Colorado News Collaborative (COLab)

Consolidating Colorado’s public colleges and universities could save the state money, according to a new report.

School closures are contentious, and parents often want to know how a district will repurpose a building that many consider the heart of the community. But the answer is rarely clear right away. The decision process can take years, leaving buildings vacant and families wondering.

With two citizen petitions on the table, a set of stakeholder recommendations and a lot of public opinion, furbearers (species like bobcats, coyotes, beavers and foxes) will take center state at the upcoming Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting on March 4.

More people are working in public schools, even as fewer students attend them. To some observers, this math just isn’t math-ing.

One of the agency’s expanded regional offices is in Fort Collins.

House Bill 1055 would create a pilot program in a limited number of communities outside of Denver to give students in grades 6-12 a similar My Colorado Card. The card would essentially be a free pass, not a voucher with dollars attached to it.

Democrats Michael Bennet, Phil Weiser seek to lead the state that ranks among the 10 least affordable for housing.

Breckenridge Town Council took staff members’ recommendation to amend the town’s employee housing impact mitigation policy at a Tuesday, Feb. 10, meeting.

It was the Colorado Students Demand Action chapter’s fourth rally since local students ramped up organizing efforts in the wake of a 2023 shooting at Denver’s East High School. The organization helps mobilize high school and college students to advocate for gun violence prevention measures. Colorado’s chapter is the largest of its kind in the country, national organizers said.

Amid housing crisis, vacancy rates in some mountain counties exceed 50%.