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Colorado voters will start receiving their ballots in the mail this week for the June 25 primary election. The Presidential primary is in the rearview mirror, but there is a lot at stake for the state of Colorado this month. Several key Congressional races will impact the balance of power in Washington and more than two dozen seats in the state legislature are up for grabs.
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Property crime and vehicle thefts are down in Boulder, but violent crime remains on the rise. Boulder Reporting Lab reporter John Herrick sits down with KUNC host Michael Lyle, Jr., to dig into the reasons why.
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An act of Congress a century ago guaranteed citizenship to wary Native Americans in an age of forced assimilation and marked the outset of a long journey to secure voting rights. Daunting legal and logistical obstacles to voting persist in remote stretches of the southwestern United States, where the Native vote is credited with swinging the 2020 presidential election in Arizona to President Joe Biden. In New Mexico, recent election reforms are promising tribal communities a greater voice in how and where they can vote — bolstering an already robust path to political power.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that cattle herds in nine states are infected with H5N1. Four of those herds are in Colorado, where the first infection was detected in the northeastern part of the state in April.
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A bill awaiting Gov. Jared Polis' signature could have big impacts on how Coloradans vote in future elections. A last-minute amendment to the broad bipartisan election bill would require significant testing of ranked choice voting at the county level before the system could be adopted statewide. The Colorado Sun Reporter Jesse Paul joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on this story.
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A Weld County District Court judge recently ruled the April election of Barry Wilson as Windsor's mayor is null and void because it violated the town charter on term limits. KUNC's Programming & Operations Manager Desmond O'Boyle discussed the topic with Chris Wood, editor and publisher of BizWest.
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Head coach Emma Hayes made a successful debut with the U.S. women's national team, watching Mallory Swanson and Tierna Davidson both score twice in a 4-0 win over South Korea in a friendly match in Commerce City, Colorado.
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The share of the U.S. population older than 65 keeps rising and more than half of older Americans will need some version of long-term health care, experts agree. But it's not always simple to access services when the need arises.
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In this story from the High Cost of Long-Term Care series from the Associated Press, this story focuses on adult day services provide stimulation for older Americans, and respite for full-time caregivers.
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Early predictions point towards a dryer, warmer than normal summer. But a lot can still change — and how much of an influence La Nina will be is hard to say.