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Motorists are paying the price — $11.4B annually, to be exact — for state’s crumbling roads

Colorado’s deteriorating roads are hitting residents — and their vehicles — hard, in Grand Junction costing drivers an average of $1,704 annually in extra repairs, fuel costs, congestion delays and crash-related expenses. 

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Colorado universities are now closer to paying athletes. But the public may never know how much

The University of Colorado Boulder would be able to pay football players and keep the individual dollar amounts secret under a bill that passed a key committee vote Thursday in the state House of Representatives.

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In a shifting of chairs, Republican parties have new leadership in many Colorado counties

The only constant in life is said to be change. That certainly is the way it may feel for those in a number of county Republican parties around Colorado.

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HB 1131, lifting cap on CSU veterinary students, among three bills in each chamber getting second readings Tuesday

A bipartisan bill aimed at lifting the artificial cap on students who may enroll in Colorado State’s veterinary program will get a second reading and potentially a preliminary vote on Tuesday, Feb. 11, in the Colorado House.

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House bill to allow Colorado’s public universities to compensate student-athletes passes committee

The bill updating Colorado’s laws on public collegiate sports “name, image and likeness” (NIL) passed the House Education Committee Thursday, but not without significant opposition.

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