-Up

Colorado’s child welfare system is found to be out of compliance…Colorado State University’s Board of Governors votes to outlaw guns on the Ft. Collins and Pueblo campuses…and, Governor Bill Ritter and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson sign a memorandum of understanding to help protect wildlife.

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