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Colorado First Gentleman Marlon Reis hospitalized with worsening COVID-19 symptoms Both the First Gentleman and Gov. Jared Polis were diagnosed Saturday By: Blayke RoznowskiDec 06, 2020 DENVER, Colo. — Gov. Jared Polis' office said First Gentleman Marlon Reis is now in the hospital due to worsening COVID-19 symptoms. Both Reis and Gov. Jared Polis tested positive for COVID-19 last Saturday. At the time, Polis said both of their symptoms were mild. Over the last 24 hours, Reis started to experience a slightly worsening cough and shortness of breath eight days after being diagnosed with COVID-19, according to the press release....

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, First Gentleman test positive for COVID-19 Polis: “Marlon and I are feeling well so far, and are in good spirits." By: Blair Miller DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and his partner both tested positive for COVID-19, the governor’s office said Saturday evening. Polis, who went into quarantine on Wednesday after saying he was exposed to someone who tested positive for the coronavirus, said in a statement he and partner, First Gentleman Marlon Reis, were asymptomatic and “feeling well.” “Marlon and I are feeling well so far, and are in good spirits. No person or family...

Colorado's First Gentleman Marlon Reis and Ellen Kessler, an animal activist who has been appointed to a position on the State Board of Veterinary Medicine ... Kessler is a self-proclaimed animal rights activist .. “Vegan AF” and “Extreme. Annoying. Vegan.” Kessler posted support of the recently signed HB 20-1343 Egg-laying Hen Confinement Standards, calling the legislation a baby step “to get to the true goal of animal lovers and that is to not keep chickens for eggs nor food.” The board Gov. Polis appointed Kessler to regulates and licenses veterinarians ... The board activities include licensing veterinarians, investigating complaints about...

Health officials closed a restaurant in Colorado on Monday, one day after it opened to large crowds despite a public health order limiting businesses in the state to takeout and delivery services amid the coronavirus pandemic. C&C Coffee and Kitchen drew hundreds of people on Sunday for its Mother's Day rush, and it appeared that in some cases social distancing was not enforced. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced on Monday that the Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) determined the restaurant caused "an imminent health hazard."

Colorado Governor Jared Polis had a powerful response when he was asked about a Republican leader's comparison of stay-at-home orders to Nazism. During a press briefing Wednesday, a reporter asked Polis, who is Jewish, about criticism toward the stay-at-home orders put in place to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. "We're seeing a lot of rebellion out here against your orders, which have been called tyrannical against local health department orders, being equated to Nazism. How do you react to that, what do you say to those people who are clearly getting frustrated with this stay-at-home order?" the reporter...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and his merry band of Green Little Dealers offer a national alarm bell for the national Green New Deal proposal. ... Advocates for free markets, affordable energy for everyday people, and expanding our miraculous energy independence must closely watch what’s happening among the states. Case in point: Colorado’s Green Little Deal ... directly attack key industries such as coal, oil and gas, and automobiles while giving considerable power to government to regulate and transition workers, all disregarding economic realities. ... Polis has established Offices of “Just Transition” and “Future at Work.” ... The big difference between...

When the Democrats began getting behind letting 16-year-old high school students vote, my guess is that they didn't have Ky Chapman in mind. If you haven't heard of Ky Chapman, don't worry. Unlike other high school students relentlessly pushed by the media as the pubescent conscience of our nation, Chapman isn't liberal. The Colorado resident is also upset with his state's Democrat governor, Jared Polis, over a number of issues. Polis doesn't exactly make national headlines, so it might be good to give a synopsis of what this guy's about. He's probably best-known for signing Colorado on to the National...