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White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights

White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/t...

Food pantries say they aren’t out of the woods yet, even as SNAP benefits return Pantries were already seeing demand increase before the SNAP freeze, and they don't expect things to get easier.

Food pantries say they aren’t out of the woods yet, even as SNAP benefits return www.cpr.org/food-pantrie... #copolitics

Convicted former clerk Tina Peters trying to move to federal prison The Bureau of Prisons officially requested the shift, but that decision is in the hands of the state.

Convicted former clerk Tina Peters trying to move to federal prison www.cpr.org/2025/11/14/t... via @bentebirkeland.bsky.social #copolitics

#CO03 GOP Rep Jeff Hurd is part of a bipartisan group of House members writing to Senate leaders asking for House members to be involved in the legislative process re: ACA extension vote in Dec. #copolitics

The Ruby Hill Boyz: Meet the Denver Dads behind these students' reading success The tutors help kids who are reading or doing math below grade level in small groups — with some choosing to become teachers.

What if parents, mostly Latino or Black, who look like and come from similar backgrounds as the children they teach, could be paid to tutor children at schools who are below grade level? Meet the Ruby Hill Boyz.

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The Trump administration plans major shift away from long-term housing for homelessness The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes "self-sufficiency," but critics warn many will risk losing housing again.

The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes "self-sufficiency," but critics warn many will risk losing housing again. n.pr/3JLPM6r

Statement by Steve Bunnell, Attorney for Shauni Kerkhoff Ms. Kerkhoff is a career federal employee. She was one of the brave U.S. Capitol Police officers who helped protect the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. She also testified as a witness in two criminal trials of January 6th defendants. In recent days, she has been falsely accused in social media accounts of being involved in the placement of pipe bombs outside the DNC and RNC buildings on the evening of January 5, 2021. These shameful allegations are recklessly false, absurd, and defamatory. Ms. Kerkhoff categorically denies them.

NEW: Here's a full statement from a lawyer for the Capitol Police officer who The Blaze falsely linked to the pipe bombs discovered outside the RNC and DNC on Jan. 6.

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JBS Boosts Ground Beef, Wagyu Steak Production to Stem Beef Losses Meatpackers like JBS and Tyson Foods are being squeezed by the lowest U.S. cattle supply since the 1950s. It is driving their beef costs to record levels, and leading to hundreds of millions of dollars in losses as a result.

Meatpackers like JBS and Tyson Foods are being squeezed by the lowest U.S. cattle supply since the 1950s. It is driving their beef costs to record levels, and leading to hundreds of millions of dollars in losses as a result.

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The government is open again, but flight cancellations will remain elevated for now Passengers may not feel the sting, but workers will.

The government is open again, but flight cancellations will remain elevated for now www.cpr.org/2025/11/13/f...

No. There’s no way Rs in Congress go for 3 years, let alone that long with no reform. The most I’ve seen any Rs said they’d support is 1-2 years.

Big parts of Colorado’s economy are looking lackluster — are we in a recession? Indicators show the state in a decline, but it's an intricate system and key data has been delayed.

Big parts of #Colorado’s economy are looking lackluster — are we in a recession? www.cpr.org/2025/11/13/c... via @cprnews.bsky.social

*Government will reopen
*ACA subsidies NOT extended, causing premiums to rocket for 24M+
*A bunch of Republican senators could net millions in taxpayer dollars for themselves, with at least one hoping to net more than $1M.
*Intoxicating hemp banned
*Govt could shut again 1/31

Government shutdown set to end, after House passes spending package Colorado’s Republicans voted for the measure to end the longest shutdown in history, while Democrats opposed it because it did not address skyrocketing health care costs.

Government shutdown set to end, after House passes spending package www.cpr.org/2025/11/12/h... #copolitics

The House gained a new member today, but will lose a member next week. NJ Rep. Mikie Sherrill, now gov-elect, will submit her resignation next week.

Despite White House pressure, Rep. Lauren Boebert stands firm on effort to release Epstein files Boebert was one of four Republicans who went around their leadership to force a vote.

