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Polis doubles down on education, outreach in vaccination fight as Colorado rates continue to worsen
New statistics released Thursday show that Colorado's vaccination rates for kindergarteners have worsened for some key immunizations. Critics say Polis' efforts don't go far enough.
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Colorado records modest decline in drug overdose deaths — the first decline since 2012
By The Associated Press Health Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado is creating a network of doctors to diagnose child abuse and keep kids from slipping through the safety net
By Jennifer Brown Health Primary category in which blog post is published
A voluntary effort to speed up the availability of electric vehicles in Colorado has come unplugged
By Tamara Chuang Transportation Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado’s 20,669 gun deaths since 1980, explained in five charts
By The Colorado Sun Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published
Chemical contamination from 7 Colorado coal-fired power plants found during groundwater monitoring
Local plants vow to minimize coal-ash contamination to meet new EPA rules; report finds cases much worse in other states
Colorado’s ban on banning plastics has cities’ plans to outlaw single-use bags and straws in limbo
A little-known Colorado law written to protect recycling stands is in the way of cities that want to outlaw straws, plastic grocery bags and Styrofoam containers
Cigarettes all over again? Colorado has the highest youth vaping rate in the country.
Some Colorado towns got fed up waiting for the state to crack down on youth sales. They're not waiting for history to repeat itself.
Auto dealers sue state to prevent Colorado’s adoption of California’s low-emission vehicle standard
The state adopted the rule to help clean up the air quality and save on fuel, but it adds extra cost to new cars starting in 2022
The legislature denied them four times, so transgender people found another way to rewrite Colorado law on birth certificates
Current Colorado law -- the one transgender advocates have tried to change the last four years -- requires a person to have gender-reassignment surgery and prove it to a judge before asking to change the gender marker on a birth certificate
The number of babies born with syphilis is accelerating in Colorado and nationwide
A record-setting 36,000 cases of STDs were reported in Colorado last year
Coloradans produced a record 9.3 million tons of trash last year. Only 12 percent of it was recycled.
Colorado's recycling rate has flat lined at about a third of the national average
The Front Range fails to meet federal standards for healthy air quality. Again.
Here’s what the missed mark means for Coloradans in the nine-county region to be sniffing 75 to 80 parts per billion of ozone pollution
“He seemed to have it all”: Arapahoe High School senior’s suicide rattles emotionally fatigued, frightened community
Colorado’s teen suicide rates have reached a “crisis” level
