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May 27, 2025: Psilocybin centers to open but veterans may not get access, details on Medicaid changes, river surfing parks

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River surfers ride the new wave at Waterworks Park on the Arkansas River in Pueblo in the spring of 2025.

What the Republican changes to Medicaid mean for all Coloradans, and what could still change as the Senate takes up Trump’s spending bill. Then, psilocybin healing centers are about to open in Colorado, but some potential patients can’t use them legally – particularly military veterans. Plus, one large Front Range city just opened a new river surfing park downtown, which may be the best among a new crop of them in Colorado.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Bazi Kanani and Haylee May. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf. The executive producer is Rachel Estabrook. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

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