As Colorado struggles to balance its budget, families at risk of losing Medicaid services are anguished — and angry — to learn the program lost tens of millions of dollars due to an overpayment error. Then, the state wants to shutter all of its remaining coal plants by 2031, but the Trump administration has thrown a wrench in those plans. Plus, the Colorado Symphony just wrapped up a sold out run on two of New York City’s most legendary stages — and hopes its home state takes note.

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Read more on the stories in today’s show:

• CPR’s John Daley on reaction to the Medicaid overbilling revelations.
• CPR’s Sam Brasch on the fight over the future of Colorado’s coal plants.
• CPR’s Caitlyn Kim on the Colorado Symphony’s New York City concerts.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

Colorado parents could soon be allowed to use federal education dollars for private school tuition and other expenses , a shift supporters say opens the door to new possibilities. Then, a Colorado family pleads for help as they wait for answers about a loved one being held by the Taliban. Plus, in Colorado Wonders, we tour a corner of Denver where developers once imagined building a Scottish-style village, and the traces of that vision that still remain.

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Read more on the stories in today’s show:

• CPR’s Jenny Brundin reports on Colorado signs up for federal scholarship program that could fund private education
• CPR’s Sarah Mulholland reports on Streets in Denver’s Highlands neighborhood tell a story about a Scottish-inspired dream

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

Colorado’s political climate is growing more intense, with protests and public confrontations adding new pressure on its members of Congress. Then, a second fatal crash this winter involving a youth sports team. And Democratic lawmakers approve roughly 800 new prison beds despite no progress on a plan to reduce the state’s inmate population. Plus, most Colorado teachers are white, while most of their students are kids of color. That has one classroom asking whether representation matters… and what could change.

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Read more on the stories in today’s show:

• Denverite's Andrew Kenney on DPS participation in Friday's general strike.
• CPR’s Caitlyn Kim, Bente Birkeland and Denverite’s Kiara DeMare on Colorado congressmembers facing angry crowds.
• CPR's Tony Gorman on the fatal crash snowplow crash on I-70.
• KUNC’s Kyle McKinnon on state lawmakers reversing course on prison funding.
• CPR’s Jenny Brundin on students taking on the shortage of teachers of color.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Bazi Kanani, Mateo Schimpf, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

Schools and health care facilities could ask a judge to remove someone’s gun, under an expansion of Colorado’s Red Flag law being considered at the state Capitol. The idea is to head of suicides or violent attacks before they can happen, but opponents are worried about how the law could be used. Then, city officials in Telluride and neighboring Mountain Village have had to resign over off-the-books negotiations with the owner of Telluride Ski & Golf. We catch up on all the mountain town drama. And Colorado has a new Poet Laureate: Crisosto Apache.

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Read more on the stories in today’s show:

• Colorado Matters’ interviewed author Shelley Read.
• KUNC’s Lucas Brady Woods on the effort to expand Colorado’s Red Flag gun law.
• CPR’s Tom Hesse on the drama around local officials’ meeting with the owner of Telluride Ski & Golf.
• CPR’s Rae Soloman on Crisosto Apache, Colorado’s 11th Poet Laureate.
• Win tickets to Yo-Yo Ma’s concerts in Colorado.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Arlo Pérez Esquivel, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

From moving Space Command to shutting down NCAR, Democrats say President Trump is singling out Colorado. Republicans see it differently. Plus, new census numbers suggest the state’s population boom has turned into more like a trickle. And, a couple working to create photos you can touch and feel, not just see.

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Read more on the stories in today’s show:

• CPR’s Caitlyn Kim on Colorado lawmakers reacting to Trump’s actions against the state.
• Denverite’s Andy Kenney on Colorado’s slowing population growth.
• CPR’s Haylee May on the state’s 10-year wildlife plan winning federal approval.
• CPR’s Lauren Antonoff Hart reports on two artists who developed a technique for printing tactile photographs.
• CPW's interactive species data.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel / Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Stephanie Wolf, Sandy Battulga, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

Colorado voters are being asked to decide whether local law enforcement should have to contact immigration authorities in certain cases. Plus, ICE agents reportedly left calling cards with violent implications at the site of Eagle County arrests last week. Then, can a plan to inject cow manure deep under Colorado play a small role in helping rewind climate change? And a musical lift with a psychedelic cumbia from local act, The Savage Blush.

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Read more on the stories in today’s show:

• The text of Advance Colorado’s proposed constitutional amendment on immigration enforcement.
• CPR’s Allison Sherry reports on Ace of Spades cards left by ICE in the high country.
• CPR’s Sam Brasch on the manure-based carbon capture plans of Vaulted Deep.
• Indie 102.3’s Local 303 feature on The Savage Blush.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Stephanie Wolf, and Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

Amid the cold and snow in Denver this weekend, Broncos fans saw their Super Bowl hopes dashed, while demonstrators gathered at the state Capitol to protest the killing of Alex Pretti. Then, state lawmakers are frustrated with the Department of Corrections over the growing prison population. Plus, the legalization of sports gambling in Colorado has come with a rise in gambling addiction. And, the reopened investigation into gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson's death has wrapped up.

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Read more on the stories in today’s show:

• The Associated Press on Alex Pretti's parents' statement after his killing by Border Patrol agents.
• CPR’s Bente Birkeland on the fight over how to handle crowding in state prisons.
• CPR’s Andrea Dukakis and Ben Markus on the rise in gambling addiction.
• CPR’s Ava Kian on the conclusion of the Hunter S. Thompson death reinvestigation.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Megan Verlee, Arlo Pérez Esquivel, Bazi Kanani and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

Colorado now has a new way for people to report alleged misconduct by federal agents, including ICE, as state leaders say they want better oversight and documentation. Then, Colorado Parks and Wildlife says no new wolves will be brought to the state this year, after federal action stopped Colorado from importing wolves from Canada. Plus, a local musician and radio host who’s worked with major pop acts explains why you might want to spend a little more time listening to classical music, too.

Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org. Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members.

Read more on the stories in today’s show:

• CPR’s Ava Kian reports on ICE and knowing your rights.
• CPR’s Sam Brasch reports on failing to find winter wolves.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Megan Verlee, Arlo Pérez Esquivel, Bazi Kanani and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.