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Today -  it’s time to talk music again with Sun writer Kevin Simpson and G. Brown, director of the Colorado Music Experience.

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/12/18/temperature-20241218/

Today – health care reporter John Ingold talks about why Colorado's Medicaid budget is worrying lawmakers, while environment reporter Michael Booth looks at a proposed new development at Interstate 70's El Rancho exit.

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Today – Colorado's 10 presidential electors cast their ballots Tuesday for Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. They lost to Republican Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, but across the country on Tuesday, presidential electors made their voices heard. Colorado Sun political reporter Jesse Paul brings you an audio diary from the state Capitol.

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/12/14/colorado-mandatory-retirement-plan-securesavings/

Today - Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang looks at how the Colorado SecureSavings rollout has gone the past two years and who is enrolling in the retirement savings program.

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/12/13/vail-resorts-pass-sales/

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks into the tale of two ski groups — the grassroots effort to revive Cuchara ski area while Vail Resorts reports nearly $1 billion in accessible money thanks to preseason pass sales.  

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Today - SunLit editor Kevin Simpson talks with the author of a mystery trilogy whose first book revolves around illegal adoption and human trafficking.

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Today – Sun reporters Michael Booth and John Ingold talk about efforts to protect a rare fish in Colorado, plus look at the history of fluoride in the water.

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/12/05/colorado-river-officials-future-water-use-barbs-water-conference/

Today – Sun water reporter Shannon Mullane discusses the recent Colorado River conference in Las Vegas as the deadline looms for Western officials to rewrite the water sharing rules. 

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/12/08/colorado-bus-rapid-transit-expansion/ 

Today - we're talking with Sun reporter Michael Booth about major public transportation projects popping up the next few years with bus rapid transit systems along some of metro Denver’s busiest corridors. 

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/12/04/gypsum-biomass-energy-plant-closed-wildfire-mitigation/ 

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins discusses the demise of the biomass plant, which turned forest waste into electricity in Eagle County, after it shut down and filed for bankruptcy. 

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Today - SunLit editor Kevin Simpson talks with the author of a new historical novel built around the life of Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of “Anne of Green Gables.”

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Today,  Michael Booth and John Ingold talk “Temperature stories”, including a moonshot search for a blindness cure and putting sunshine in batteries and shipping electricity to Denver by rail car.

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Today – Gov. Jared Polis is once again on a collision course with fellow Democrats in the state legislature and the Colorado labor movement. Political reporters Jesse Paul and Brian Eason discuss why the conflict may be about more than just one bill.

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Today - Sun business and tech reporter Tamara Chuang breaks down how retailers have morphed holiday shopping patterns from Black Friday to the creation of Cyber Monday. 

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Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins breaks down the thinking behind the small town of Nederland wanting to purchase the nearby Eldora Mountain ski area.

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Today - Today, we're talking with indigenous poet, essayist and professor in the creative writing department at Western State University, CMarie  (pronounced See-Marie)  Fuhrman, about finding inspiration to write in the wilderness, be it in the physical world or the mind. Later, CMarie will read us "Let's Say Clark's Nutcracker Once More," which is part of her forthcoming eco-poetry anthology, "A Literary Field Guide to the Rocky Mountains".

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Today, we’re revisiting a conversation about holiday cheer, as Sun writer Kevin Simpson chats with the Colorado woman behind thousands of visits with that jolly old elf, Santa Claus.

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Today – Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang breaks down the drop in the average cost for this year’s Thanksgiving dinner. 

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/28/colorado-immigration-court-cases-pending/

Today - Sun reporter Jennifer Brown discusses the giant immigration court backlog and her recent three-part series "The Long Road to Asylum" looking at life for migrants once they get to the U.S. 

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Today – outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has a preview for the 2024-25 ski season in Colorado, which unofficially kicks off this week with the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Today - SunLit editor Kevin Simpson talks with a former college basketball coach who turned his career toward writing and produced a satire of big-time college athletics set at a fictional Colorado university.

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/20/middle-park-colorado-water-rights-transfer/ 

https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/13/temperature-20241113/ 

Today, Sun reporter John Ingold looks ahead to Thanksgiving with a story about what happens to pythons when they digest a big meal, and Michael Booth unravels a mystery about Colorado water rights.

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/01/colorado-state-budget-2025-26-jared-polis-proposal/

Today – Colorado lawmakers have begun working on the state budget for the next fiscal year — and they have their hands full. There is a projected $1 billion deficit. Colorado Sun politics reporter Brian Eason explains why there's a gap and what state officials are planning to do about it.

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/16/denver-housing-prices-sales-concession/ 

Today - we’re checking in with Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang about how the housing market in Colorado is making the turn to a buyers market, with a few caveats. 

