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Colorado’s public health agency head Larry Wolk has resigned. Here’s our...

UPDATE: On Aug. 3, 2018, Gov. John Hickenlooper said Larry Wolk was leaving the agency for a new job in California. “During his tenure,...

Spotlight on the COGCC: Who are they, what’s their mission and...

You've probably heard lately about the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, commonly called the COGCC. That’s Colorado’s governor-appointed panel tasked with regulating the...

Despite urging, Hickenlooper won’t ask oil and gas regulator to reconsider...

Gov. John Hickenlooper will not ask the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) to reconsider its appeal of a recent court ruling requiring...

GREENE: In opposing appeal of landmark oil-and-gas ruling, Hick is more...

A constitutional crisis. The phrase kept popping up Thursday when Attorney General Cynthia Coffman seemed to have bucked Gov. John Hickenlooper’s wishes by appealing a...

CO set to slash funds for controversial student health survey

Two years after a controversial student health survey sparked protracted debate at the State Board of Education, questions about the survey’s value have moved...

Q&A: Why the Colorado health department says fracking’s risk to health...

Three weeks ago, University of Colorado researchers published a study linking diagnoses of a certain kind of blood cancer to the likelihood of living...

Q&A: Colorado’s Chief Medical Officer on the health impacts of fracking

Last month, The Greeley Tribune published a story with the headline "Weld County health incidents level with rest of state, despite more oil and...

Will GOP strike down a birth-control program that reduces abortions?

Colorado lawmakers are looking at introducing legislation to fund a tested and proven program to reduce unwanted teen pregnancy in Colorado that Republican lawmakers...

Veterans and abuse survivors sue Colorado for banning marijuana in PTSD...

When the Colorado Board of Health voted against adding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to the list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana last month, a...

Homebrew: Colorado Department of Human Services faces federal sanctions — again

Hardly working Colorado's Department of Human Services could face a $4.8 million sanction for failing to meet a federal requirement that 50 percent of Colorado Works...