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Undocumented: A life, a home and a family in the rural West

In Depth Sarah Tory, High Country News -
This story is the first in a series that examines a community grappling with uncertainties around immigration in one of Colorado’s poorest rural counties. Before...

Greene: Mennonite criminal investigator will take the stand in capital case. Here’s why her...

In Depth Susan Greene -
(This story has been updated.) The investigator who has spent nearly two weeks in jail for refusing to testify for prosecutors in a death penalty...

Colorado governor’s race: It’s caucus day. Here’s what you should know.

In Depth Corey Hutchins -
Colorado voters are primed for the governor’s race of a generation. It starts in earnest today.  With more than a dozen Democratic and Republican hopefuls...

Colorado’s oil and gas regulatory agency is running out of money – fast

In Depth John Herrick -
As the state grapples with the aftermath of last April's fatal pipeline explosion in Firestone and a fervent demand by residents to better regulate...

In La Plata County, a heated effort to oust environmentalist commissioner

In Depth Kelsey Ray -
To hear La Plata County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt tell it, the breaking point was a chance meeting with Sen. John McCain. Last May, Lachelt...

Indy takes fight over Brauchler’s office misconduct files to state Supreme Court

In Depth Susan Greene -
The Colorado Independent has turned to the state Supreme Court for help in our fight to unseal records about prosecutorial misconduct in a death...

Greene: Copout

In Depth Susan Greene -
Friday’s deadline came and went for Beth McCann to make things right in one of Colorado’s longest and most twisted injustices. In choosing to...

Greene: Beth McCann, Colorado’s newest innocence denier

In Depth Susan Greene -
Beth McCann won her seat as Denver District Attorney on a promise to restore public confidence in an office notorious for defending law enforcement...
Dreamers and others march in support of DACA in Denver in September 2017, the year the Trump administration sought to cancel the program and the last year new applications were accepted. The Supreme Court is expected to decide by the end of June whether the Trump administration's argument that DACA was an unlawful exercise of executive power has merit. (Photo by Tina Griego)

What the battle over the Dream Act means for the West

In Depth Maya L. Kapoor, High Country News -
For a short time, soccer seemed like it might be Daniela Benitez’s ticket to attending college. She didn’t begin playing soccer until the eighth...

Colorado Legislature 2018: Shortfalls in a time of plenty

In Depth John Herrick -
When lawmakers drive to Denver next week to convene the 2018 legislative session, they will see about a dozen cranes across the city’s skyline,...
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