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Several picnic tables sit outside a school building that is blue and a mix of browns. A sign on the building says "Adams 12 Five Star Schools."

Adams 12 closes schools Thursday for students as teachers protest funding cuts at State Capitol

Schools around Colorado are calling off classes on Thursday as teachers head to the State Capitol for a rally over budget cuts.

A group of prominent people gather inside a meeting room to discuss political measures.

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Food banks, kids鈥� therapy and diapers: What Colorado lawmakers have cut from the state budget so far

Brian Eason, The Colorado Sun

Most of the cuts have barely made a dent in the state鈥檚 $1.2 billion budget gap. But every dollar saved is a dollar they won鈥檛 have to cut this week from the big expense 鈥� Medicaid providers, education and the state workforce. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Brian Eason and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.

An oil and gas drilling rig towers above a Weld County neighborhood on June 5, 2020. The neighborhood looks on to a construction site in the foreground. There are mounds of earth and a few heavy construction vehicles.

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鈥楢 county of opportunity:鈥� Weld tops state in population growth

Christopher Wood, BizWest

Weld County led the state in population growth from 2023 to 2024, continuing a pattern of increases over the past several years.

A group of young children sits around a long cafeteria table. They have blue trays in front of them, with food, milk containers, napkins and plastic forks. In the foreground, one boy turns to look directly at the camera, smiling.

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Colorado farmers, food banks and schools feel the sting of USDA cuts for local food funding

Rae Solomon

The USDA cut two popular federal programs supporting local food systems.

Three teenagers are charged with the murder of Alexa Bartell, age 20, who was killed by a rock thrown at her vehicle on April 19, 2023. The teens are set to appear in court Wednesday, Oct. 18, for an evidentiary hearing to determine if their case should go to trial.

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Voluntary and mandatory evacuation orders in place in response to a wildfire near Berthoud

Voluntary and mandatory evacuation orders in place in response to a wildfire near Berthoud.

The Colorado State Capitol in Denver reflects off a window in the Legislative Services Building across the street, which is where the legislature's Joint Budget Committee meets. The scene was photographed on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun)

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Food banks, kids鈥� therapy and diapers: What legislators have cut from the Colorado budget so far

Brian Eason, The Colorado Sun

Most of the cuts have barely made a dent in the state鈥檚 $1.2 billion budget gap. But every dollar saved is a dollar they won鈥檛 have to cut this week from the big programs 鈥� Medicaid providers, education and the state workforce.

A yellow and black butterfly sits on a plant with purple flowers.

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Do you have questions about adding native plants to your yard? Tell us and we will ask our experts!

The experts at the CSU Extension recommend native flowers and grasses that do great in Colorado鈥檚 arid climate and look spectacular in your yard. What questions do you have for our expert?

Sweeping view of the inside of the Colorado Supreme Court courtroom. Pews line the foreground, almost like being in a church, with a sumptuous red carpet on the floor. A podium can be seen through the aisle. At the front is a large bench where the judges sit, with a seal at the middle. It's all under the skylights of a dome. No one is in the picture.

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Colorado lawmakers funded an office to handle complaints against judges. No one set it up.

Brian Eason, The Colorado Sun

A board established by the legislature was supposed to hire a judicial discipline ombudsman by March 2024. The board never met, and it鈥檚 not clear why.

Manny Pargman's father describes his son as someone who would light up a room with his smile.

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Following suicides at CU Boulder, friends and family want people to know: this is everyone鈥檚 problem

Leigh Paterson

At least four CU Boulder students died by suicide during the first semester this school year. Teachers, students and administrators are stepping up to stop this from happening again.

A man on a snowbike wearing goggles and a black snowsuit and blue helmit skies down a slope. He balances the ski bike with skis on his feet while operating the handles with only one arm.

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Vail Veterans Program provides freedom on the slopes for wounded soldiers

Tricia Swenson, Vail Daily

Adaptive ski and snowboard programs allow military injured to cruise down the hill with ease and feel a new 'normal'

A long empty mostly unlit hallway. There are several doors and school bags hanging up.

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Lawmakers ordered schools to report data on seclusion. For the most part, it hasn鈥檛 happened

Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado

State lawmakers have tried in recent years to better monitor and oversee seclusion, which means shutting a student inside a room, and restraint, which means physically restraining a student. But a loophole that legislators and advocates say was unintentional has meant that there is almost no public data about seclusion, while restraint data is more readily available.

Erica Green, who manages the At-Risk Intervention and Mentoring program, or AIM, sits on a couch in the new REACH Clinic

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Hospital gun-violence prevention programs may be caught in US funding crossfire

Stephanie Wolf, KFF Health 暗黑爆料

Dozens of programs around the country that aim to uncover the social and economic factors that contributed to someone ending up in the ER with a bullet wound are nervously watching recent moves by the White House. Some organizers believe their programs will be just fine, but others are looking to shore up alternative funding sources.