Rae Solomon
Rae Solomon is a reporter for CPR News. Her work is shared with KUNC through the Colorado Capitol News Alliance.
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A massive and valuable energy resource is sleeping deep underneath the ground in many parts of Colorado: geothermal heat. -
Students, caregivers, immigrants, rural communities and parents will all feel the impact of Colorado’s $1.5 billion shortfall. -
The bill sparked bitter debate and passed the House by a single vote. -
The bill would allow more home cooks to sell their products, but public health officials are worried. -
Republican Rep. Brandi Bradley of Littleton called for the entire 650+ page budget bill to be read aloud, a roughly 15-hour ordeal that halted proceedings in the House this week. -
Medicaid took the brunt of the final reductions, include a reimbursement rate cut for providers and a cap on Cover All Coloradans, which provides health care to immigrants who are children or pregnant. -
Under one bill, overtime pay for ag workers would have kicked in earlier. The other bill won out. -
It’s a response to new allegations that the civil rights icon sexually abused women and girls in his movement. -
Colorado's budget shortfall was $500 million higher than earlier projections. -
An exceptionally warm, dry fall and winter have driven most of the state into drought.