Despite White House pressure, Rep. Lauren Boebert stands firm on effort to release Epstein files www.cpr.org/2025/11/12/b... #copolitics

Lots of democrats coming into the chamber for the swearing in of Adelita Grijalva, AZ GOP Reps Gosar & Ciscomani are here, as is GOP Rep. Thomas Massie and a couple of others.

And a new member has been sworn in -- who will also be the 218th signature on the Epstein discharge petition.

President Trump called Colorado’s U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert about the congresswoman’s support for releasing the Epstein files, per NYT’s Annie Karni:

Gov. Polis’ administration moves to stop a Pueblo coal plant from closing by the end of the year The governor’s office said Xcel Energy needs more time to fix issues at a larger, neighboring power plant.

ICYMI: Gov. Polis’ administration moves to stop a Pueblo coal plant from closing by the end of the year www.cpr.org/2025/11/10/p... via @sambrasch.bsky.social & Ishan Thakore #copolitics

Did you get a spectacular photo of the northern lights? We want to see it! Plus: The aurora might be back Wednesday night. Here's how to photograph it.

Did you get a spectacular photo of the northern lights? We want to see it! www.cpr.org/2025/11/12/c... #colorado

Purplish Purplish is a podcast about politics and policy and how they shape Coloradans’ lives, hosted by Colorado Public Radio’s public affairs reporter Bente Birkeland and reporters from the Colorado Capitol ...

In honor of Veterans Day, check out this special episode of @cprnews.bsky.social' s Purplish Podcast. @bentebirkeland.bsky.social talked with a Coloradan who fought at one of the defining battles of WW2 -- Iwo Jima. Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: www.npr.org/podcasts/643...

Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...

Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
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Senate votes 60-40 to approve the stopgap spending bill that will keep the government running through January, sending the bill to the House. 

Package also includes 3 of the 12 full-year approps bills - Ag, LegBranch, MilCon-VA.

Senate voting on final passage of CR package to reopen government. CO Sens Michael Bennet & Joh Hickenlooper voted no. Vote is still open, but it should pass and will head to the House. Given the 36 hour notice, looks like earliest it could pass there is Wed AM. #copolitics

Trust Matters: A community conversation about record-low levels of trust in the press | Colorado Public Radio According to Gallup, barely a third of Americans express a great deal or even fair amount of trust in newspapers, TV, and radio. In the 1970s, trust was as high as 72 percent. At Front Range Community...

Trust Matters: A community conversation about record-low levels of trust in the press www.cpr.org/show-episode... via @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social

Trump slams air traffic controllers who called out during the government shutdown Trump said on social media that he wasn't happy with controllers who called out of work, and suggested a $10,000 bonus for those who didn't take any time off during the shutdown.

Trump said on social media that he wasn't happy with controllers who called out of work, and suggested a $10,000 bonus for those who didn't take any time off during the shutdown. n.pr/4nLPxpK

Supreme Court to decide if mail-in ballots may arrive after Election Day An appeals court found that federal law requires all ballots be received by Election Day.

The Supreme Court announced it would decide whether laws that allow states to count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day are constitutional, a case that could upend how elections are run in dozens of states across the country.

Can a probiotic help veterans with traumatic brain injury and PTSD? Colorado researchers think they might be able to help veterans with traumatic brain injury and PTSD by improving the health of their gut microbiome.

Colorado researchers think they might be able to help veterans with traumatic brain injury and PTSD by improving the health of their gut microbiome.

With no deal on health care subsidies, Coloradans face possibility of going without insurance next year The fear comes as Senate Democrats voted to end the shutdown without a fix for an expiring tax credit that helps Coloradans buy health insurance on the marketplace.

With no deal on health care subsidies, Coloradans face possibility of going without insurance next year www.cpr.org/2025/11/10/h... #copolitics

Supreme Court declines to revisit gay marriage decision The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.

The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. n.pr/47yOyEH

Speaker Johnson tells House lawmakers to start making their way back to Capitol Hill now to ensure they arrive in time to vote to reopen government given all of the flight delays and cancellations.