Medicaid cuts would threaten rural hospitals, nursing homes in Colorado

Colorado’s Medicaid program faces cuts in both federal and state funding, threatening rural hospitals’ survival and access to care for low-income children and seniors. Medicaid covers 1.2 million children, people with disabilities and low-income adults in …

New strategy to crack down on wage theft in Colorado has a broader scope — and criticism has softened

Colorado lawmakers are again trying to crack down on employers who don’t pay their workers — and this time, the effort comes with a less-combative footing than last year’s vetoed attempt. House Bill 1001, the first measure to come out of that chamber in …

Colorado Children Deserve Better Schools: Commentary by a Grandmother

As a parent or grandparent, nothing breaks your heart like watching your children struggle while the school system meant to support them continues to fail. As a longtime resident of Commerce City, it is infuriating to have seen the school system fail my …

Metro State’s Tanya Haave, Colorado sports icon, retires from coaching

Cassondra Bratton wanted one more opportunity to play college basketball and doubted any coach would give her a shot, considering she was a 25-year-old single mother. Then Tanya Haave was named head coach of the Metro State women’s basketball team in 2010, …

What do tariffs mean for Colorado?

Avocados, products of Mexico, are for sale in a Boulder grocery store on March 7. (Hart Van Denburg/CPR News) × Residents could feel effect on prices for everything from gas to groceries At their most basic, dictionary level, tariffs are simply a tax …

Colorado's government secrecy, the next generation | CALDARA

Last year, the Colorado Legislature voted to exempt itself from large portions of our beloved Open Meetings Law because, as Mel Brooks famously said, “It’s good to be the king.” It took them no time to exploit its new power to operate in the dark. For the …

Windsor boys basketball wins long-awaited Colorado state…

DENVER — The nice, neat round number had to wait a year. For Windsor, the wait was worth it. The Wizards are finally state champions again, beating No. 16 Green Mountain 60-49 in the Colorado Class 5A title game to win the program's first Colorado boys …

Social media reaction to Colorado State booking NCAA…

LAS VEGAS — A dominant performance. An emphatic way to punch a ticket. The Colorado State men's basketball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament, and the Rams have done it in incredible fashion. CSU beat Boise State 69-56 to secure the Mountain West…

Watch: Windsor boys celebrate Colorado 5A basketball state title      

Colorado doctors say hope is growing that even the tiniest babies can thrive 

When Zev Hauser was born premature at 23 weeks, his eyelids were fused and he could fit in the palm of his mother’s hand.  When Stephanie Hauser went into labor with Zev, her doctors were blunt about what to expect: She would deliver the infant, they’d put …