Curious Kids: Why does money exist?
Imagine a world without money. With no way to buy stuff, you might need to produce everything you wear, eat or use unless you could figure out how to swap some of the things you made for other items.
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Federal bill would let schools use unspent relief funds to combat fentanyl
A bill introduced Monday by two Colorado congressmen would allow schools to use unspent COVID-19 relief funds to combat fentanyl.
CBO: Student loan cancellation will cost more than $400 billion
The Congressional Budget Office released an official cost estimate for President Joe Biden's student loan cancellation, putting the cost at more than $400 billion.
South Colorado high school volleyball scores - September 20-24, 2022
High school volleyball scores from southeast Colorado for September 20-24, 2022.
Southeast Colorado high school football scores - September 23-24, 2022
High school football scores from southeast Colorado for September 23-24, 2022.
Ruling has not led Oklahoma school districts to consider mask mandates
Oklahoma's high court has allowed mask mandates in schools but the state's Department of Education says no districts have yet to make the change.
Nearly 9 percent of Utah residents will benefit from student loan forgiveness
Nearly 9 percent of Utah residents will receive student loan forgiveness under a plan introduced by President Joe Biden.
More than 12 percent of South Dakota's population eligible for student loan forgiveness
Data from the White House shows approximately 109,100 South Dakotans - 12.3 percent of the population - will benefit from President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan.
Book bans reflect outdated beliefs about how children read
Banned Books Week, an annual event that teachers and librarians across the U.S. mark with a combination of distress and defiance, is here again. The theme of this year's event, which takes place Sept. 18-24, is "Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us."
Curious Kids: Why does nature create patterns?
A pattern in nature is any regularly repeated arrangement of shapes or colors. Some of the most striking examples include the hexagonal arrays of rocks at Giant's Causeway in the United Kingdom, the beautiful fractal arrangements of florets on a Romanesco broccoli and the colorful stripes and spots on tropical fish.
