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After 43 days, the longest government shutdown ended with a late-night Oval Office signing ceremony late Wednesday.
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Courtesy of Colorado State UniversityTemple Grandin is well known as an author, as an advocate for people with autism, and a pioneer in the humane treatment of livestock. And she’s about to get another honor: Her portrait will soon be on the wall of the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. CSU’s Temple Grandin shares how this came about, and what it means to her. -
Photo provided by family / Courtesy of the Colorado SunA man who fled Afghanistan and settled in Colorado after helping the U.S. military fight the Taliban was arrested in an immigration sweep targeting truck drivers on Oct. 10. He’s been held in ICE detention ever since, without being charged with a crime. Hear what happened – and how it’s affecting his family in Boulder County.
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A Colorado law finds itself at odds with the Trump administration, this time over whether medical debt should be included in people’s credit reports. -
With an $850 million shortfall looming, Gov. Polis and lawmakers spar over how to balance the budgetGov. Polis is asking lawmakers to slow spending on Medicaid and to privatize Pinnacol Assurance. -
Boebert was one of four Republicans who went around their leadership to force a vote. -
The money comes as part of the governor’s proposal that includes a small budget increase for the state’s universal preschool program. -
Millions of people across the country were treated to dazzling northern lights on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. -
The fear comes as Senate Democrats voted to end the shutdown without a fix for an expiring tax credit that helps Coloradans buy health insurance on the marketplace.
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The Trump administration could be inching toward delisting the species from the endangered species list. -
In January, the world watched in horror as fires marched through multiple Los Angeles neighborhoods, leaving behind blocks of smoldering foundations. A recent report tried to calculate how much it would cost to rebuild the structures lost to better withstand the next blaze. -
People over 70 are increasingly using firearms to end their lives. The rate is especially prevalent among Western states. -
The Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule put conservation on equal footing with grazing and energy production. The Trump administration is trying to roll it back. -
Few states require building with fire-resistant materials, but some in the Mountain West are in the process of changing that. -
Shorter days mean more nighttime driving — and across the Mountain West, that’s leading to a surge in collisions with wildlife.
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