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What to do if you spot a driver ‘rolling coal’ on Colorado roads
You can be a part of the solution to putting the brakes on “rolling coal.”
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By Elaine Tassy
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Higher costs of living have negative impact on children in Colorado, annual report finds
The newly released 2024 Kids Count in Colorado! report found the expiration of pandemic programs has increased costs for health care, housing, child care and many other needs.
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By Elaine Tassy
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Does Colorado’s ‘rolling coal’ law stop drivers from pouring black smoke into the air?
The black smoke isn’t regular exhaust that a car or truck would emit. People have (illegally) engineered their vehicles that way.
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By Elaine Tassy
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CU’s School of Medicine in Aurora is getting a new dean, and he wants his staff to disagree with him
“When I’m walking in the hallway and I see someone who’s part of our team and I ask them, ‘How’s your day? What can I do for you?’ I’m actually going to listen.”
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By Elaine Tassy
![wearing matching pajamas, a family of three pose with a toddler in the arms of her brother, with their mother on the right.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/processed-6BFB6552-7A50-4C97-8F1D-777297655322-e1722274940954.jpeg)
New guidelines clear the way for HIV-positive people to breastfeed
Two Colorado researchers contributed to a new paper that says they can do so safely.
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By Elaine Tassy
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State law now mandates that schools provide period products for students for free. For students, that makes it easier to focus on succeeding
All schools will be required to comply with the law on the free products by 2028. Colorado is one of just 10 states with the mandate — and a way to help schools pay.
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By Elaine Tassy
![A man wearing a white lab coat and a blue button down shirt peers into a medical device used by eye doctors at the camera.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/240607-OPHTHALMOLOGY-OPTHALMOLOGIST-DR-MICHAEL-PUENTE-EYES-HEALTH-CORNEA-TRANSPLANTS-UNIVERSITY-OF-COLORADO-CHILDRENS-HOSPITAL-ANSCHUTZ-MEDICAL-CAMPUS-AURORA-KEVINJBEATY-04.jpg)
A Colorado doctor is fighting the FDA to allow men who have sex with men to donate their corneas
The Food and Drug Administration is relying on a paper published 30 years ago to deny the donations. Some say the science behind their exclusion is outdated.
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By Elaine Tassy
![Two women stand near a rack of clothes and the open doors of a white van.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/20240711_182158.jpg)
At the Colorado Black Arts Festival, a celebration with more than just visual art for the fest’s 38th year
From food, to clothes, to health care, the festival showcases an abundance of work to celebrate all arts forms.
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By Elaine Tassy
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Family killed in Morgan County ATV crash after running stop sign
A family of four were killed in an ATV crash in Morgan County, according to the Colorado State Patrol and the county coroner. Two parents, both 22, and their one- […]
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By Elaine Tassy
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Pilot changed his mind before engine failure in Steamboat Springs crash, report shows
The pilot of a plane that crashed in Steamboat Springs in June reported the plane’s engine had overheated, a new preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board shows.
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By Elaine Tassy
![Two people, one wearing a black tank top and black pants with the other wearing white shorts and a white cropped tank top with a white sheer scarf, stands in front of decoration for PrideFest.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/2023-Denver-PrideFest-photo-by-Ashley-Schoenbauer-9.jpg)
Celebrating 50 years of Denver Pride with events big and small
The grand marshal of the parade is Christie Lane, a drag queen who applied for the first parade permit.
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By Elaine Tassy
![A man wearing a blue button down shirt, white undershirt, and sugnalsses smiles at the camera while a woman with sunglasses and a black shirt stands facing him with head turned toward the camera. There is a desert scenery behind them.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/image-14.png)
Many immigrants married to U.S. citizens will get path to permanent residency, ability to work legally — but not all of them can benefit
A new White House policy will provide protections from deportation to undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens and their children who have lived in the country for 10 years.
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By Elaine Tassy
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Denver artist joins national initiative making Juneteenth murals around the U.S.
On a recent 90-degree day, the Denver-based artist Detour is dressed in paint-splattered shorts and a top, and a paint-splattered hat to shield his head from the sun.
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By Elaine Tassy
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From Mt. Everest to Aurora: Nepalese culture featured in new exhibit
“A Mosaic of Cultures: Aurora’s Nepali Community” is the fourth part in a series of exhibits that have also featured Mexican, Salvadoran and Ethiopian populations in Colorado.
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By Elaine Tassy
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A recent report examines Colorado’s diverse Asian populations by disaggregating unique nationalities
Statistics are presented for Hmong, Indian, and Indonesian Coloradans in separate categories. Although they could all technically be called Asian, the study aims to show that their experiences in Colorado are different.
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By Elaine Tassy
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A personal journey through family history to Dearfield
Dearfield was once a thriving community in northeastern Colorado where hundreds of Black farmers homesteaded beginning in 1910.
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By Elaine Tassy