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The internet wasn’t built for kids — Colorado is starting to change that | PODIUM
Colorado Politics
colorado-politics@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
By Joshua Ewing Picture a teenager, alone in her room at midnight, pouring her heart out to an AI chatbot instead of a parent or a friend. Picture a 10-year-old downloading an app built for adults, with no one —...
Colorado kids’ health, education challenges persist, report shows
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Despite having one of the country’s highest median incomes, Colorado families are struggling to afford essentials like food, housing, health care and child care. That’s according to the Colorado Children’s Campaign, which released its annual Kids Count report recently. It...
Colorado receives $5.8 million in federal weatherization assistance grants
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
Colorado has received nearly $6 million in federal funds through the Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program after U.S. senators expressed worries about potential delays. In May, U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Susan Collins, R-ME, issued...
Federal judges’ backlogs increase in Colorado
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
Colorado’s federal trial judges collectively had 73 motions in civil cases that had been sitting on their dockets for at least six months without a ruling as of March 31, a backlog that nearly doubled from the previous reporting period....
Appeals court clarifies guardrails for mandatory arbitration
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court issued two decisions in recent weeks that clarified the limits on mandatory arbitration, including for cases that raise workplace sexual harassment claims. While arbitration can be a more efficient and private form of dispute resolution compared to...
3,000 evacuees remain displaced from Aspen Acres fire as incident command changes hands
Savannah Eller
savannah-eller@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
By Savannah Eller and Nick Smith The wait has no end in sight for evacuated residents of Rye, near where the Aspen Acres fire continues to burn in rough, tinder-dry terrain to the west. While about 6,400 people have been...
Trump administration ends freeze on $10 billion in child care subsidies
Rena Rowe
rena.rowe@washingtonexaminer.com
Updated 6 hours ago
The Trump administration has lifted its freeze on roughly $10 billion in federal child care and social services funding for five Democrat-led states, prompting a legal fight over whether the lawsuit challenging the funding halt should continue. Last week, the...
Jeffries thwarts the Left, opposes ending all aid to Israel
Lauren Green
lauren-green@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) announced Tuesday that he will oppose an amendment aiming to cut off aid to Israel. In a letter to his colleagues, Jeffries wrote that the amendment, introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), is “overly...
Senate Democrats file election meddling complaint against RFK Jr.
Gabrielle M. Etzel
gabrielle-m-etzel@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
Leading Senate Democrats are accusing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of illegally interfering in the midterm elections, saying that he is using his office to protect a GOP majority in the House. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR),...
Amy Oliver Cooke warns Colorado’s energy policies threaten grid reliability | The OpEdge Podcast
Tony Olivero
tony.olivero@gazette.com
Updated 13 hours ago
Amy Oliver Cooke, Independence Institute senior fellow and Always On Energy Research co-founder, joins The OpEdge to dissect Colorado’s energy transition, grid reliability, and the state’s net-zero goals. Cooke warns host Jimmy Sengenberger that current state policies threaten affordability and...