Colorado Tradeoffs: Balance the State Budget
Colorado voters decide three ballot questions this fall that change how much money the state collects. Answer them yourself, then balance the budget. It takes about 10 minutes, works on mobile, and your answers stay private.
Produced by the Colorado News Collaborative (COLab), the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs, and Weigh In.
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DENVER — Whether your daily commute
Museum of Nature & Science improves inventory management and emergency plans
The Denver Museum of Nature &
THE POLIS PARADOX: How Colorado’s Libertarian Democrat Rewrote The Blueprint of Governance
As Governor Jared Polis prepares to
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Following a major Supreme Court defeat
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Across the high plains and mountainous
Colorado Democrats begin general election with big cash advantages over GOP rivals
Phil Weiser, the Democratic candidate for
Denver strengthens departing-employee payout process
The Department of Finance has strengthened
Supreme Court to weigh in on case over rights of immigrants in ‘prolonged’ ICE detention
The Supreme Court recently agreed to
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Before you vote, see what your choices could mean.
We want to help you understand not just what's on the ballot, but what could happen afterward. Colorado Tradeoffs lets you test the choices, see the budget implications, and decide how you would respond.
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The Unguarded Border Unravels
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Museum of Nature & Science improves inventory management and emergency plans
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has revamped its security, collection tracking, and emergency preparedness policies following a high-profile audit that exposed significant vulnerabilities
Shadows on the Snow: Searching for the Black Soul of Colorado
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The Mile-High Compromise: What It Really Costs to Live in Paradise
On a crisp, cloudless morning in the foothills above Boulder, the air is thin enough to sting the back of your throat. To the east,
The Frequency of Survival: How Hip-Hop Became the Pulse of Black Consciousness
The static hum of a needle hitting vinyl doesn’t just play a record; it summons a history. On a humid summer evening in a South
THE CENTENNIAL FRONTIER: HOW COLORADO IS REWRITING THE WORKFORCE PLAYBOOK FOR IMMIGRANTS
DENVER, CO — High above the Mile High City, where the Rocky Mountains meet a rapidly expanding urban corridor, a quiet economic shift is transforming
The Great Colorado Reckoning: A State at the Crossroads of the 2026 Election
As Colorado barrels toward the November 3, 2026, general election, the state’s political landscape is defined less by party-line predictability and more by a palpable,
Afrik Digest wins 6 Colorado Press Association awards
Afrik Digest won five awards Saturday during the Colorado Press Association’s 148th annual convention. Vera Azuka Idam, Afrik Digest’s publisher and editor, took home five
Navigating AI, Policy, and Revenue: Inside Colorado’s 2026 ‘Local News Solutions’ Summit
Hundreds of journalists, publishers, revenue strategists, media executives, and journalism students gathered in Thornton this week for the 148th annual Colorado Press Association (CPA) Convention.
Community at the Center- How Good Shepherd & Amigos de México Built Hope and Human Connection in Aurora
If you ever want to know what hope sounds like, come stand in the middle of a church hall filled with families who finally feel
The Ceuta Fracture: How a Border Breakdown Redefines Europe’s African Horizon
At the end of July 2026, the quiet, rocky Mediterranean enclave of Ceuta became the epicenter of the most extraordinary border event in modern European
THE GREYING CENTENNIAL: HOW AN AGING WORKFORCE IS REWRITING COLORADO’S ECONOMIC FUTURE
For decades, Colorado’s economic narrative was anchored by a single, enviable cliché: an endless influx of young, highly educated transplants flocking to the Front Range
THE POLIS PARADOX: How Colorado’s Libertarian Democrat Rewrote The Blueprint of Governance
As Governor Jared Polis prepares to vacate the Executive Mansion on East 8th Avenue, he leaves behind a state fundamentally altered—not merely by the passage
ALG’s Night of Glamour & Raised Paddles
On Saturday, August 15, 2026, I slipped into my black dress and white overcoat, gathered what was left of my energy (because my body had