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Colorado to pay back 2 years of tuition for lower-income students

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Colorado students whose families make $90,000 a year or less would be eligible to be reimbursed for two years of in-state tuition at public four-year universities, community colleges and technical schools under a bill awaiting Gov. Jared Polis’ signature. Supporters of the legislation — HB24-1340, passed on the final day of the session — tout … Read more

Colorado farmworkers can now unionize. So why aren’t they?

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Water leaking from the growhouse ceiling. Algae spreading on the floor. Standing water pooling at workers’ feet. Those were just some of the conditions alleged by workers at the Denver marijuana grow operation of Green Dragon, a Florida- and Colorado-based cannabis company. Two years ago, workers had enough. So they organized, battling what they claimed to … Read more