What drivers should know about Colorado’s new ‘hands-free’ cellphone law
The hands-free law requires people driving passenger vehicles to link their phone to the car’s communications system or install equipment like a bracket to hold the device.
It’s bald eagle season, here are tips to see the birds in Colorado
President Biden is about to sign a law making the bald eagle the national bird.
Give the gift of reading this holiday season with Colorado authors
Colorado Matters spoke with a few local bookstore owners who suggested some good reads with Colorado connections.
The Secret Service is spread too thin, Congressional panel finds
Rep. Jason Crow, who was the ranking Democrat on the task force, told Colorado Matters that the Secret Service needs to hire more people and employ new technology to protect the nation’s leaders.
Medics in more Colorado counties will soon provide lifesaving on-site blood transfusions
Whole blood transfusions are now available in two mountain counties; with an expansion to northern Colorado coming soon.
White supremacists target a Denver talk show host in ‘The Order’
Detectives unravel one of Denver’s most notorious crimes in the new movie, “The Order.”
Food, family and community define Thanksgiving for Indigenous restaurateur Ben Jacobs
“I am about what it represents. It’s one of my mother’s favorite holidays. Where we come from, food is really important, community is really important. For us, it’s incorporating our foods into what we do and really just having that time to eat in tradition, whatever definition that is for you and for us.”
Scientists unearth teeth and a tiny piece of jaw to identify a new species of mammal
Something 75 million years old is new again. Scientists have discovered a new species of mammal on Colorado’s Western Slope.
Interview: Gov. Jared Polis on safeguarding democracy, Space Command, immigration, and working with a new presidential administration
Polis told Colorado Matters, “We want to make sure that states have the space, including Colorado, to protect every citizen, even when we face adversity from our own federal government.”
E. coli outbreak underscores efforts to improve food safety, plus how to reduce your risk of illness
Alice White, a senior instructor at the Colorado School of Public Health and leader of a team at the school’s Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, discussed the recent outbreak of E. coli.
A rare comet last visible from Earth 80,000 years ago makes a return visit
There’s a rare object in the skies over Colorado this week. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will be visible just over the western horizon shortly after sunset.
Amendment K: Modify election deadlines, explained
Amendment K would move deadlines for submission of citizen initiative petitions up by a week.
Colorado Congressional District 4 Republican candidate Lauren Boebert on immigration, water, and energy development
After four years in office, Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is nationally known for her vehement calls to seal the southern border and crack down on government spending.
Colorado Congressional District 4 Democratic candidate Trisha Calvarese on the need for ‘care’ and prosperity
Democrat Trisha Calvarese says a family crisis spurred her return to Colorado and sparked her desire to run for Congress.
‘Threats against elected officials are at historic highs’: Rep. Jason Crow on the Secret Service, protecting candidates, and attempted assassinations
Crow is one of the leaders on a task force investigating the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump in Butler, Pa. on July 13.
Democratic delegate says party must work tirelessly through Election Day
Democrat Polly Baca of Denver has been to every one of the party’s presidential nominating conventions since 1964.
