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Pandemic Puts A Crimp On Voter Registration, Potentially Altering Electorate

No door-to-door canvassing. Public gatherings are canceled. Motor vehicle offices are closed. Naturalization ceremonies are on hiatus. Almost every place where Americans usually register to vote has been out of reach since March and it's led to a big drop in new registrations right before a presidential election that was expected to see record turnout. The consequences of that decline could reshape the electorate ahead of the November election , although it's not yet clear how. Four years ago...

PHOTOS: The Strange New Normal Inside The Colorado State Capitol

Colorado Restaurants Can Open Wednesday At Reduced Capacity

Colorado Edition: Return To A New Normal

By KUNC Newsroom • 2 hours ago

Today on Colorado Edition: We’ll learn about next steps for restaurants reopening in our state, and get the latest on unemployment. We will also hear what’s in store for the legislative session, as lawmakers return to the Capitol, and how a COVID-19 outbreak at a state prison is impacting a rural Colorado community.

PHOTOS: The Strange New Normal Inside The Colorado State Capitol

By Scott Franz • 4 hours ago

The Colorado Capitol looked and sounded very different on Tuesday as state lawmakers returned for the first time in more than two months.

From difficulties hearing caused by legislators trying to talk through face masks to new plexiglass barriers placed between every desk in the House of Representatives, the legislature is adapting to new safety measures put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

There's Still Time To Get A (Remote) Summer Internship

By Anya Kamenetz • 6 hours ago

For Ananay Arora, this spring has brought good news and bad news.

The good news: The Arizona State University sophomore snagged one of the most prestigious internships in the country. He'll be working with the software engineering team at Apple.

Trump Team Killed Rule Designed To Protect Health Workers From Pandemic Like COVID-19

When President Trump took office in 2017, his team stopped work on new federal regulations that would have forced the health care industry to prepare for an airborne infectious disease pandemic such as COVID-19. That decision is documented in federal records reviewed by NPR.

Colorado Restaurants Can Open Wednesday At Reduced Capacity

By Associated Press • 11 hours ago

Restaurants in Colorado can re-open at reduced capacity this week and day camps will be allowed to open next week, Gov. Jared Polis announced Monday.

Restaurants in spots like El Paso and Routt counties have already been allowed to re-open under special approvals by state health officials. Restaurants elsewhere in Colorado will be able open starting Wednesday at 50% of their posted occupancy limit but cannot have more than 50 customers at a time, Polis said.

A Looming Financial Meltdown For America's Schools

By Cory Turner • 17 hours ago

Austin Beutner looked haggard, his face a curtain of worry lines. The superintendent of the second-largest school district in the nation sat at a desk last week delivering a video address to Los Angeles families. But he began with a stark message clearly meant for another audience:

Lawmakers in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.

Colorado Edition: Stolen

By KUNC Newsroom • May 25, 2020

Today on a special episode of Colorado Edition: arts reporter Stacy Nick looks at the time a lifted cartoon of a flatulent unicorn made headlines, the repatriation of Native American artifacts and how a vandalized artwork in Loveland ended up bringing people together.

Art Of The New Deal: How Artists Helped Redefine America During The Depression

By Neda Ulaby • May 25, 2020

The Great Depression challenged Americans not just with horrifically high unemployment, but ideological divides not utterly unlike the ones we face today. Today, poll after poll show the country deeply split on major issues. Racism, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism are on the rise. Back then, the labor movement was burgeoning; so was membership in the Ku Klux Klan.

Too Little Or Too Much Time With The Kids? Grandparenting Is Tough In A Pandemic

By JoNel Aleccia • May 25, 2020

Back in pre-pandemic times, Richard and Denise Victor would get to see their four grandchildren almost every day. One set of kids lives around the block from them in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; the others are half an hour away, all close enough for frequent visits and sleepovers.

"With the younger ones, we have a routine of stories when they spend the night," Richard Victor says.

Memorial Day Honor Flights Canceled Because Of Coronavirus Crisis

By Quil Lawrence • May 25, 2020

Thousands of people who had planned to visit war memorials in Washington, D.C., this holiday weekend were forced to cancel this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. That includes veterans traveling with the nonprofit network Honor Flight, which recently suspended all trips at least until this fall.

"Our veterans that travel with us are still living, so their day is Veterans Day not Memorial Day," says Honor Flight CEO Meredith Rosenbeck. "But they go to honor their friends and comrades, those who have fallen."

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Ways You Can Help During The Coronavirus Outbreak

COVID-19 has created major disruptions in our community, and many of our neighbors are in need of help. Here are some ways you can offer assistance.