- This week, two Coloradans took center stage at the second impeachment trial of former president Trump, while back at the state capitol, state lawmakers are warming up for the restart of the legislative session, with plenty of big policies and political drama waiting in the wings.
- State lawmakers have a new message for the health care industry: bring down patient costs soon, or face competition from a government-controlled plan.
- The state's efforts to crackdown on unemployment claims fraud isn't without its frustration. Today we hear from a woman who found out her identity had been stolen when she tried to file for unemployment, and that was just the beginning. Another woman's benefits were frozen by a "program integrity hold." CPR's public affairs reporter Andrew Kenney joins in the discussion as the state tries to find solutions.
- The wait for unemployment benefits could stretch several weeks longer for tens of thousands of people. Colorado’s Department of Labor and Employment plans to launch the next phase of extended unemployment benefits on the week of Feb. 22, although it may arrive earlier.
- Rep. Lauren Boebert’s eye-popping $22,259 in mileage reimbursements has some calling for an investigation. CPR mapped as many of her campaign events as possible to get a sense of whether the figure is realistic.
- A Democratic state senator from Eagle County is the latest who may take on the first term Congresswoman in 2022. There's just one problem: the upcoming redistricting process could scramble the region's politics.
- Hundreds of thousands of people were left without benefits when federal extended benefits and the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program expired late last year.
- A surge of Colorado voters switched their political affiliations after Jan. 6. The vast majority were leaving the Republican party — and their various reasons show a big challenge for the GOP.
- The rollout of the federal payments will take place in phases, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
- Emergency medical services have applied ketamine more than 900 times under Colorado's waiver program.
- A fellow member of Congress on Monday said that he had seen Rep. Lauren Boebert giving a tour to a large group of people in the days before the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He did not accuse her of any wrongdoing, but Boebert has said that his statement was false nonetheless.
- Caitlyn Kim gives us the scene from DC, recording from the same room she had to hide from rioters in just over a week ago. Bente Birkeland has been back in the Colorado Capitol for the start of a legislative session unlike any other. And Andy Kenney, stuck at home with a baby, has a lot of questions for both of them.
- The law includes between 11 and 15 additional weeks of unemployment benefits for people on regular unemployment and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
- The twin outbreaks have grown to include 168 confirmed cases between the locations in Aurora and Colorado Springs.
- The Virginia-based privately run company uses technology like "video selfies" to weed out fake applications for various government services.
- Waitlists for help stretched to 40 days on average, but a new approach offers hope.
