Politics

By Rian Korb Students working in Norlin Library at the University of Colorado Boulder on April 10, 2025. (Rian Korb/Radio 1190) The teacher shortage in the United States has been going on for more than a decade, with events such as the COVID-19 pandemic having only exacerbated the issue further. According to data obtained from…

Story and Photos by Payton Cordova Listen to the audio feature here. Denver, CO—people gathered at the Denver State Capitol to protest anti-immigrant rhetoric and recent deportation raids conducted by the United States government on Saturday, Feb. 8. Led by organizers of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) with the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition…

By Lex Chavez Listen to the audio feature here. On Wednesday Feb. 5, the walk to the Denver capitol building was accompanied by the steady beating of a drum. Hundreds of people crowded the front steps; and hundreds more on the lawn. The streets were lined with groups of protestors chanting various slogans such as…

Rocky Mountain Equality, a Boulder-based resource center for the LGBTQ community. (Celia Frazier/Radio 1190) Editor’s Note: This story was cross-published on the digital webpage of the University of Colorado Boulder’s independent student news outlet, The CU Independent. By Celia Frazier Listen to the audio feature here. In the weeks since returning to office for his…

By John Meylor On Wednesday, Sept. 4, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed House Bill 1001, a measure introduced to find a compromise amongst the Colorado Legislature between lowering property taxes without significantly cutting funding for public schools and fire districts.   HB-1001 addresses property tax relief in response to significant increases in property taxes. The bill…