Rising rents and a lack of affordable housing units are putting more of Colorado’s lowest-paid workers at risk of entering the cycle of homelessness, according to key indicators released by the Nation...

Some political strategists and think tanks have urged candidates to emphasize affordability over climate change in their November election campaigns. But advocates warned going silent on an issue 65% ...

Public schoolteachers in Colorado earned 60 cents on the dollar compared to other college graduates who work in different professions in 2025, according to a new report. Colorado's 40% “teacher pay pe...

Colorado residents living in the shadows of one of the state’s largest industrial polluters will finally get their day in court. The 10th U.

As corporate profits keep Wall Street indexes near record highs, real wages for workers in Colorado and across the nation are currently stuck. Some 50 million Americans said they would join a union if...

As families across the U.S.

Since January, President Donald Trump has used federal law enforcement to raid election facilities to seize ballots and voting machines, all while continuing to cast doubt on the integrity of the nati...

GEO Group, a private company operating immigrant detention centers, is set to expand its holding capacity in Colorado after signing a $529 million contract with U.S.

Uber and Lyft are using algorithms that charge customers significantly different prices for the exact same ride, according to a new investigation by Consumer Reports. Volunteers requested numerous rid...

A new Colorado law clears the way for renewable-energy projects such as geothermal, solar and wind to be sited on “brownfields,” lands compromised by industrial activities. The U.

People who paid into Social Security throughout their working lives could see their monthly checks cut by 22% as early as 2032 unless Congress acts, according to a new report from the program’s truste...

Canvassers are racing to gather signatures for measures they hope to place on Colorado’s November ballot. Initiative 195 would replace the state’s flat income tax with a graduated tax, where people ea...

Employers in Colorado and across the U.S.

An estimated 130,000 Coloradans are projected to lose their health insurance under Republicans’ signature “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” (H.R.

Tribal Colleges and Universities founded to serve Native American students across America could face crippling federal budget cuts under the Trump administration’s proposed 2027 budget. Education offi...

Native Americans on the western Great Plains were making and tossing dice 6,000 years before people in Africa, Asia and Europe, according to new research at Colorado State University. Games of chance ...

There’s been a push to build new gas-fired power plants across the U.S.

Gov. Jared Polis is expected to sign a law passed by the Colorado legislature late last week to deny farmworkers overtime protections granted to all other workers.The move comes after

After the GOP’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut $200 billion from the nation’s largest and most effective anti-hunger program, nonprofits and other groups are working to ensure people who qua...

After Congressional Republicans cut Medicaid funding in their "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," Colorado lawmakers are considering legislation that would make large corporations pay a fee for each worker ...

Urban Peak’s new integrated campus known as the "Mothership" is helping Colorado youths experiencing homelessness find a pathway to housing and stability three times faster than historic averages, acc...

More than 100 senior citizens plan to gather at the corner of Little Raven and 15th streets in Denver for Saturday’s "No Kings" demonstration. The event is one of 4000 planned across the U.

As rising health insurance costs push more Colorado families to drop coverage altogether or pick cheaper but riskier plans with higher deductibles, lawmakers are considering a bill that would end the ...

The debate over the nation’s persistent affordability crisis has mostly focused on the rising costs of essentials like housing, groceries and health care. But a new report digs into the other side of ...

American taxpayers could be on the hook for more than $750 billion if the Trump administration moves forward with plans to roll back 2024 bonding requirements for oil and gas companies operating on pu...

As the nation marks the 100-year anniversary of Black History Month, History Colorado is conducting evidence-based research on the many practices, systems and policies that have harmed Black Coloradan...

Colorado lawmakers have passed a joint resolution reaffirming Coloradans’ constitutional rights after the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts resulted in 38 deaths, including Americ...

Of all the projects proposed in Xcel Energy’s 2025 Colorado Gas Infrastructure Plan, 76% are in or adjacent to Latino, Indigenous and low-income neighborhoods already burdened by cumulative pollution ...

The nation’s largest lobbying arm of the oil and gas industry is calling on Congress to shield companies from a growing number of lawsuits and state laws passed to make the industry pay for the impact...

The Trump administration has blocked the implementation of tougher wastewater treatment standards for coal-fired power plants across the nation, a move that saves operators money. But critics warn tha...

New research shows U.S.

Creating new opportunities for Black communities, which have historically faced barriers to economic mobility, can help high-growth industries find and keep skilled workers, according to a new report....

People attending this year’s We Will Remember: Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil will be greeted by a field of donated handmade blankets and quilts illuminated by candlelight. December 21, the longest ...

More than 600,000 Coloradans are trying to figure out how they will put food on the table after the Trump administration stopped funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Saturday. On F...

As the government shutdown poses immediate threats to food assistance programs, Colorado voters will have an opportunity to help fill some of the gaps by taxing residents earning more than $300,000 a ...

Wyoming lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that would allow people to sue public libraries and school districts if books containing sexually explicit material can be accessed by minors. Wyoming ...

A new report from a coalition of immigrant rights organizations offers firsthand accounts of conditions faced by people held at GEO Group’s ICE detention center in Aurora. Lack of access to medical ca...

Pressure is growing on Greeley officials to allow the public more say in how the new billion-dollar Cascadia complex, a 300-acre development anchored by a new arena for the Colorado Eagles hockey team...

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Most of the 2.5 million cattle raised in Colorado will meet their end in a slaughterhouse and become hamburgers and steaks.

On Sept. 21, a dozen cities and towns across Colorado will join an international day of action called Sun Day, meant to celebrate progress made so far ramping up clean

Coloradans could see competing income tax measures on their 2026 ballots.One proposal would cut state taxes for 98% of Coloradans but raise taxes for individuals and corporations earning more than

After an explosion in Firestone killed two people in 2017, Colorado lawmakers ordered the state agency regulating oil and gas pipelines to create new safety standards.In June, the Public Utilities

The Lee Fire just northwest of Rifle has become Colorado’s fifth-largest in recorded history and a new report from Colorado State University suggested large-scale wildfires will be more frequent and