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Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about what the second Trump administration could mean for outdoor issues in Colorado as part of our “Trump: Past and Future” series.

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Today - This Friday it’s time to talk music again with Sun writer Kevin Simpson and G. Brown, director of the Colorado Music Experience.

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/13/uchealth-federal-settlement-false-billing/ 

https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/13/colorado-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ 

Today, Sun reporters Michael Booth and John Ingold talk about allegations of false billing by a major hospital system, plus a new accounting for greenhouse gas emissions in the state.

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Today – We're now a week out from the 2024 election and The Colorado Sun politics team is poring over the results. They found the data points that help explain what happened this year, including Yadira Caraveo's loss in the 8th Congressional District, Donald Trump's better showing over his performance four years ago and just how big Proposition 131 failed.

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/07/colorado-sierra-space-trash-disposal-recycling-outer-space/

Today - Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang about a Colorado company that is trying to find a more efficient way to get astronauts' trash off the International Space Station. 

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Today – outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks at why voters said no to a ban on mountain lion hunting and what’s next for the groups that support a ban.

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Today - SunLit editor Kevin Simpson chats with a popular mystery writer about her book continuing a series based in Colorado’s high country.

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Today, Michael Booth and John Ingold review the health and environment impacts of Colorado's voting patterns, and tag a major jump in electric vehicle sales.

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https://coloradosun.com/category/news/politics/election-2024/ 

Today – Sun publisher Larry Ryckman and team editor David Krause give insight and analysis to the early Colorado results from Tuesday night’s election. 

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/02/qcew-data-jobs-colorado-revision-modernization/ 

Today - we're talking with Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang about a glitch in Colorado's unemployment data reporting that has state economists and statisticians scratching their heads.

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Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has an update on the Uinta Basin railway proposal as the sides get ready for oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in December.

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Today - the Sun’s Kevin Simpson chats with an author whose book on one critically important aspect of the criminal justice system was a 2024 Colorado Book Award finalist.

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Today, we’ve got a treat for you—we’re joined by Andy Reiner, the mastermind behind the Haunted Stage Stop, a chilling haunted house in Rollinsville. From spooky cabins to creating an entire haunted community experience, Andy knows how to turn eerie spaces into unforgettable scares.

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/05/17/colorado-abortion-ballot-measure-2024-qualifies/

Today – as our politics team is heads down – focusing on the election – we’re revisiting a conversation between reporters Brian Eason and Jesse Paul focused on Amendment 79, which would enshrine abortion access in the state constitution. 

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Today - publisher Larry Ryckman talks about a major, three-year grant The Sun received from the American Journalism Project and what it means for the business side of our newsroom.

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Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins pulls excerpts from his SunFest conversation with former pro skier Drew Petersen about youth mental health challenges in the mountain towns.

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Today - we're talking with Erin Block, an essayist, poet and hunter whose debut poetry collection How You Walk Alone in the Dark won the 2024 Colorado Book Award.

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Today – Michael Booth and John Ingold talk about a new way to search for hospital prices in Colorado, plus new money for urban parks.

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https://coloradosun.com/colorado-voter-guide-2024-election/

Today – There are less than two weeks until Election Day and many Coloradans are dreading filling out their ballot because of how long and complicated it is. Don't worry. We're here to help. Political reporters Jesse Paul and Brian Eason break down how to get information on the judges on your ballot, as well as what each of the 14 statewide initiatives in Colorado this year would do.

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/19/rural-women-work-child-care-jobs/ 

Today - Sun reporter Tracy Ross takes a look at some of the local ballot measures facing voters in rural parts of Colorado.

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/20/leadville-cyclopean-cave-spelunking/ 

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins untangles the history and lore behind a mythical cavern outside of Leadville that modern-day cavers are hoping to unearth. 

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Today - This Friday it’s time to talk music again with Sun writer Kevin Simpson and G. Brown, director of the Colorado Music Experience.

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Today – Sun reporter Michael Booth talks about a listening tour in neighborhoods hardest hit by pollution, while John Ingold explains a Denver ballot measure to support the city's safety-net hospital.

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Today – we're sharing an excerpt from our panel on polling at SunFest last month. Hear from the experts on the views of Colorado voters, as well as what you should watch for when interpreting poll results.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9sXfobewd0 

Today - we're highlighting the recent SunFest panel on artificial intelligence, which continues to develop in Colorado even as tech companies work with local officials to balance policies that aim to protect consumers yet seem like a threat to innovation.  

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https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/10/free-land-holder-forest-service/

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about how a little-known group is trying to claim 1,400 acres of federal land in southwestern Colorado through centuries-old treaties.

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