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Rep. Gabe Evans talks tariffs, Medicaid and family during first telephone town hall

· Apr. 2, 2025

Ten Colorado international students – at least half Middle Eastern – have visas revoked

By Allison Sherry and Ben Markus

· Apr. 2, 2025

A notorious, tree-chewing pest could be making a comeback in Colorado

· Apr. 2, 2025

Four new city counselors set to join two incumbents on the Colorado Springs dais

By Andrea Chalfin

· Apr. 2, 2025

Trump’s tariffs will soon make cars more expensive in Colorado. Here’s how it might play out

By Nathaniel Minor

A man in a plaid shirt sits in a teal and white van with his elbow hanging out the window in a car dealership.

Kids' things in a hallway at Schmitt Elementary in Ruby Hill. Nov. 12, 2024.

Colorado Wonders

Why does Colorado have the shortest school year of any state?

By Jenny Brundin

A bottle of the MMR vaccine photographed in Lubbock, Texas, where a measles outbreak has sickened dozens.

Colorado’s measles vaccination rate is just a bit too low for herd immunity

By Alison Borden and John Daley

A group of people walk across a street with large white signs that have transit union messages on them.

RTD, driver’s union reach tentative 3-year deal

By Nathaniel Minor

Colorado Springs 2025 election results for city council

Humans cause most of Colorado’s wildfires, but a lack of investigative resources means few are held responsible

By Ben Markus and Veronica Penney

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ERPO in 8 charts: What we learned from reading hundreds of ‘red flag’ cases in Colorado

By Andrew Kenney

The new park "cap" over I-70 in Elyria Swansea. Nov. 30, 2022.

Colorado built a park over I-70 to contain pollution. Is the air safe to breathe?

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‘There’s winners and losers’: Colorado is hoping to reform mental health, but a failed overhaul in 2014 shows how political connections maintain the status quo

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