HHS proposed a rule in December that wouldn’t allow federal funding to go toward puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or certain surgeries for transgender people under 18 covered by Medicaid or under 19 covered by CHIP.

In an interview Thursday evening, Alex Astley denied that he had dropped out to help Republican James Wiley or that he had timed his departure to block the party from replacing him.

The planned 250-foot-tall memorial arch will stand between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.

The agency’s headquarters will move from Washington to Salt Lake City.

The hearing comes the day before the first state begins sending mail ballots to voters.

Students from more than 180 schools across metro Denver and Colorado are expected to walk out of class on Friday as part of a statewide protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions, organizers said this week.

“There is tremendous common ground to build on to create legislative proposals (on immigration),” pollster Steven Kull said. “There is an overarching sense that action must be taken.”

Just beneath Sloan’s Lake’s surface is a murky, sometimes-smelly truth: The lake is slowly filling in with stormwater sludge. If the muck isn’t addressed, the lake is at risk of becoming stagnant.

Iranian state media said four people were killed and more than 60 were wounded.

A Lone Tree Democrat running for a seat in Colorado’s House of Representatives was arrested in May for public intoxication, according to Texas court records.