Author: Austin Fleskes, special to Colorado Politics

The Colorado Department of Higher Education has determined that attending college or a trade school remains a beneficial investment not only for the individual, but the state as a whole, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.  The annual “Road to Affordability: Reducing Cost and Maximizing Value” report put out by the CDHE addresses topics such as…

While Colorado continues to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Denver Water continues to take on a challenge they have addressed for over 70 years: lead in drinking water.  The Lead Reduction Program, which was approved in December 2019 by the Environmental Protection Agency and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, is aiming to address…

As the COVID-19 infections continued to increase across Colorado and the rest of the country, a recent report notes that lobbyists spent a record amount during the most recent legislative session as bills on tax breaks and sick leave were considered by lawmakers.  According to an analysis by The Colorado Sun, the spending to lobby…

Construction has met another milestone in the ever-expanding Denver International Airport.  This month, the final beam of the exterior structure was placed on both Concourse C-East and Concourse B-East, key elements of DIA’s Gate Expansion Program, the city announced in a statement. The “topping out” of these final beams signifies the completion of the steel…

As COVID-19 now has killed more than 100,000 in the United States and continues to infect Coloradans, questions remain about how to slow and stop the spread. Colorado leaders, like governments across the globe, have ramped up testing and now are looking to connect the dots on how the contagion moves through the population, with…