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Students, caregivers, immigrants, rural communities and parents will all feel the impact of Colorado’s $1.5 billion shortfall.
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Hugh Carey/The Colorado SunA bill being discussed at the state capitol could help make it easier for artists in Colorado to do business. The bill would create a new type of company structure called an Artist Corporation. And one of its main goals is to help an artist maintain control of their own creative work. Hear more about what the bill would do – and its Taylor Swift connection. -
Colin WoolleyThe annual Mountain Plover Festival happens this weekend in Karval, Colo. The festival celebrates this elusive bird, sometimes called the “prairie ghost.” We hear more about Mountain Plovers — and why it’s so hard to spot one.
Colorado News
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Judge again bars Gov. Polis from ordering Colorado state employees to respond to a subpoena from ICEIt’s the latest legal loss for the governor in a case brought against him for attempting to share information with federal immigration officials. -
Frederick Alfred Jr., a 38-year-old who lives in Commerce City, is running to represent state Senate District 21 north of Denver. -
Proposition bets are popular in Colorado — too popular (and lucrative) to kill. -
A livestreaming camera with ospreys in Boulder County is drawing viewers and even generating some news headlines. -
Changes are afoot in Boulder, as old haunts move on, new eats open shop, city spaces seek input and cleanup gets underway in Nederland -
Senate Bill 70 aims to regulate how government officials access and use data collected by automatic license plate readers.
Mountain West News
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The Arizona Department of Water Resources is gearing up for a legal fight over Colorado River negotiations and has hired a law firm to represent the state. -
Traffic deaths declined overall in 2025, but several Mountain West states saw increases. The new initiative focuses on risky driving behaviors. -
When wildland firefighters are on prescribed fires, they’re breathing the same smoke and facing many of the same hazards found on wildfires, but they don’t get the same hazard pay. That could soon change. -
National Alcohol Awareness Month highlights progress and challenges in battle against alcohol misuse in the Mountain West -
As data centers rapidly expand across the Mountain West, researchers say a key question is getting harder to answer: how much water are they actually using? -
As the President touts cost savings during visits to Arizona and Nevada, Democrats and advocates raise concerns over affordability
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