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.
Health
Posted inHealth
Colorado psychologists will be eligible to prescribe mental health medication under new law
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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