New wetlands, stream oversight proposal surfaces at the Colorado Capitol
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by Jerd Smith
6h ago
Colorado lawmakers will consider a fresh proposal to grant the state authority to oversee streams and wetlands left unprotected by a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year. House Bill 1379 — sponsored by House Speaker Julie McCluskie, D-Dillon; Rep. Karen McCormick, D-Longmont; and Sen. Dylan Roberts, D-Frisco — would allow the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to oversee a wide array of industrial players, including home and road builders and mining companies, and determine what steps are necessary to minimize any damage to streams and wetlands caused by their activities. I ..read more
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Colorado River Basin tribes take harder stance on negotiations about the river’s future
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by Shannon Mullane
6h ago
SOUTHERN UTE RESERVATION — If federal officials want tribal support for Colorado River deals, they need to pay tribes to conserve, protect their future water use and include them in negotiations, tribal leaders said Wednesday at a conference in southwestern Colorado. Basin states and the federal government are negotiating a new set of operating rules to replace existing drought-response agreements that expire in 2026. Tribes weren’t included when the agreements were originally negotiated in 2007. Basin officials should not make the same mistake again, tribes say.  “It’s our job as leader ..read more
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How doctors in Denver helped pioneer research on a new drug for food allergies
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by John Ingold
6h ago
Carly Edwards found out at just about the worst time possible that her oldest daughter is allergic to eggs. It was Elsie Jane’s first birthday. And shortly after the birthday girl dived head-first into her smash cake, the allergic reaction hit: hives, vomiting. “So that was fun for my whole family to watch,” Edwards, who lives in Denver, said. “That was a pretty low moment.” The birthday revelation kicked off months of trying to understand what had made Elsie Jane sick — while she can tolerate eggs that have been sufficiently baked, it turned out to be egg whites in the frosting that triggere ..read more
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Federal data may be underestimating the number of Coloradans with inadequate internet, report says
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by Tamara Chuang
6h ago
Federal data documenting who has adequate internet service and who doesn’t may be underestimating those who do not by more than a million people, according to a new analysis by researchers at BroadbandNow. That includes 13,000 people in Colorado.  The problem with underestimating who has service, said Tyler Cooper, editor-in-chief of BroadbandNow, is that there’s $42.5 billion in federal funding available, and inaccuracies in the Federal Communications Commission map could lead to underserved households missing out from this one-time investment to upgrade broadband access. According to B ..read more
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Opinion: Colorado lawmakers can empower patients and physicians, not insurance companies and algorithms, to make medical decisions
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by Margaret Comstock
9h ago
Anyone living with or caring for a loved one with a chronic condition knows that finding an effective treatment is only half the battle. Unfortunately, there is also a constant battle with insurance companies to make sure they continuously cover treatment.  Living with diabetes, I’m often forced to deal with the unnecessary and dangerous barriers insurance companies impose on patients and their health providers. One of the biggest obstacles is the opaque, time-consuming and unpredictable process by which insurance companies approve or deny claims.  Thankfully, Colorado lawmakers are ..read more
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The Temperature | New sunlight for Colorado’s solar industry
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by Michael Booth and John Ingold
21h ago
Happy Wednesday, Colorado, and welcome to another edition of The Temperature, where spring has sprung and we have two great stories of hope for you today — one about solar power and another about food allergies. But let’s turn to the world of sports for the most hilarious story of hope that we’ve seen lately: large adult basketball leprechaun Nikola Jokic’s attempts to get half-hearted full-court heaves called as shooting fouls. He did it again the other night in a game against Memphis when he intercepted a pass, pirouetted like a moose on roller skates, jumped 0.0001 of an inch off the grou ..read more
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The Sunriser | Ecosystem-devastating bat disease found in Colorado
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by The Colorado Sun
1d ago
Good morning, Colorado. Last weekend I had one thing on my mind: March Madness. The fifth-seeded University of Colorado women decided to start the first round by giving me a heart attack as they struggled against Drake. But thankfully for my health and my bracket, they pulled it together. Two wins later and they are now advancing into the Sweet 16 where they’ll face top-seeded Iowa and its star Caitlin Clark. So mark your calendars for 1:30 p.m. this Saturday and make sure to tune in. Danika Worthington Presentation Editor P.S. Some readers have been experiencing issues when trying to c ..read more
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Steamboat Springs voters reject plan to build affordable housing community for more than 6,000 residents
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by Jason Blevins
1d ago
Voters in Steamboat Springs have rejected the city’s annexation of Brown Ranch, killing a plan to build affordable housing for more than 6,000 residents. The Brown Ranch project started when an anonymous donor in 2021 gave the Yampa Valley Housing Authority $24 million to buy a 534-acre ranch west of the city. The authority spent two years working on a plan to build 2,264 affordable units by 2040 and the city annexed 420 acres of the parcel last year.  A group of residents thought the project was too big for the community of 13,000 and forced a special election. More than 5,300 voters we ..read more
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Worker shortages loom large in Colorado’s $40.6B state budget proposal. Will pay raises be enough?
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by Brian Eason
1d ago
State workers would receive their largest raises in at least a decade under Colorado’s $40.6 billion state budget proposal — but it still might not be enough to adequately staff state mental health facilities and prisons. Worker shortages loomed large in this year’s state budget discussions, with lawmakers on Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee approving across-the-board pay raises, as well as targeted bonuses for some of the state’s hardest-to-fill positions. Lawmakers on Monday introduced the 2024-25 spending plan, known as the long bill, in the Colorado House, where it’s expected to be deba ..read more
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400 people with mental illness are sitting in Colorado jails. A legislative proposal would divert them to treatment instead. 
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by Jennifer Brown
1d ago
About 400 people deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial are sitting in Colorado jail cells this week waiting for a bed in a state mental health hospital, some of them for longer than a year and many for misdemeanor offenses. It’s a “human rights crisis” and an endless, expensive cycle that state lawmakers are trying to stop. Legislation that passed its first hearing 11-0 on Tuesday at the state Capitol would divert people accused of low-level crimes into mental health treatment instead of requiring them to be “restored to competency,” a process for which the waitlist is months long.  ..read more
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