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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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National Lab of the Rockies, formerly NREL, lays off more than 130 employees

Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden, formerly known as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, is also shedding workers. The cuts ...
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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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At a Colorado pig farm, women employees were repeatedly abused, mistreated and harassed by male bosses

An Eastern Plains pig farm has agreed to pay $334,500 after multiple female employees reported routine sexual comments, propositions for sex and were intruded on while showering, frequently touched ...
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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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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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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 playwright on immigrant experience in the West, interventionist ghosts and being two things at once

Today, we “Raise the Curtain” on local playwright Nina McConigley. The Fort Collins author has been busy this year with a new novel, a forthcoming book of essays, earning tenure, and more. Read and ...
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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.