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A Denver district court judge has ruled that a secret ballot system state lawmakers have used since 2019 to help decide which bills should live or die, violates Colorado’s open meetings law.
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Medical debt can be debilitating and a recent law in Colorado acknowledges those steep costs. It removes medical debt from Colorado credit reports. Today on In The NoCo, we learn about this pioneering new law.
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Democratic lawmakers at the statehouse were using a secret ballot system to decide which bills to consider. KUNC investigative reporter Scott Franz broke the story on that last year and has been covering the twists and turns ever since. Today on In The NoCo, he tells us the latest.
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Supporters say the system helps lawmakers decide which bills should get a piece of the state’s limited budget. But critics have raised transparency concerns, saying it shuts the public out of an important part of the legislative process.
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A lot of young people in Colorado are struggling with their mental health. Today on In The NoCo, we learn about some new efforts to address this crisis with KUNC senior editor and reporter Leigh Paterson.
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Colorado spends a lot of money on K-12 students, but the state is near the bottom of the list nationally for funding adult education. That means some of Colorado’s more economically vulnerable adults aren’t getting the support they need. Chalkbeat higher education reporter Jason Gonzales told us about new laws making a dent in the problem and how lawmakers are scrambling to repair an issue that could jeopardize some access to adult education.
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Raven Payment, who is Ojibwe and Kanienkehaka, works closely on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people, who face disproportionately high rates of violence. She sat down with In the NoCo to talk about strides and setbacks since the passage of a state law meant to acknowledge and address the problem.
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The Colorado Sun's Political Editor, Jesse Paul, joined us to discuss the latest on abortion in the state.
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A federal judge has blocked Colorado from enforcing a new law raising the age to purchase a gun from 18 to 21. U.S. District Judge Philip Brimmer issued a preliminary injuction regarding the law Monday following a legal challenge by a gun rights group.
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Colorado Sun Health and Environment Reporter Michael Booth joined us to discuss a possible upcoming constitutional amendment related to sexual abuse cases and an update on how the 988 crisis hotline is faring in Colorado.