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Nov. 25, 2025: Xcel plan to raise your rate, the Republican leading on health insurance subsidies, Sand Creek Massacre

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The red and white smokestack of Xcel Energy’s coal-powered Cherokee Generating Station
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Xcel Energy’s coal-powered Cherokee Generating Station, Oct. 18, 2024.

A Colorado Republican in Congress has been trying to get an extension for expanded health insurance subsidies. Now the president may be coming around to it. Then, why Xcel Energy says it needs to raise your rates. Plus, a new book tells a story of one captain’s bravery in the face of the Sand Creek Massacre, which will be commemorated this weekend.

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This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Haylee May. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Stephanie Wolf, Sandy Battulga, Rachel Estabrook and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Rachel Estabrook. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.