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About 600,000 Coloradans receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

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.

After 43 days, the longest government shutdown ended with a late-night Oval Office signing ceremony late Wednesday.

Gov. Polis is asking lawmakers to slow spending on Medicaid and to privatize Pinnacol Assurance.

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.

Coloradans spoke strongly about school lunches in this off-year election. Next year's ballots will give them a lot more to chew on.

Colorado’s Senators opposed the deal because it did not address rising health care costs.

The complaints were filed by Colorado Common Cause, a liberal-leaning nonprofit that advocates for an open government. They were submitted to Colorado’s Independent Ethics Commission, which is charged with reviewing allegations of violations of the state’s 20-year-old gift ban.

A federal court has paused a Colorado law that requires social media companies warn young users about the potential harms of being on their sites.

That will come as welcome news to the 600,000 Coloradans, half of whom are children, who rely on SNAP funding to help buy groceries each month.