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New Colorado play confronts idea: How can white artists be allies to a Black movement?

CU BOULDER ENGINEERING, WOMEN ENGINEERS

There are more women in CU Boulder’s class of freshman engineering students than anywhere else in the US

By Jenny Brundin

Empty Denver South High School cafeteria

Will there be another ballot measure to save Colorado’s free school meals program? Probably not.

By Jenny Brundin and Bente Birkeland

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Government and Politics

One Democratic state senator accused of blocking a vote on a proposed firearms tax

By Bente Birkeland

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Government and Politics

Why Democrats are combining a $700 million child tax credit with a $450 million income tax cut

By Andrew Kenney

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Boebert bill to remove endangered species protections for gray wolves just passed the House

An image of Sheena Kadi on a Colfax Avenue electric box. March 19, 2024.

Democratic Party official found to have made false claims against lawmaker resigns from job in Treasurer’s office

By Bente Birkeland

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Arkansas River water users scrutinize Aurora Water’s plans for its newly bought farm in Otero County

By Shanna Lewis

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana to Schedule III in a historic shift

By The Associated Press

Judge rules against conservative lawsuit that sought to curb billions in transportation fees

By Nathaniel Minor

The avian flu has been detected in Colorado cows. Here’s what that means for you

By Paolo Zialcita

Government and Politics

Tens of thousands of new apartments, condos could be permitted near transit stations, Denver suburbs warn

By Andrew Kenney

An ultrasound machine

As the opioid epidemic worsens in Colorado, pregnant and postpartum people are dying

By Claire Cleveland

Colorado F-16s Tour Colorado

Polis and other governors push back on Pentagon plan to shift Air National Guard units

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Exclusive interview: Colorado’s attorney general on justice for Elijah McClain, and the ‘significant impact’ of the trials for officers and paramedics

By Molly Cruse and Rachel Estabrook

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