‘I’m dying, you’re not': Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death
DENVER (AP) — On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her teenage grandson to talk about her death.
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Denver makes major shift in migrant response by extending support to six months but limiting spaces
DENVER (AP) — Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced a major shift Wednesday in the city’s response to the migrant crisis, extending support to six months but with only about 1,000 spaces. The mayor’s pivot follows failed attempts to get federal aid and deep cuts to the city’s budget as Denver served a total of nearly 41,000 migrants since the end of 2022.
Colorado politics reporter’s expulsion from a Republican gathering causes uproar
DENVER (AP) — Politicians and news outlets expressed outrage on Monday over the expulsion from a Republican gathering of an experienced politics reporter who was told the state party chairman believed her reporting was “very unfair.”
LGBTQ+ foster youths could expect different experiences as Tennessee and Colorado pass opposing laws
DENVER (AP) — LGBTQ+ children in foster care in Tennessee and Colorado could have vastly different experiences in where they are placed under opposing legislation advanced by state legislatures this week.
US Rep. Lauren Boebert recovering from blood clot surgery
DENVER (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert underwent surgery Tuesday in Colorado for a blood clot in her leg and is expected to make a full recovery, her campaign said in a news release.
Republican committee to select Buck’s likely replacement, adding a challenge to Boebert’s campaign
DENVER (AP) — A panel of Colorado Republicans will select a candidate Thursday who will likely serve out the final months of U.S. Rep. Ken Buck ’s term — and could pose a challenge to Rep. Lauren Boebert’s bid for another term in Congress.
States target AI’s hidden hand in Americans’ lives
DENVER (AP) — While artificial intelligence made headlines with ChatGPT, behind the scenes, the technology has quietly pervaded everyday life — screening job resumes, rental apartment applications, and even determining medical care in some cases.
Rotting bodies, fake ashes and sold body parts push Colorado to patch lax funeral home rules
DENVER (AP) — After nearly 200 bodies were found stacked and rotting in a Colorado funeral home, lawmakers have proposed bills to overhaul the state’s threadbare funeral home regulations, which failed to prevent a string of gruesome cases — from sold body parts to fake ashes.