San Luis Valley officials create regional board to vet water export projects
Valley residents say they don’t have more water to lose, and officials hope the new review board will help protect local economies and water resources
How does Colorado solve its homelessness problem? Here are three programs that could help.
One doles out cash payments, another allows renters to build credit by paying on time, and a third trains people to work as live-in maintenance workers
More than a quarter of Colorado students were chronically absent from school last year
About 270,000 public school students missed at least 10% of school days during the 2022-23 school year, an improvement from the year before but a rate still alarming to educators and state education officials
Federal judge advances lawsuit against Griswold over non-disclosure of dead voter data
Secretary of State Jena Griswold asserted she could not disclose reports containing deceased voters' information because of federal privacy protections
Colorado expands access to DNA testing after criminal convictions
New law marks first-ever update to Colorado's 2003 post-conviction DNA testing law
Why a lawsuit against Colorado’s abortion pill “reversal” law could be a really big deal
The lawsuit, filed by an Englewood religious-based clinic, fits with recent efforts to expand protections for religious belief nationwide
How Problems at the State Mental Health Hospital Are Destroying Colorado's Justice System
The wait for competency evaluations and restoration services is postponing court cases, delaying help for prisoners and costing taxpayers millions.
Police blame some deaths on “excited delirium.” ER docs consider pulling the plug on the term.
The American College of Emergency Physicians will vote in October whether to disavow excited delirium as a diagnosis
There’s been a surge of abandoned oil and gas wells in Colorado over the past 90 days
The rise in orphan wells is being fed by smaller operators who no longer find it economical to operate in Colorado and the continued discovery of old wells, sometimes by developers looking to build houses on former oil and gas sites
