Debate: How To Change Colorado’s Constitution, ‘Extreme’ Mammals
Colorado voters will decide whether to make it more difficult to amend the state constitution. Supporters say it would ensure voters across the state are represented. Opponents say it would increase the influence of special interests. A Denver ballot measure would allow pot smoking in public. Colorado Matters’ resident poet weighs in on presidential debates. Did you know horned beavers used to live in Colorado? A Denver museum exhibits “extreme” mammals.
Schools Ask Voters For Tax Increases, Co-Founder of AOL Seeks Western Talent, Asian Migration To Colorado
School districts have a record-setting number of measures on the ballot worth $4.4 billion all together. Education reporter Jenny Brundin explains what the schools want it for. And, AOL co-founder Steve Case recently came to Colorado as part of an investment tour of start-up companies that are outside of Silicon Valley. Also, how Asians persevered in Colorado despite an unwelcoming environment. Plus, assessing the state’s tobacco sales tax ballot measure and Denver’s use of its cultural tax.
Republican Senate Candidate Darryl Glenn On Trump, And How He’d Make His Mark In D.C.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn talks about his changing positions on Donald Trump’s candidacy in the wake of a controversial video and weighs in on policy issues including the Iran nuclear deal, Obamacare, the “war on coal” and race relations.
Unhappy With Trump? Want To Write In Pence? It Doesn’t Work That Way
To be considered as a write-in candidate in Colorado, the person has to file an affidavit 15 days before the election.
Colorado Warns Voters Over Ballot Write-Ins, Columbus Day Conflict, Carbondale Non-Profit Helping Hurricane Ravaged Haiti
Three prominent Colorado Republicans withdrew their support for Donald Trump over the weekend to mixed reactions from voters. And Colorado’s Secretary of State has a warning for those wanting to write-in their choice for President. Plus, Columbus Day or Indigenous People’s Day? It’s a question Denver’s been grappling with for years. Also, a Colorado non-profit is on the ground working with abandoned children in Haiti following hurricane Matthew. Denver International Airport is “embracing the unbelievable” with conspiracy theory tours and exhibits.
Tell Us: Who Do You Get Along With Despite Your Political Differences?
Do you and someone close to you disagree in your choices for president? Who is your favorite opposite? Let us know.
A Debate On Colorado’s Universal Health Care Initiative; And The Artisanal Cider Craze
Amendment 69 on the ballot would provide taxpayer-funded universal healthcare in Colorado. A supporter and opponent debate the proposal. Then, why the oil and gas industry is getting involved in another issue facing voters, Amendment 71, which would make it harder to put initiatives on the ballot. And, in a state where beer is king, artisanal cider is the new darling of the craft alcohol scene.
Remembering John Denver, The Singer Who Embodied Colorado
On the eve of this year’s John Denver Celebration in Aspen, a look back at Colorado’s musical icon.
Grand Junction Financial Woes, Denver’s Church Of Sinners And Saints
The economic situation is bleak in Grand Junction, the largest community on Colorado’s Western Slope. So bleak that the city government is asking employees if some of them are willing to quit their jobs. Then, it’s not something you expect to hear from a pastor — that there are many reasons to steer clear of Christianity. But Nadia Bolz-Weber hopes to lure believers, and non-believers, to her Church of All Sinners And Saints in Denver.
Gov. Hickenlooper Endorses Key Ballot Issues, A School Superintendent On A Mission
Gov. John Hickenlooper explains why he’s decided to support three of Colorado’s ballot measures: a minimum wage increase, medically assisted death and a tobacco tax hike. He also addresses a political fundraising video he made in front of the state seal, which he removed after a complaint. And, how he’s planning for tectonic policy shifts that could come if Donald Trump is elected. Then, RE-1 Valley School District Superintendent Jan DeLay is on a mission to educate average citizens on the fiscal challenges rural districts like hers face.
Debate On Proposition 106: Coloradans Vote On A Matter Of Life And Death This Election
Today, a debate. Proposition 106 would allow people who are terminally ill to get a prescription and end their own lives. Denver attorney Julie Selsberg supports the measure, saying she wishes her late father, who had ALS, had the option. Carrie Ann Lucas is a lawyer and disability rights activist who opposes it. Lucas says the law would infringe on her rights and affect her care as well as that of other people who are already marginalized.
Political Primaries May Make A Comeback In Colorado, And Chris Thile’s Approach To A Prairie Home Companion
More than one million Coloradans have rejected political parties and are registered unaffiliated, but they still want a say in picking presidential candidates. This November voters will decide whether to create an open primary and get rid of presidential caucuses in Colorado. Then, one phone call, from Garrison Keillor, changed musician Chris Thile’s life. It was an offer to become the new host of the public radio mainstay A Prairie Home Companion. Thile accepted and talked with us about the direction of the show, which will tape in Denver in November. Plus, what voters need to know about a ballot proposal to renew a cultural tax for Metro Denver; how Colorado influenced writer Vladimir Nabokov; and listener feedback to a recent interview with Denver’s first pedestrian planner.
Denver Filmmaker Profiles Gang Member Turned Youth Mentor, Brain Injuries In Extreme Sports, Colorado’s Wayward Wealthy
The film “Clever” tells the story of Gerardo Lopez, a former Los Angeles gang member who now mentors Denver youths in an anti-gang group called Homies Unidos. Then, Colorado is becoming a mecca for extreme sports medicine at a time when extreme athletes are grappling with the potential implications of the brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encepalothapy, or CTE. And, writer Dick Kreck chronicles the wayward wealthy of Colorado in his book “Rich People Behaving Badly.”
Treating Inmates With Brain Trauma, New Bike Race Planned, Free Literature Festival
Researchers are offering treatment to inmates who’ve suffered brain trauma. And, big funders are backing efforts to bring a bike race to Colorado. Also, two authors talk about characters that are “outsiders” and a 100-year-old school teaches English to refugees.
Denver’s Pedestrian Planner, New Colorado Christian President, Down Syndrome And Mental Health
Denver is walking into new territory by hiring its first full-time pedestrian planner, and listeners expressed their thoughts on the city’s streets. Then, the new president of Colorado Christian University is a pastor and an academic — a very different background from his predecessor, who was a politician. What that means for the school’s role on hot button issues. Plus, a vexing problem for people with Down Syndrome and their families: Regression means for some young people with Down Syndrome, the ability to talk and move deteriorates. How the Sie Down Center in Denver is trying to fight it.
Minimum Wage Debate, Saving The Pandas, Clara Brown Statue In New Smithsonian Museum
A debate on the ballot proposal to raise Colorado’s minimum wage. Then, from her office in Littleton, a woman is fighting to protect giant pandas. She’s just been recognized by the Chinese government for her work. Plus, the national Museum of African-American History and Culture opens Saturday in Washington D.C. It includes a statue of Colorado pioneer Clara Brown.
