- Colorado’s first Congresswoman, Pat Schroeder, served 24 years. She died Monday of complications from a stroke. What you’ll hear in this story is largely from Schroeder herself – interviews and speeches she gave. Plus, two Colorado Republicans share how Schroeder, a Democrat, connected with them across party lines.
- Amy Parsons, who’s held several different jobs at CSU, takes over the Fort Collins campus at a time of record undergraduate enrollment. She says her goals include increasing the number of students of color and first-generation college students. She also hopes to increase the number of students from different parts of the state. Parsons says another priority will be ensuring graduates are prepared for the workforce.
- Republicans face an uphill battle in the new legislative session – they hold fewer than a third of the seats in either chamber and the governor’s office is occupied by a Democrat. House Minority leader Mike Lynch and Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen outline their policy priorities and political strategy.
- The Orion spacecraft splashed down last weekend after more than 25 days in space. Colorado’s Lockheed Martin Space Systems played a big role in the vehicle’s design and construction. Lockheed engineer Mark Baldwin helped prepare Orion for the challenges of space. The voyage was the first in NASA’s Artemis project, which aims to send astronauts to establish a permanent base on the Moon.
- After months of delays, NASA will try again this week to return to the moon. The Artemis mission is just a start. Eventually, the goal is to build a lunar waystation to Mars. Colorado’s Lockheed Martin built the Orion spacecraft that’s at the heart of all this. Engineering manager Heather McKay has worked on the project for more than a decade. We spoke with her in August.
- The buildup to the 2022 midterms is almost complete; with Election Day on Tuesday, political analysts Sara Hagedorn, an associate professor of political science at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, and Eric Sondermann, a columnist and former public policy consultant, discuss potential outcomes and why national trends may not apply in Colorado.