Colorado’s budget hole is now $1.2 billion, as Medicaid costs continue to climb
Colorado’s looming budget shortfall just keeps getting worse.
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Ballot measure to overturn Colorado wolf reintroduction clears title board in first hurdle
Wolf reintroduction could return to the Colorado ballot next year.Â
Interstate power lines threaten farmers’ land in southeastern Colorado
Quay County, New Mexico, is best known as a neon blip along historic Route 66, with a cluster of retro motels in its county seat, Tucumcari, about halfway between Albuquerque and Amarillo, Texas. Besides that, it’s a relatively rural part of the country, populated by multigenerational farmers and ranchers.
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King Soopers, 10,000 statewide grocery workers end strike for 100 days to resume bargaining
More than 10,000 supermarket workers involved in a two-week labor walkout will return to their jobs at King Soopers stores Tuesday after the labor union and the Colorado grocery chain reached an agreement late Monday to stop picketing and get back to work.Â
Colorado lawmakers eye term limits, transparency rules for PERA board
The Colorado state pension board would be subject to term limits and new transparency requirements under a measure introduced in the state legislature earlier this month.
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Bipartisan bill would let Colorado counties triple lodging taxes to pay for more than affordable housing
Colorado lawmakers Thursday dropped bipartisan legislation that would allow local voters to raise their county lodging tax rate to 6% from the existing 2%. Â
Douglas Co. leaders weigh which three Highlands Ranch schools to close while prioritizing safety, continuity
As Douglas County School District leaders and board members weigh closing three schools in Highlands Ranch, they’ll prioritize keeping together groups of students and staff from individual schools, ensuring student safety in traffic zones and analyzing current and future enrollment projections.
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.
How Colorado’s first agriculture-focused charter school is giving students tools for life
The last thing the rancher from Arkansas wandering through the cattle barn at the National Western Stock Show thought he’d encounter was the group of kids surrounding him dressed in the un-ranchiest clothing. You could see it in his face.Â
Colorado’s high egg prices are blamed on bird flu, but there’s more to the story
Walk into nearly any grocery store at the moment and the price for a dozen eggs may shock you — if any eggs are in stock at all.
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