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.
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Opinion: Disordered eating is a public-health problem that requires a government response
Colorado has an opportunity to respond to the needs of youth by passing a bill to create the Office of Disordered Eating Prevention
Posted inPolitics and Government
Colorado horses are being slaughtered abroad for human consumption. A new bill could shut down the industry.
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
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Opinion: Outlaw the slaughter of horses for human food
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
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.
Medical doctors and psychiatrists say it’s dangerous to let non-medically trained psychologists prescribe mental health medications.
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Opinion: Rep. Amabile: Frustrated yet hopeful Coloradans have entrusted Democrats to grow the economy
The chair of the House Business and Labor Committee on achieving a balance of worker protections and environmental health with the needs of business.
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Opinion: New state bag law will benefit the environment and our health
Plastic shopping bags defy easy recycling and break down into microparticles that end up in our bodies.
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Opinion: Medical debt is cheaper and easier to forgive than student-loan debt
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
On a typical day in Colorado, there are about 600 homeless children and 262 homeless young adults ages 18 to 24