- It’s possible to get deep into debt before you can legally have a beer. Think of student loans and relentless credit card offers. And what happens earlier in life affects big stuff down the timeline. Like qualifying for a mortgage. A bipartisan group of state lawmakers thinks Colorado needs to beef up its financial literacy standards, emphasizing college costs, credit, retirement savings, and home buying.
- Could giving money directly and regularly to people who are experiencing homelessness help people get back on their feet faster than food stamps or affordable housing programs? The Denver Basic Income Project is partnering with the University of Denver to find out. Mark Donovan is the founder of the Denver Basic Income project. Jennifer Wilson is a researcher with D.U. who will study the results of the year-long project.
- President Joe Biden recently announced that the United States will withdraw troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11.
- To get perspective on the process of police reform and the recommendations so far, we talk with Ryan Ross, the facilitator of Aurora's Community Police Task Force; Omar Montgomery, a task force member; and Nicole Johnston, a member of Aurora City Council. Plus, we get additional context from Rachel Pickens, executive director of the National Police Accountability Project.
- Westminster 8th grader Jonathan Charpentier was walking with his grandparents, when he made a discovery. He saw something shiny on the ground. He picked it up, took it home, and washed it off, then realized it wasn't a rock. It was a partial tooth from a T-Rex.
- “While I wish RTD the best — and I know there’s a number of bills, and I hope to sign one that will allow them to compete and do better — they certainly don’t have a monopoly on public transit.”
- Votebeat’s Jessica Huseman explains what exactly is in Georgia’s voting law and what makes Colorado’s voting system so special. Check out more reporting on the differences here.
- The coronavirus pandemic and record drought made 2020 a trying year for Colorado agriculture.
- “There are obstacles in the United States Senate, but we shouldn't assume that our political institutions are impervious to public opinion," said the Democratic representative of Colorado's 2nd Congressional District.
- Colorado’s Democratic U.S. Senator, Michael Bennet, said he believes the expanded child tax credit which is part of the “American Rescue Plan” will cut childhood poverty in the U.S. by almost 50%. The child tax credit increases from $2,000 to up to $3,600.
- Colorado's top lawyer expects that his job will be less adversarial to the federal government now that there is a new administration in charge.
