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Colorado required to share personal Medicaid data with federal government, which can be used by immigration authorities

In January, the state’s flagship safety net hospital, Denver Health, distributed a one-page notice about patient privacy that carried groundshaking implications, especially for Colorado’s immigrant ...
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Why your Colorado property tax bill still increased this year

Homeowners across Colorado may have expected their property tax bills to go down this year — after all, their homes may be worth less. Instead, many property owners will see their bills rise again — a ...
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Lauren Antonoff Hart

Lauren joined CPR in 2023 as a Digital News Fellow and became an Audience Editor in 2024. Before joining CPR, Lauren worked on film and television sets across the country, served as an Audience Editor ...
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Colorado bill would require renewable energy for new data centers to guard against rising energy bills

As developers eye Colorado for a wave of new data centers to power the AI boom, a new bill backed by environmental and consumer groups aims to shield residents from the impacts of the massive, ...
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After a historic low snow winter, Coloradans look to incoming storms for relief

Something has been missing from Colorado’s mountains this winter: snow. Across the Mountain West, snowpack is at historic lows. Which raises big concerns about water supplies and wildfire risk heading ...
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Feds ordered to release child care funds to Colorado and four other states

A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must keep funds flowing to child care subsidies and other social service programs in five Democratic-controlled states — at ...
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RTD Board Chair believes FasTracks will never be built — and alternatives should be considered

The Chair of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) Board of Directors, Patrick O'Keefe, believes FasTracks will never be built and should look to other alternatives for the future. FasTracks is ...
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Social media companies would have to respond more quickly to warrants under proposed legislation

Lawmakers and Evergreen community members stood near Evergreen High School on Monday to unveil legislation to prevent acts of violent extremism by tightening the time social media companies are ...
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Habemus archiepiscopum! Colorado Springs bishop James Golka appointed as next archbishop of Denver

The Vatican didn’t look far to find the next archbishop of Denver. Pope Leo XIV appointed Colorado Springs Bishop James Golka as the sixth Archbishop of Denver. The Holy See made the announcement on ...
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Young athletes are prone to concussions. Now, parents and coaches can learn how to recognize them

Each year, about two million children, many while playing organized sports, suffer concussions. But, according to concussions researcher Jaclyn Stephens, an occupational therapist and associate ...
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Colorado Springs City Council gives Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple a unanimous thumbs up

After a few hours of discussion Colorado Springs City Council voted 8-0 to allow the plan to build a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple to move forward without special restrictions.
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Missy Woods, CBI investigator accused of mishandling evidence for years, facing her arraignment

The wheels are finally turning in the case against former Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods, who faces 102 felony charges related to years of mishandling DNA ...