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Federal court pauses Colorado law requiring social media warnings for younger users

By Bente Birkeland

· Nov. 7, 2025

Will hail warnings and more speed cameras bring down Colorado’s car insurance rates? Gov. Polis hopes so

By Bente Birkeland

· Nov. 6, 2025

Government and Politics

Budget pain hits local governments in Colorado as costs rise, funding shrinks and the federal shutdown drags on

By Brian Eason, The Colorado Sun

· Nov. 7, 2025

Government and Politics

Rep. Jason Crow on airport disruptions, gerrymandering, and ICE arrests

By Anthony Cotton

· Nov. 7, 2025

Government and Politics

Senate on path to end government shutdown

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A view of the Denver Art Museum from Denver Public Library's Central branch. The DAM is a grey big building with angular sides that jut out in different directions. It's surrounded by other buildings, roads, and cars.

Things to do in Colorado this weekend

By Lauren Antonoff Hart

As state after state weighs partisan redistricting, the people who drew Colorado’s map hope it stays out of the fray

Aerial view of four lane highway with traffic and interchange construction area, surrounded by a suburban city landscape.

Nighttime road closures and detours slated for I-25 in Pueblo this weekend

By Shanna Lewis

A person is reaching for a piece of cheese in a display case. The cheese is placed on a shelf surrounded by other cheeses.

For Colorado specialty cheese shop, Trump’s tariffs are a big, expensive wrench in the system

By Sarah Mulholland

Justice Reporter

Ava Kian

· Nov. 9, 2025

VA Medical center sign in front of buildings.

Can a probiotic help veterans with traumatic brain injury and PTSD?

By Andrea Dukakis

· Nov. 9, 2025

Jane DeDecker sculpts Josephine Baker

A century after fleeing the U.S. for France, Josephine Baker will be memorialized in bronze by a Loveland sculptor

· Nov. 8, 2025

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Colorado travelers and airlines scramble as flights are canceled amid shutdown

By Kiara DeMare

· Nov. 7, 2025

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State attempting to obtain SNAP funding for Colorado beneficiaries, but Supreme Court keeps money frozen for now

By Caitlyn Kim and Megan Verlee

· Nov. 7, 2025

Cassie Sherwood, The Water Desk

By Cassie Sherwood, The Water Desk

· Nov. 7, 2025

Ripple Cannabis Company co-founder Justin Singe

Potential for contaminated cannabis products in Colorado creates risk for buyers

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Denver Field Office Centennial

Federal cops spent weeks tracking young immigrants, was it for their safety, or to make deportation easier?

By Allison Sherry

Federal law enforcement outside the Cedar Run Apartments

ICE detention, deportation can deny justice in local criminal cases, frustrating prosecutors

By Ben Markus and Allison Sherry

Body-worn camera video shows a man with a long rifle approaching a person with their back to him

Despite efforts at reform, Colorado officers still shoot people at a high rate

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