
Colorado Will Use ID.me Tech Platform To Verify Unemployment Applications, Review Fraud Flags
The Virginia-based privately run company uses technology like “video selfies” to weed out fake applications for various government services.

2-Month Wait For A 5-Min Fix: Wait Times Remain An Achilles’ Heel Of Colorado’s Unemployment
Waitlists for help stretched to 40 days on average, but a new approach offers hope.

Colorado’s New Unemployment System Flags Thousands of Claims For Fraud, Likely Including Some Innocents
Fraud has run rampant in unemployment systems across the U.S., with national and even international criminal groups using stolen identities to extract hundreds of millions of dollars from unemployment systems.

A Call For The 25th Amendment And Other Colorado Congressmembers’ Reactions To The Storming Of The US Capitol
Colorado’s delegation reacted online, in real time, as rioters broke into the US capitol and disrupted the Electoral College certification.

Colorado’s Unemployment System Is Updating This Week — But First It Has To Go Offline. Here’s What To Do With Your Benefits
The upgrade may solve some of the frustrations that came with an old, glitchy system. But the transition came with some headaches.

Colorado’s Newest Congresswoman, Lauren Boebert, To Join Electoral College Objection
Boebert claims unspecified states made changes to their election laws that violated the U.S. Constitution.


Colorado’s Eviction Moratorium Is About To Get Looser
A federal pause on evictions runs out at the end of January, but extra state protections for renters seem likely to go away a lot sooner.

CDOT Is Trying To Fix Metro Denver’s Most Dangerous Roads
A new CDOT program includes $20 million for Colfax Avenue, among 30 projects across the metro.

In-N-Out Has Largest Coronavirus Restaurant Outbreaks Reported In Colorado
More than 100 employees may have contracted the novel coronavirus at two In-N-Out locations this month — making the outbreaks the largest reported in Colorado restaurants.

Colorado Won’t Prioritize Homeless Shelters For Vaccines
Gov. Jared Polis and his administration have declined to prioritize homeless shelters and prisons for vaccines.

Colorado ‘Balloon Boy’ Parents Pardoned, But They Don’t Admit To Hoax
A saga that began in 2009 with a silvery balloon floating into the blue skies of Colorado may have ended with two signatures from Gov. Jared Polis this week.

‘It’s Gonna Go Really Far:’ Colorado Could Get $383M For Renter Aid, But Will It Get To People In Time?
A federal moratorium on evictions will end next month, which means unless Gov. Polis acts to install a state-level ban, the new rental assistance money in the stimulus package may not get to troubled tenants quickly enough to keep them in their homes.

Why Colorado Isn’t Celebrating Its Economic Good News Yet
The state government has some breathing room, but an inequitable recovery raises long-term questions.

Colorado Will Leap To New Unemployment System In January, As Thousands Wait For Help
Colorado struggled through the pandemic unemployment crisis with a computer system built in the ’80s. But a long-delayed upgrade is on its way.

Who Will Get The First Doses Of Colorado Coronavirus Vaccines?
Vaccinations for the first group of Coloradans will begin within weeks.

Colorado First Gentleman Marlon Reis Discharged After Coronavirus Hospitalization
The partner of Gov. Jared Polis had received treatments of dexamethasone and remdesivir during his hospital stay.