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Hunters and anglers in Colorado rely on Colorado Parks and Wildlife to maintain habitat and keep the state’s lakes and reservoirs stocked. So paying license fees makes sense. In fact, it’s critical for them to pay their way, because the department is funded without tax dollars. But the prospect of 50 percent increases in the…

Hunters and anglers in Colorado rely on Colorado Parks and Wildlife to maintain habitat and keep the state’s lakes and reservoirs stocked. So paying license fees makes sense. In fact, it’s critical for them to pay their way, because the department is funded without tax dollars. But the prospect of 50 percent increases in the…

There were more than 1,000 reported instances of child abuse or neglect in Larimer County in 2016. In the same year, 43 percent of the county’s roughly 90 caseworkers left their jobs. Compare that with a turnover rate of 12 percent in Weld County and 14 percent in Boulder County. Put the two data points…

Colorado State University, home to more than 30,000 students and more than 7,000 employees, released two revealing reports recently. The first, a qualitative study, found “institutionalized gender inequity” for female workers on the Fort Collins campus. The study was years in the making and detailed a workplace where women face fear of retaliation, sexist insinuations and…

Increase funding for the military? Repeal, replace or leave the Affordable Care Act alone? Defund Meals on Wheels for the elderly? Cut back on school meal funding? Every week of this new presidential administration has raised unsettling questions. As Congress wrestles with such issues it might help to look back at why Congress passed the…