Questions Over Equitable Access to Colorado’s Aid-in-Dying Law Persist

Herb Myers is a reluctant but determined messenger that families need more help navigating Colorado’s aid-in-dying law. Myers’s family was among the first to publicly discuss employing the law and…

Treating Depression in Colorado’s Farm Country

Laura Negley’s bout with depression and isolation began with the fog of sleep deprivation. Negley and her husband raise cattle and grow sorghum and dryland wheat outside of Eads, in…

“I Didn’t Think You Could Jail Someone Just Because They Were Poor”

Michele Silva seemed to be doing her best to answer to the government for traffic tickets and a petty theft charge in her hometown of Alamosa, Colo. in the San…

Reproductive Health Care Access Increasingly Uncertain in Colorado

Colorado’s family planning and teen pregnancy funding has suffered recent setbacks and faces even tougher challenges in coming months, as emerging federal policy changes threaten years of gains in reproductive…

Coverage for Kids Will End Without Action

Colorado health advocates are mobilizing to respond after a triple-threat funding “cliff” technically ended vital programs in children’s health insurance, safety net clinics and provider-loan paybacks in underserved areas. As…

‘As Important as Electricity’

In Colorado’s San Luis Valley, the disparity in the tiny school districts’ costs for internet service are as stark as the looming sand dunes: One school pays nearly $1,900 a…

Can an Extra Dollar an Hour Improve Your Health?

A minimum wage increase for Jonathan Kenworthy is not about splurging for concert tickets, or suddenly springing for a vacation. As a Grand Junction, CO pizza delivery guy, the 33-year-old…