Jennifer Brown, The Colorado Sun

Beth Robinson, in blue, and her family attend a vigil to remember people who died in 2022 while they were homeless, on Dec. 21, 2022, in Denver, as temperatures plunged to five degrees Fahrenheit before the longest night of the year.

Overdose deaths among Denver鈥檚 homeless population declined for the first time in six years

Overdose was still the leading cause of death this year among unhoused people in Denver metro area, but the number of overdose deaths decreased for the first time in six years, according to a new report.

A freestyle skier performs a stunt just off a mountain during skiing competition.

暗黑爆料

Colorado鈥檚 pro-transgender laws 鈥� and scientific studies 鈥� can鈥檛 solve the sports controversy

Jennifer Brown, The Colorado Sun

Colorado is a trans-friendly state but barriers remain. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun publisher Larry Ryckman and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.

Houses in a tax district are seen south of Wesley Drive Feb. 19, 2024, in Aurora.

暗黑爆料

Where to find the cost of living on your ballot

Jennifer Brown, The Colorado Sun

Our Voter Voices survey identified the economy and cost of living as a top issue among nearly all groups, especially voters 18 to 29 and conservatives across Colorado. If you鈥檙e a voter who鈥檚 concerned about the cost of living, here鈥檚 where your vote has the most impact.

A wife and her husband are pictured in their home.

暗黑爆料

Is racism fueling claims about a Venezuelan gang 鈥渢akeover鈥� of apartment buildings in Aurora?

Jennifer Brown, The Colorado Sun

Anti-immigrant backlash is nothing new, say sociology and criminology experts, who point to attacks against Irish, Italian and Polish immigrants about 100 years ago

Fresh and canned fruit and vegetables, pasta sauce, milk, bread, peanut butter and oatmeal are among grocery items that qualify for SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

暗黑爆料

Colorado is among the nation's slowest to approve food assistance. Dysfunctional tech plays a role

Jennifer Brown, The Colorado Sun

Colorado is running difficulties with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. It鈥檚 now one of the slowest states in the nation to fulfill food assistance requests. Jennifer Brown with The Colorado Sun reports the technology the state program uses is a major stumbling block.

Reflected in a mirror, a brick wall with a painting of a young boy and gray lockers below

暗黑爆料

Colorado promises $70 million over 3 years, hopes to see 12 new facility schools open

Jennifer Brown, The Colorado Sun

The additional support will help the beleaguered facility school system grow by 40% statewide.

Carla Respects Nothing, from the Oglala Lakota Tribe in South Dakota, is a housing consultant for the Native American Housing Circle. Respects Nothing, who was once homeless, hopes to see a space for cultural reunification as part of the Housing Circle鈥檚 efforts to create affordable housing opportunities for Native American people in the Denver metro. 鈥淔or the treaty tribes and the ones that were massacred, I just kind of want to honor their people 鈥� It鈥檚 sad for them to have to leave their homelands,鈥� Respects Nothing said. 鈥淏ut we鈥檙e still here.鈥�

暗黑爆料

Denver's first Native American affordable housing project aims to make amends for U.S. policy

Jennifer Brown, The Colorado Sun

Mercy Housing, a national affordable housing nonprofit headquartered in Denver, will build a 187-unit community centered on 鈥渞ecognizing the historic displacement of American Indian tribes鈥� after presenting the winning grant proposal to the Denver Housing Authority.