Public schools have been serving all students free meals since the COVID-19 pandemic first disrupted K-12 education. In March 2022, Congress rejected calls to keep up the federal funding required to sustain that practice.
Colorado employers added more than 6,700 nonfarm payroll jobs in January as the state’s unemployment rate fell to 4.1 percent, according to the latest data from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
Gas prices have soared to record highs in the past year, and analysts say they likely will only get higher.
State lawmakers are considering a proposal that aims to ensure that Coloradans signing up for health care cost-sharing arrangements have basic protections.
We are constantly bombarded by chemicals, both inside and outside the home. Pesticides are used in agriculture, homeowner's yards, and public parks to control weeds and pests. Many people don't realize how often they encounter harmful toxins. People come in contact with pesticides simply by walking through a treated area or eating foods grown in pesticide-laden soil.
Exposure to pesticides links to several health problems, including:
After Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into Ukraine, the Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA) withdrew $7.2 million from a Russian bank, and now, climate activists are calling on PERA to divest all of its Russian oil and gas holdings.
Goods and services around the country are becoming increasingly more expensive, but farmers may be among the hardest hit as inflation, supply chain issues, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine are expected to send food prices soaring even higher.
Life in Eads and Kiowa County, Colorado, as observed by Doris Lessenden.
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