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Posted inPolitics and Government

Colorado’s youth corrections system wants to grow, which is the opposite of what lawmakers want

by Jennifer Brown 4:00 AM MST on Feb 3, 202310:35 AM MST on Feb 3, 2023

Lawmakers reduced the state limit on the number of kids and teens sent to juvenile detention centers just two years ago. Now the Division of Youth Services is asking to bump it up.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Disordered eating is a public-health problem that requires a government response

by Aimee Resnick 1:30 AM MST on Feb 2, 202310:57 AM MST on Feb 2, 2023

Colorado has an opportunity to respond to the needs of youth by passing a bill to create the Office of Disordered Eating Prevention

Two horses graze.
Posted inPolitics and Government

Colorado horses are being slaughtered abroad for human consumption. A new bill could shut down the industry.

by Jennifer Brown 4:10 AM MST on Feb 1, 202311:19 AM MST on Feb 1, 2023

An investigation by animal welfare groups followed horses from auctions to holding facilities to slaughterhouses in Canada and Mexico, where they were exported for human consumption

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Outlaw the slaughter of horses for human food

by Siri Lindley 1:30 AM MST on Feb 1, 20235:45 PM MST on Jan 31, 2023

The horsemeat industry is inhumane to horses, and potentially dangerous for people.

Posted inPolitics and Government

Nearly 25% of Colorado’s state lawmakers have landed a statehouse seat by vacancy committee

by Jesse Paul and Sandra Fish 3:15 AM MST on Jan 25, 20234:31 PM MST on Jan 24, 2023

There will be 24 lawmakers this year who secured a statehouse seat through a vacancy appointment, including no fewer than nine legislators who will have been appointed in a 12-month span

Posted inHealth

Colorado is in a mental health crisis. Psychologists want to help by being allowed to prescribe medication.

by Jennifer Brown 4:00 AM MST on Jan 20, 202310:09 AM MST on Jan 21, 2023

Medical doctors and psychiatrists say it’s dangerous to let non-medically trained psychologists prescribe mental health medications.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Rep. Amabile: Frustrated yet hopeful Coloradans have entrusted Democrats to grow the economy

by Rep. Judy Amabile 1:30 AM MST on Jan 20, 20237:22 PM MST on Jan 19, 2023

The chair of the House Business and Labor Committee on achieving a balance of worker protections and environmental health with the needs of business.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: New state bag law will benefit the environment and our health

Ryan Call by Ryan Call 1:30 AM MST on Jan 7, 20235:39 PM MST on Jan 6, 2023

Plastic shopping bags defy easy recycling and break down into microparticles that end up in our bodies.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Medical debt is cheaper and easier to forgive than student-loan debt

by Emily Eelman 1:30 AM MST on Dec 13, 20228:41 PM MST on Dec 12, 2022

For pennies on the dollar, we could provide relief to the 1 of every 6 Colorado adults in medical collections.

Posted inSocial Services

Colorado lawmakers to consider $5 million proposal to target youth homelessness after current programs fall short

by Shannon Najmabadi and Jennifer Brown 4:00 AM MST on Dec 9, 20228:57 PM MST on Dec 8, 2022

On a typical day in Colorado, there are about 600 homeless children and 262 homeless young adults ages 18 to 24

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