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Mediocre: Colorado receives C- grade for state infrastructure

· Jul. 23, 2025

Government and Politics

States pass privacy laws to protect brain data collected by devices

By KFF Health News

· Jul. 23, 2025

Colorado attorney general committed to defending in-state tuition program for undocumented students

· Jul. 23, 2025

State legislation that lowered property taxes has also drastically reduced funding for emergency services

· Jul. 23, 2025

Colorado confirms a measles case in central Colorado, involving an out-of-state resident

A bottle of the MMR vaccine photographed in Lubbock, Texas, where a measles outbreak has sickened dozens.

NOAA NIST NTIA FEDERAL DEPART,ENT OF COMMERCER

Have you been impacted by recent federal layoffs? We want to hear from you

By Colorado Public Radio Staff

a pond in a mountain valley

A pilot project to address illegal ponds in Southern Colorado is underway

By Shanna Lewis

Planned Parenthood Clinic in Denver

Despite partial court win, Planned Parenthood of the Rockies CEO says Medicaid patients still cannot get services there, due to federal budget bill

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Government and Politics

Federal magistrate hears arguments over whether to free former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters while she appeals state conviction

By Bente Birkeland

Archuleta County Clerk’s Office attack

Man accused of firebombing Archuleta County election equipment appears in court

By The Associated Press

· Jul. 23, 2025

A rendering of a large pedestrian bridge, connecting the state Capitol and the park on the other side of Lincoln St.

Listen: Months after unveiling pedestrian bridge, Gov. Jared Polis says he’ll ‘chain’ himself to Capitol to stop it

By Kevin J. Beaty and Ryan Warner

· Jul. 23, 2025

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Colorado gave records to ICE four times since February in response to subpoenas, including once by mistake

By Taylor Dolven, The Colorado Sun

· Jul. 23, 2025

Snow on Pikes Peak above Colorado Springs

Life and Culture

Happy 149th Birthday, Colorado!

· Jul. 23, 2025

Gabe Evans Election Night Watch Party

Government and Politics

Rep. Gabe Evans often discusses his grandfather’s path to citizenship. Documents show he left out some details

· Jul. 22, 2025

USOPC Overhaul Olympics

US Olympic and Paralympic officials bar transgender women from competing in Olympic women’s sports

By The Associated Press

· Jul. 22, 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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