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Free school lunch expansion could be decided by Colorado voters

Free school lunch expansion could be decided by Colorado voters

Advocates are asking lawmakers to put a free school meals proposal on the November ballot.
Fully fund K-12 schools? Colorado lawmakers say maybe next year

Fully fund K-12 schools? Colorado lawmakers say maybe next year

Colorado lawmakers this year came closer to fully funding the state’s schools than at any time since the Great Recession.
Meet the Colorado dads who've fostered more than 60 children

Meet the Colorado dads who've fostered more than 60 children

Being parents to so many kids on the Western Slope has left the couple with an experience only few get to see in a lifetime.
What’s Next if ‘Roe v. Wade’ Falls? More Than Half of States Expected to Ban or Restrict Abortion

What’s Next if ‘Roe v. Wade’ Falls? More Than Half of States Expected to Ban or Restrict Abortion

Conservative lawmakers in 14 states crafted so-called trigger laws that would automatically go into effect in the event a nationwide right to abortion were struck down.
How can we live more comfortably on a warming planet? Boulder wants to start by turning down the temperature.

How can we live more comfortably on a warming planet? Boulder wants to start by turning down the temperature.

The volunteer scientists will be collecting temperature data across the city as part of a nationwide urban heat mapping project
Abortion Politics Lead to Power Struggles Over Family Planning Grants

Abortion Politics Lead to Power Struggles Over Family Planning Grants

Conservative-leaning states and nonprofit reproductive health care providers are competing over control of states’ Title X funding for family planning programs.
Gov. Polis opposes proposed charter school federal grant changes

Gov. Polis opposes proposed charter school federal grant changes

Colorado charter leaders and supporters have reacted with alarm to the proposed rule changes.
These four states already have universal preschool. What can Colorado learn from them?

These four states already have universal preschool. What can Colorado learn from them?

All of them have encountered the same tricky task Colorado leaders now face
Colorado teen learning about being international skiing star after Olympic season

Colorado teen learning about being international skiing star after Olympic season

Just prior to competing at the Beijing Games in February, Faulhaber had won bronze in her X Games Aspen debut at Buttermilk Ski Area
Gov. Polis signs Colorado universal preschool bill into law

Gov. Polis signs Colorado universal preschool bill into law

The program promises 4-year-olds 10 hours a week of tuition-free preschool in public school classrooms or private settings