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Medicaid eligibility shrinks for thousands of legal immigrants in Colorado

This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at cpr.org. DENVER | Getting health care is about to get a lot harder for thousands of legal immigrants in Colorado, who saw their Medicaid coverage revoked Thursday. The changes come as Coloradans who rely on food assistance are waiting […]

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Aurora Mayor Coffman seeks to halt Trident data center project after public backlash

AURORA | Mayor Mike Coffman is calling for a planned data center to be stopped after intense backlash from the local community who said they were blindsided by the project and raised concerns about health and environmental impacts. In a Facebook post, Coffman said he plans to call the Trident data center up for a […]

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Prop 134 could end transgender participation in Colorado school, college athletics

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. DENVER | Should transgender students be barred from joining K-12 school or college sports teams that align with their gender identity? That’s the question Colorado voters will answer when they vote on Proposition 134 on Nov. 3. If passed, it would take effect Jan. 1, 2027. Currently, Colorado […]

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Medical providers worry Colorado’s Prop 135 will complicate gender-affirming care

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Colorado voters in November will decide if the state should ban gender-affirming surgeries for minors. Proposition 135 would prohibit health care professionals from knowingly performing any surgery on a minor “for the purpose of altering biological sex characteristics.” The measure would also prohibit state and […]

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Judge rejects request to intervene in Aurora’s 3 bond-issue ballot props with election underway

AURORA | An Arapahoe County district court judge on Sunday turned back a request from an Aurora voter to intervene in an underway local ballot question election, alleging the city didn’t go far enough to transmit criticism of the questions to voters. Aurora resident and voter Jeff Brown filed an emergency court order last week […]

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Colorado extends Aurora Water’s comment deadline for Wild Horse Reservoir permit

This story was first published at the Vail Daily. VAIL | Deep dives into the state permitting process by local water-conservation groups and other proponents of preserving dwindling Western Slope water resources have led to the state of Colorado extending its comment deadline for Aurora Water’s dredge-and-fill application for its proposed Wild Horse Reservoir. “Yes, […]