Bachelor’s degree in journalism, University of Colorado Boulder
Professional background:
Hayley Sanchez joined Colorado Public Radio as a Max Wycisk News Fellow in 2018. She worked alongside reporters, producers and editors to sharpen her radio and reporting skills before earning a full-time position as a general assignment reporter and producer.
Previously, Hayley was a digital producer at The Arizona Republic, where she produced the paper’s politics podcast, The Gaggle, and helped manage digital and multimedia content. She’s interned at The Denver Post, The Bulletin in Bend, Ore. and D.C. Witness in Washington. Hayley was also part of the Chips Quinn Scholars and Dow Jones News Fund programs.
Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 103 into law on Monday. It legalizes the summertime tradition of kids running a lemonade stand — or other small, occasional businesses — without a permit from local governments.
In a legislative session where bills on stricter guns laws and oil and gas regulation has turned up the heat, several Democrats are facing potential recall efforts.
The U.S. Drought Monitor reported Thursday that more than 50 percent of the state is not under any drought conditions -- last week it was only 17 percent.
The "Marion Manor" property in Cherry Creek had been frequently rented out through sites like Airbnb, leading to a series of complaints from neighbors.
Polis has only been in office for two months and two groups want to recall him over gun control, oil and gas regulation and the national popular vote compact.
If the rules Democrats are pushing now had been in place years ago, Clinton and Gore would have gotten Colorado's electoral votes instead of Dole and Bush.
High winds, lots of snow and an intense pressure drop all add up to what will likely be a historic event, even by Colorado standards, meteorologists say.
It may be Friday before we get a reprieve. March’s colder-than-usual temperatures means cold air near the surface gets trapped by the warmer air above it. So all that pollution — the car exhaust, the oil and gas particulates — just sits there.
United Methodist Church leaders this week banned same-sex marriage and LGBTQ people from being ordained. Where that will leave Denver’s inclusive congregations is up in the air.
There's still no timeline for the RTD G Line between Denver's Union Station and Wheat Ridge to open, but officials received key federal approvals Wednesday.
Studies show children who attend full-day kindergarten go on to perform better, and that the program evens the playing ground for students who would otherwise be at a disadvantage.