On Saturday, the Colorado Republican Party鈥檚 central committee met to vote on a proposal to pull out of the 2022 primary elections. They rejected the proposal, which would have prevented 1.7 million unaffiliated voters from participating in the GOP鈥檚 primaries. We hear from Colorado Sun reporter , who attended the meeting in Pueblo.
And as students across the country are returning to college, KUNC鈥檚 Stephanie Daniel tells us how some states, including Colorado, are passing laws to make higher education more affordable for undocumented students.
We also travel down to Colorado Springs and back in time to the 1800s, when Colorado was known as the 鈥淲orld Sanatorium.鈥� We hear from businessman and ad-hoc documentarian about renovating a former tuberculosis treatment facility, and the fascinating documents he found at the site.
Colorado Edition is hosted by Erin O'Toole () and Henry Zimmerman. Our production team includes Tess Novotny (), Alana Schreiber () and Rae Solomon (). KUNC news director Brian Larson is our executive producer. Web was edited by digital editor Jackie Hai.
KUNC's Colorado Edition is a news magazine taking an in-depth look at the issues and culture of Northern Colorado. It's available as a podcast on , , , or wherever you get your podcasts. You can hear the show on KUNC, Monday through Thursday at 2:30 and at 6:30 p.m.
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Our theme music was composed by Colorado musicians Briana Harris and Johnny Burroughs. Other music in the show by .