Transit-oriented communities bill passes Colorado legislature
The legislation was a priority for lawmakers eager to see denser development around bus and rail lines.
May 7, 2024: Living with Long COVID; A new plan to lower property taxes
An estimated 200,000 people in Colorado have Long COVID. We speak with two of them today about their lives 4 years after diagnosis. Then, what a proposed plan at the state capitol could mean for property taxes. Later, healing the scar on the mountainside near Colorado Springs. And one of the new markers sharing the history of Denver’s Chinatown is missing.
Long Haulers want their voices heard
There are still many mysteries about Long COVID, but what is clear, is that about 200,000 Coloradans have the condition. A recent book called “The Long COVID Reader,” edited by Mary Ladd, features essays and poems by long-haulers, including two from Colorado.
What do you do with an old rock quarry? It’s a question Colorado Springs needs to answer
The Pikeview Quarry has marked the mountains west of Colorado Springs for more than a century. Now that mining operations have ceased, the city needs to figure out what to do with the scar.
The Pikeview Quarry served an essential role in Colorado Springs’ history. Its story is still being written
“If you can’t grow it, it must be mined,” so goes the miner’s credo. It also applies to the history, and growth, of Colorado Springs. All of the material to build the city had to come from somewhere.
Listen: Take a trip down memory lane through these old Denver matchbooks
How many of these old Denver places do you remember?
Critical wildfire weather risk today due to strong winds and low humidity
The most dangerous conditions are expected in a small “critical” region that extends east from Rocky Ford to Las Animas, south to the Colorado-New Mexico Border, data from the weather service’s Storm Prediction Center show.
Colorado Public Radio Selects Denver-Based Firm Semple Brown as Architect for New Headquarters
Denver, May 7, 2024 – Colorado Public Radio today announced it has chosen Semple Brown as the architecture firm for its new headquarters at 777 Grant St. in Denver.
A Texas woman got an abortion in Colorado, now her ex wants to subpoena her. A state shield law might stand in his way
“Texas law does not govern how women receive abortion care in Colorado.”
CPR Classical Presents: The Spirituals Project Choir in concert May 18
Join CPR Classical Saturday, May 18th for University of Denver’s Spiritual’s Project Choir’s annual spring concert. The program will explore prayer and how it functions as one of the primary themes of Negro Spirituals.
Big business and politicians are playing a game of chicken over property taxes
Property tax deal turns into a duel.
Rotting bodies and fake ashes spur Colorado lawmakers to pass funeral home regulations
Colorado lawmakers have passed a sweeping bill to overhaul the state’s lax oversight over funeral homes after a series of horrific incidents.
A bill to ban the sale of ‘assault weapons’ in Colorado has reached the end of its road
Its Senate sponsor said the policy still needs more conversation outside the ‘pressure cooker’ of the Capitol.