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Ballot measures funding ‘Healthy School Meals for All’ will head to voters in November

By Jenny Brundin

Nearly $2 million in CDOT’s Safe Routes to Schools funds will improve walkability in Cañon City and La Veta

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Economic long view mostly cloudy with spots of uncertainty

By Sarah Mulholland

Electric power lines and towers in North Denver

Utilities warn Republican budget bill would increase energy costs for Colorado households

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Government and Politics

What Colorado lawmakers think about the White House spending cuts sent to Congress

A Safeway worker gathers shopping carts

Colorado grocery store workers approve a strike if contract negotiations come to that

By Sarah Mulholland

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Data suggests Colorado companies are reducing DEI positions faster than the country as a whole

By Elaine Tassy

Holly McMahon writes on a iPad, standing in The Tank, with wind chimes separating her from the camera.

‘I’m never going to stop’: Facing NEA cuts, a young composer and an unusual music venue turn hurt into action

By Lauren Antonoff Hart

Colorado Capitol dome in Denver

Government and Politics

Colorado Democrats agree they need to do something about TABOR. But they disagree on what

By Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun

A large banner outside the Palmer Lake town hall reads "Save Tri-Lakes."

Government and Politics

Buc-ee’s clears annexation eligibility hurdle in Palmer Lake

By Andrea Chalfin

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer

Sanctuary list causes statewide scramble among counties

By Ben Markus, Caitlyn Kim, and Allison Sherry

COR-Golf founder Kyle McGee stands in Wheat Ridge sports arcade. May 28, 2025.

Colorado small businesses could lose lifeline as federal funding cuts take shape

By Sarah Mulholland

Government and Politics

Hickenlooper highlights the tariff pain inflicted on Colorado companies

By Sarah Mulholland

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Government and Politics

‘A gross overreach’ – Colorado Nonprofit Association on funding cuts and executive orders

By Kiara DeMare

Backpacks like a first grade classroom at Goldrick Elementary.

Last of COVID money helps create child care seats in rural Colorado

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