Pedestrian killed by light-rail train in Denver
Police have released few details of the crash. A woman was killed by an RTD light-rail train on Christmas Day, according to the Denver Police Department.
Colorado will start oversight of fast-growing non-bank mortgage companies on Jan. 1
Non-bank lenders have come to make up more than half the market.
Colorado has a little office with a big mission: financial empowerment
The state’s new Office of Financial Empowerment has its first employees and its first focus.
Ethics complaint alleges Department of Natural Resources leader benefited from agency contract with wife’s employer
The new complaint, filed by a group that targets Democrats, also alleges executive director Dan Gibbs failed to disclose his potential conflict of interest.
What does $308 mean to you? Colorado TABOR refunds could total billions over the next few years
Yearly checks could range from about $300 for lower income brackets to about $1,000 for the wealthiest.
Thousands of local government employees could get union rights in Colorado
State leaders want to allow firefighters, teachers, and others to form unions freely.
What’s ahead when the legislature returns?
It’s beginning to look at lot like politics, at least for our public affairs team; everywhere they go they seem to be hearing about what’s ahead at the legislature…
Major ‘dark money’ nonprofit ordered to reveal its donors in Colorado
Unite for Colorado paid for signature gathering and digital advertisements related to several ballot initiatives last year. As is common with “dark money” nonprofits, it did not disclose where its funding came from.
Unemployment fraud may have cost Colorado $70 million in the first year of the pandemic
Most cases were marked by digital clues, such as a foreign internet protocol address, while others were paid to people who were dead or incarcerated.
Colorado lawmakers announce plans to protect abortion access after SCOTUS hearing
The news comes as the Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in Dobbs. v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a major abortion case over the constitutionality of a Mississippi law that bans the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Colorado is launching a retirement program for all employees. Here’s what that means.
The program, called Secure Savings, will launch in 2023 and will provide retirement accounts for people who don’t have a retirement plan through their employer.
Why the myColorado vaccine app is kind of broken (and how to fix it)
Colorado’s digital ID app for smartphones, myColorado, has an overwhelmingly positive rating on Apple’s App Store — but the most recent feedback tells a different story.
In Colorado, lost-and-found contacts you
Colorado’s statewide lost-and-found program has accumulated more than $1 billion in unclaimed money and t’s trying something new: Proactively attempting to find the owners of that money.
Another income tax cut for Colorado in 2022? Maybe — and it could cost the state budget $400 million
The proposed state tax reduction would amount to $75 for a family making $50,000 a year.
How Colorado’s Democrats have shaped the federal spending bills — and what it might mean for their futures
Centennial State lawmakers have been at the center of high-stakes negotiations.
These Leadville mobile home residents rallied to buy their homes. Here’s how they’re faring
This is part of a series by Colorado Public Radio News about housing instability in Colorado.
