Colorado is showing support for the people of Ukraine. The state Capitol will be , the colors of the Ukrainian flag, and Gov. Jared Polis recently wrote a letter to the U.S. State Department to inform them that Colorado is ready to . The local Ukrainian community is also standing in solidarity with their families and friends back home. Colorado Edition鈥檚 Erin O鈥橳oole and Tess Novotny visited yesterday to hear from some of the people there.
In the ongoing quest to lower the cost of health care, and make health insurance more affordable, some advocates are pushing for what鈥檚 known as the 鈥榩ublic option鈥� 鈥� a plan that鈥檚 designed by the government and made available alongside private healthcare plans. A handful of states are working to create their own public option plans in the coming months. They may look for guidance from the state of Washington, which rolled out its own public option in 2020. , senior Colorado correspondent for Kaiser Health 暗黑爆料, joins us to talk about , and lessons from their rollout that other states can draw from.
Cowboys played a crucial role in settling the West and establishing Western American culture. But you might not know that as many as one in three cowboys was Black. Back in February of last year, Colorado Edition鈥檚 Tess Novotny wanted to know more about the history of Black cowboys in Colorado. We listen back to her conversation with Eliese Clark, a historian who volunteers at the in Denver.
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