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Colorado lawmakers approve voting rights bill, despite pushback from local officials

· May. 1, 2025

Colorado Arts Spotlight: Local filmmakers debut pilot episodes at SeriesFest, DCPA and Pikes Peak Center announce upcoming shows, Governor’s Creative Leadership awards and more

By Lauren Antonoff Hart

· May. 1, 2025

Fort Carson soldier arrested on drug charges following Sunday morning raid in Colorado Springs

· May. 1, 2025

CU Boulder’s CAAAS leader to speak at 9th Annual Africa Summit

By Elaine Tassy

· May. 1, 2025

Government and Politics

100 days into Trump’s presidency, and there’s still a lot we don’t know about federal layoffs in Colorado

By Sarah Mulholland

Federal workers march in Denver.

Lufthansa German Airlines A380 Lands At Denver Airport

Photos: World’s biggest passenger jet makes first scheduled Denver landing as Lufthansa begins service

By Hart Van Denburg

Xcel Energy's Shoshone Generating Station in Glenwood Springs. Oct. 22, 2024.

Colorado Wonders

Why does the Colorado River seem to vanish at a certain point in Glenwood Canyon?

A wren sings in a tree

During migration season, turn off your lights to help birds fly safe

By Arlo Pérez Esquivel

Person mops floor

Colorado janitorial companies fined by ICE for hiring at least 143 unauthorized workers

Humans cause most of Colorado’s wildfires, but a lack of investigative resources means few are held responsible

By Ben Markus and Veronica Penney

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ERPO in 8 charts: What we learned from reading hundreds of ‘red flag’ cases in Colorado

By Andrew Kenney

The new park "cap" over I-70 in Elyria Swansea. Nov. 30, 2022.

Colorado built a park over I-70 to contain pollution. Is the air safe to breathe?

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‘There’s winners and losers’: Colorado is hoping to reform mental health, but a failed overhaul in 2014 shows how political connections maintain the status quo

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