With 99.9% of its eligible population having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 shot, San Juan County in Colorado is one of the most vaccinated counties in the nation. But according to Kaiser Health News reporter Rae Ellen Bichell, the county is still taking measures to protect against the disease after some outbreaks over the summer.
November ballots will soon be in the mail, and voters will be faced with the question of whether to fund extra tutoring programs, mostly by raising the price of marijuana. KUNC’s Capitol Coverage reporter Scott Franz tells us how this initiative is meant to help students who lost time in the classroom during the pandemic.
While the community college system largely aims to make secondary education more affordable for students, some of the teachers, particularly part-time ones, are grappling with low pay and a lack of benefits, such as healthcare. Mark DuCharme, English composition teacher at Front Range Community College in Westminster, tells us about his experience and what kind of changes he hopes to see.
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