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Dec. 23, 2025: no more warrantless ICE arrests, your cannabis rescheduling questions, a jazzy year-end farewell

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A guard locks a gate leading into ICE’s Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora. Dec. 19, 2025.

A U.S. District Judge in Colorado said that immigration agents can no longer arrest people based on suspicion -- what will that mean for deportations in the state. Then, as the federal government moves to downgrade cannabis on the drug schedule, many people have questions. We have some answers. And jazz pianist Annie Booth shares her love of a holiday classic.

This is our final episode of Colorado Today for the year. The show will return January 2nd, with all-new stories of the events and people that shape our state. All of us at Colorado Today wish you a happy New Year and a bright start to 2026!

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This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Mateo Schimpf, Arlo Pérez Esquivel, and Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Stephanie Wolf, Sandy Battulga, Megan Verlee, Michael Hughes and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.