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Does mandatory reporting of child abuse help or hurt? A Colorado task force is taking a second look.

by Kristin Jones 4:35 AM MST on Mar 7, 20238:58 AM MST on Mar 7, 2023

A newly launched state task force is only the second in the nation to look closely at reforming policies that have gone unchallenged for decades.

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Posted inHealth

Colorado psychologists will be eligible to prescribe mental health medication under new law

by Jennifer Brown 11:50 AM MST on Mar 3, 20231:18 PM MST on Mar 3, 2023

Jared Polis signed House Bill 1071 Friday despite objection from psychiatrists, who are medical doctors

Posted inHealth

“Forever chemicals” about to get their first U.S. limits. Colorado families wonder if it will make their water safer.

by The Associated Press 5:56 PM MST on Mar 2, 202311:41 AM MDT on Mar 14, 2023

Experts say removing PFAS from drinking water will cost billions. Small and poor communities will be hit hard.

Posted inBusiness

COVID pushed Colorado nonprofits to their limits. Leaders stuck around, committed to the mission, not the money.

by Monte Whaley 4:20 AM MST on Mar 2, 20231:06 PM MST on Mar 2, 2023

As the next wave of economic challenges lines up, top managers say they’d rather fight to help clients than jump on the corporate track

Posted inEducation

Colorado added thousands of child care slots in “day care deserts” in just two years

by Jennifer Brown 4:10 AM MST on Mar 2, 20237:38 AM MST on Mar 2, 2023

The legislature approved the child care expansion program in November 2020 during a special session to help the state recover from the COVID pandemic

Posted inHealth

Colorado lawmakers are targeting hospital facility fees. Here’s why that’s a big deal.

by John Ingold 3:44 AM MST on Mar 1, 20238:45 PM MST on Feb 28, 2023

House Bill 1215 would ban hospitals from charging facility fees for most outpatient visits, ending what proponents say is an unnecessary add-on that boosts hospitals’ bottom line

Posted inHealth

After capping insulin copays, Colorado sets its sights on EpiPens

by Helen Santoro 3:50 AM MST on Feb 28, 20239:50 AM MST on Feb 28, 2023

A proposed state law would cap out-of-pocket copays at $60 for a two-pack of epinephrine autoinjectors, which retail for $636 in Denver.

Posted inPolitics and Government

10 bills that were doomed in Colorado’s Democratic legislature that Republicans introduced anyway 

by Elliott Wenzler 3:45 AM MST on Feb 28, 20231:52 PM MST on Mar 3, 2023

One way for the power-limited GOP to make their voices heard at the Capitol is by introducing “statement bills.” Some of the measures are highly controversial.

Posted inSocial Services

Colorado is so short on workers for people with disabilities that it’s starting a marketing campaign to find more

by Jennifer Brown 4:15 AM MST on Feb 27, 202310:42 AM MST on Feb 27, 2023

Aging parents who care for adult children with intellectual and developmental disabilities are struggling to find room in day programs as a staffing crisis results in cut hours, long waitlists

Posted inCulture

Two sopranos, one role: One lost her voice so the other will sing the arias from a Colorado orchestra pit

by Mark Jaffe 4:12 AM MST on Feb 24, 20234:18 PM MST on Mar 3, 2023

Opera Colorado had to hire a “cover” singer before opening night for “Die tote Stadt.” It was no easy feat as the work is rarely staged

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