Engage covers the top headlines from around Colorado for the week of June 24-28, 2024.

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Engage is joined by El Paso County Commissioner Longinos Gonzalez, Jr. to discuss a troubling story about a drug needle exchange program in El Paso County that local officials were unaware of until recently. Commissioner Gonzalez explains how he found out and the steps he and the Commissioners are taking to get accountability. Additionally, we discuss recent actions the Commissioners took on the gun control legislation known as the so-called “Safe Spaces” bill.

You can find the original story of the needle exchange program here: https://gazette.com/health/colorado-springs-needle-exchange-program-controversy/article_03642e3e-14a4-11ef-a92a-1b9ba56bcb82.html

Find the resolution by the Commissioners on the “Safe Spaces” bill here: https://www.agendasuite.org/iip/elpaso/file/getfile/42190

Engage covers the top headlines from around Colorado for the week of June 17-21, 2024.

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Engage is joined by Colorado Springs City Councilman Brian Risley to discuss the recent decision by the council to keep city ambulance services with a private sector company. Councilman Risley discusses his thought process in his decision and what factors he weighed when voting to keep the service in the hands of American Medical Response vs. a new city enterprise.

Engage covers the top headlines from around Colorado for the week of June 10-14, 2024.

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Engage covers the top headlines from around Colorado for the week of June 3-7, 2024.

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Engage is joined by Steffan Tubbs, director of the new documentary “Devastated: Colorado’s Fentanyl Disaster” to discuss the film and the issue facing Colorado. We discuss what he learned while making the documentary and what people should know about the current fentanyl crisis.

You can watch the film for free at www.devastatedco.com.

Engage covers the top headlines from around Colorado for the week of May 27-31, 2024.

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Engage covers the top headlines from around Colorado for the week of May 20-24, 2024.

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Engage is joined by former mayor of Monument and current State Representative Don Wilson (HD-20). We discuss what “local control” is and why it’s important to our communities. We also examine some very controversial “land use” bills that have recently been signed into law and discuss how that will affect local control going forward. This is one of the most important topics not being discussed enough.