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Public Policy

Feds set urgent deadline on Colorado River drought plan Interior Dept. to Arizona and...

LAS VEGAS – Reforming western water policy has always been an exercise in political maneuvering, stop-and-start negotiations and bureaucratic delays. Progress comes slowly and...
Kayla Frawley, a single mom, plays with her 2-year-old son, Josiah, in their Denver apartment in 2018.

It’s getting harder to be a single mom in Colorado 62 percent of women...

Kayla Frawley said she felt “lucky” when she was hit by a car and broke her leg. When you’re a single mom, the 31-year-old Frawley...
Colorado Olympics

Man behind ‘citizen-led’ group supporting Colorado’s 2030 bid has deep ties to Olympic boosters...

A fledgling campaign presenting itself as a grassroots effort to support Denver's 2030 Winter Olympics bid is in fact driven by a former member...

Colorado could move to clear pre-legalization marijuana convictions statewide as soon as 2019 Black...

Boulder’s district attorney last week announced plans to vacate and seal thousands of convictions for marijuana possession prior to the drug’s legalization in 2012....

Can Colorado host the 2030 Winter Olympics with no cost to taxpayers? Boosters promise...

University of Oxford researchers in 2016 came to the conclusion that any city or region hosting the Olympics is highly likely to get a...
Traffic congestion on I-25 northbound. (Photo by John Herrick)

CU Boulder scientist warns: Climate change is going to make Colorado’s transportation woes that...

Traffic, transit, and taxes — Colorado’s infrastructure woes have been front and center for years as the state tries to address population growth and...

After son’s death, a mother pushes for a Colorado law on disclosure of police...

The mother of a 19-year-old man who was killed during a confrontation with police last year is on a mission to make law enforcement...

Climate change report: Southwest to see more heat, water scarcity, fires and food insecurity...

This story was originally published by NM Political Report and is reprinted here with permission of the Report. Climate change is here. It’s human-caused. And it’s...

Colorado activists bank on midterm blue wave to pass 2019 law abolishing death penalty...

Note: This story has been updated to include comments from 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler. Opponents of the death penalty — hoping to capitalize...

Greene: Far from home, a Talysh refugee in Denver gives thanks in a new...

We are, many of us, far from home today, a holiday when a phone call is no substitute for being with family. But home...
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