Westwater, a small subdivision in Utah, has run into barrier after barrier for more than 20 years as it tries to bring clean, running water to its residents.
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Posted inSocial Services
A Colorado custody evaluator who disbelieves 90% of abuse allegations recommended a teen stay under her abusive father’s control
In Colorado family courts, parents can request an expert evaluation of their case, which sometimes includes allegations of abuse. Mark Kilmer is routinely appointed to evaluate families despite his own history of domestic violence.
Posted inSocial Services
How do you stop foster kids from running away? A Colorado panel is trying to find out.
The panel created and funded by the state legislature has two years to find ways to decrease the large number of troubled kids who run away from foster care and treatment centers
Posted inBusiness
These Colorado programs are helping beginning farmers overcome huge challenges
The programs are especially critical given that farmers in the U.S. are aging faster than young farmers are getting in line to take their place. One-third of the 3.4 million American farmers are over the age of 65, according to latest Census of Agriculture.
Posted inElection 2022
State budget writers fear consequences of Colorado voters approving affordable housing ballot measure
Members of the Joint Budget Committee told The Colorado Sun they fear Proposition 123 will cut into the budget in years where there isn’t a TABOR surplus and force them to pare back education dollars
Posted inSocial Services
Most young teens in Colorado’s foster care system don’t know about birth control, new study finds
About 65% of eighth and ninth graders interviewed in the Denver area said they were not educated about birth control
Posted inEducation
Denver students sue after school district files to trademark their racial justice podcast
The podcast — the full name of which was Know Justice, Know Peace: DMLK’s The Take — attracted widespread media attention, including an appearance on The Today Show
Posted inSocial Services
The sudden suspension of a Colorado prison-work program has thrown employers into disarray
The Take Two program was paused following an inmate escape earlier this year. Employers, already battling a tight labor market, say they were given no time to plan for the loss of labor.
Posted inCrime and Courts
A Denver disability lawyer was excluded from jury service because he’s deaf. Now he’s suing the court.
Spencer Kontnik and the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, a nonprofit advocating for disability rights, are asking the Denver County Court to acknowledge it has violated the law.
Posted inHousing
Flurry of sales, lot-rent increases hit Colorado mobile home parks as new laws reform the industry
Park owners decry a “hostile legislative climate” while residents struggle — with only occasional success — to purchase their communities