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A school bus in Colorado by Pravesvuth Uparanukraw via Flickr: Creative Commons

With loan forgiveness and stipends, Colorado lawmakers hope to lure teachers to rural districts

The downside of living in Campo is that it’s 70 miles to Walmart and 20 miles to the nearest grocery store. The upside is...
Sunset in Durango as fires burn to the west on Aug. 24, 2018. (Photo by John Herrick)

Colorado Dem lawmakers tackle climate change without a single GOP backer Republican state lawmakers...

A climate change bill that would gradually reduce Colorado’s carbon emissions over the next 30 years is headed to the governor’s desk for approval...
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Guest Post: Say no to the Colorado legislature’s gimmick to gamble with our state’s...

Do you feel like gambling with our state’s water and rivers? The Colorado  legislature does, and it’s a gamble we shouldn’t take. In these last...
Crestone Peak Resources, which is owned by the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, drilling a seven-well site in southern Erie above a residential subdivision in 2017. (Photo by Ted Wood/The Story Group)

Oh Canada! How Canada’s largest pension fund is financing drilling along Colorado’s Front Range

It’s a familiar story: A deep-pocketed country develops oil fields in a heavily indebted nation with lax environmental regulations. The locals object, claiming that...

We shouldn’t celebrate the killing of a mountain lion The recent encounter between a...

I split my time between living outside Yosemite National Park and in Los Angeles. That I have the chance to see mountain lions in...

The Home Front: Rise in attempted suicide among middle school students Your daily roundup...

"A presentation of the Healthy Kids Colorado 2017 survey shows a rise in attempted suicide with middle school students in Cañon City at 11.9...

The Home Front: Travel season expected to smash records Your daily roundup of the...

"Anyone who can get an early start on their holiday travel might want to this year," reports The Colorado Springs Gazette. "Nearly a third...

Slideshow: Denver’s MLK Marade embraces black lives, inclusiveness and human rights

It’s been three years since Black Lives Matter activists commandeered Denver’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Marade in the wake of the death of...

Littwin: In taking on Trump’s shutdown wall, Pelosi decides to build one of her...

It’s another day for Democrats to be thankful that Ed Perlmutter, Jason Crow and the other resisters failed in their bid to take away...

Guest Post: No more dead bodies on Boulder streets

Boulder is the 17th wealthiest city in the 57th wealthiest county in the 10th wealthiest country in the world. One would expect such wealth...
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