NM’s Outsized Reliance on Medicaid Has Advocates Prepping for Worst-Case
By Roz Brown, Public News Service Posted May 29, 2025 Unprecedented cuts to Medicaid under consideration by lawmakers in Congress would be a heavy blow to New Mexico,…
Honoring the Past and Embracing the Future: Improvements Coming to La Raza Park
By Hilary Olivares “Let this groundbreaking be a reminder. Our past lives here. Our joy lives here. And our future is being built here at La Raza Park,”…
Half a Million Colorado Students to Get $120 in Food Benefits This Summer
By Ann Schimke, Chalkbeat Posted May 22, 2025 The families of about 450,000 Colorado students in preschool through 12th grade received extra grocery money from the state this month…
Colorado Seeks SNAP Waiver to Restrict Purchase of Soda, Not Food
By Eric Galatas Posted May 22, 2025 As Colorado moves to bar Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants from using benefits to buy soda and other sugar sweetened beverages,…
Española School Ordered Teachers to Delete Student Immigration Data During Inquiry, Union Alleges
By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico Posted May 22, 2025 The union representing teachers at an Española high school has filed a complaint with the state labor…
Applications Now Open for SUN Bucks Grocery Benefit
Posted May 22, 2025 Families can now apply for SUN Bucks, a grocery benefit program designed to help cover food costs during the summer months. “This program…
New Exhibition in Pueblo Highlights the History of the Dog Patch Neighborhood
Posted by May 15, 2025 History Colorado‘s El Pueblo History Museum is excited to announce the opening of its newest exhibition Dog Patch: A Pueblo Community’s Legacy on…
Death of Iconic Mexican Folklorist Rita Wallace de Flores Marks End of Era
The death of iconic Mexican folklorist Rita Wallace de Flores on Sunday, April 27th, 2025, in Denver, Colorado, marks the end of an era for the Chicano / Mexicano Arts…
Colorado AG Joins Other States to Target Chinese App Linked to International Fentanyl Trade
By Shaun Chornobroff Posted by May 15, 2025 Attorneys general from six states, including Colorado, say they’re demanding accountability from WeChat, a Chinese messaging and payment platform being…
RTD Launches Human Trafficking Awareness Campaign
by Julia Dambekaln Posted by May 15, 2025 The Regional Transportation District (RTD) is partnering with Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) and the Denver Anti-Trafficking Alliance (DATA) to launch a Human…