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Early studies suggest psilocybin can help people with PTSD. But the VA doesn’t allow it. Will veterans be left behind?

The first day aboard his Navy hospital ship during the Vietnam War, then 19-year-old David Lyons was told to take items from a trough wrapped in butcher paper and throw them into the incinerator. “I ...
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Polis signs bill allowing universities to pay student athletes — but warns about lack of transparency

Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation that will allow universities to pay athletes directly for their name, image and likeness rights, but he added a signing statement asking the legislature to ...
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Colorado Congressional District 4 Republican candidate Lauren Boebert on immigration, water, and energy development

After four years in office, Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is nationally known for her vehement calls to seal the southern border and crack down on government spending. On the campaign trail ...
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Investigation continues into how Colorado voting machine passwords ended up online

The news that the Colorado Secretary of State’s office inadvertently included BIOS passwords for the state’s voting machines in a hidden tab on a spreadsheet on the department’s website has election ...
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Denver Public Schools’ controversial reform strategy led to higher test scores and graduation rates, but not without costs

Denver’s controversial decade-long embrace of school choice and accountability led to some of the largest academic improvements in education research history, according to a University of Colorado ...
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Stressed out, busy moms say microdosing mushrooms makes life easier and brighter. Researchers caution that they are ‘experimenting on themselves’

Heather Jackson calls it the mother’s wall and it usually comes on very suddenly. She can’t make regular decisions, like what to cook for dinner. She realizes the kitchen trash is full and starts to ...
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Why your Colorado property tax bill still increased this year

Homeowners across Colorado may have expected their property tax bills to go down this year — after all, their homes may be worth less. Instead, many property owners will see their bills rise again — a ...
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The mysteries of Southern Colorado’s Indigenous rock art: Why it’s there, who made it and what threatens it

Images carved or painted on rock walls in southeastern Colorado by ancient Indigenous peoples often evoke wonder about who made them and why. These petroglyphs and pictographs carved and painted on ...
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‘50501’ protests draw thousands across several Colorado cities and one national park

Thousands of protesters gathered at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver Monday, and hundreds more joined at places from Colorado Springs to Grand Junction — and even at an entrance to Rocky Mountain ...
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Political and religious influences amplify in some Colorado school board races, as focus shifts away from students

Jessica Capsel fills her days milking dairy goats, feeding the cows hay, volunteering at her children’s schools and listening to school board meetings. That last one is not something she particularly ...
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Disease die-offs continue to ravage bighorn sheep. Advocates say feds left them ‘high and dry’ on the issue

The Pikeview Quarry, barely outside of the cul-de-sacs and two-car garages of the Mountain Shadows subdivision, seemed like an odd place to find one of Colorado’s most intrepid species. Bulldozers, ...
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‘Greywater’ Could Help Solve Colorado’s Water Problems. Why Aren’t We All Using It?

Your shower, sink and laundry machine account for more than half of indoor water use. Since the wastewater that circles the drain doesn’t come from the toilet, it’s safe to reuse on things like your ...