The Colorado Sun editor David Krause joined us to discuss an anticipated new state report on police use of force.

Prosecutors are set to call their first witnesses in the trial of two Denver-area police officers charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. The Black man was put in a neck hold by officers and injected by paramedics with a powerful sedative in a case that spurred police reform in Colorado.

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston made addressing homelessness top priority as soon as he took office this summer, but advocates say local governments can’t solve the problem alone.

The housing crisis is touching Coloradans in multiple ways. In recent surveys, residents pointed to some of its underpinnings — affordable housing and homelessness — as their biggest concerns. In today's episode, Zach Neumann, an eviction attorney and co-founder of the Community Economic Defense Project, discusses what is working and what needs to change to keep more Coloradans housed.

A trial is opening soon against two police officers charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. The Black man was put in a neck hold and injected with the powerful sedative ketamine while walking home in a Denver suburb.

The public comment period for a proposed BLM rule on oil and gas leasing ends this Friday. Among other changes, the proposal would increase bonding requirements for cleanup costs and increase royalty rates.

Maternal deaths nationwide more than doubled from 1999 to 2019, according to a new study in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The research also showed that death rates are especially high for Black and American Indian and Alaska Native moms.

The Forest Service is awarding more than $1 billion nationwide in grants to plant trees in cities, tackle climate change and make green spaces more accessible to less wealthy neighborhoods.

Most of the Mountain West ranks below average when it comes to health insurance coverage and median income, according to recently released Census data.

FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program is in its third year of operation. Montana-based Headwaters Economics recently did an analysis of the most recent round of funded projects and found the “geographic distribution was very uneven.” With some exceptions, many Western states missed out on substantial funding.