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Colorado is using a major share of its 2023 settlement with Juul Labs to fund youth mental health and wellness support services. The state is offering $20 million in grants for school and community partnerships that help decrease youth vaping and build social connections. Chalkbeat Colorado Reporter Melanie Asmar joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on the story.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty announced that Four Star Realty will pay the state $1 million dollars during a joint press conference last week.

In the past decade, Northern Colorado’s largest cities settled 205 allegations against police. The cost of those settlements was $50 million, roughly enough to fund a police department the size of Boulder’s for a year. That’s according to a KUNC investigation that found a recurring pattern where victims and their families dropped their allegations in exchange for a cash payout.

The massive Suncor oil refinery near low-income neighborhoods in Denver will pay roughly $9 million due to air pollution violations as part of a…