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How Colorado’s election system makes large-scale result rigging nearly impossible
Colorado's decentralized election system makes Donald Trump's predictions of a rigged process extremely unlikely to come true in the state, election experts say.
How Colorado’s self-imposed limitations keep its oil & gas industry lagging behind in safety standards
While many states have created laws and agencies to improve safety in the oil and gas fields, Colorado lags behind because of self-imposed restrictions. The Denver Post spent a year...
Technology that could have saved some oil workers resisted by industry
Oil and gas companies are slow to invest in relatively simple life-saving technology and industry representatives have called requests an unnecessary cost and an undue burden.
Safety is compromised when a site turns into a web of subcontractors
Oil and gas companies typically leave management of their sites to subcontractors, a practice that dilutes safety standards and protects companies from liability, making an already dangerous job even more...
Special Report: At least 51 workers have died in Colorado’s oil and gas fields since 2003
In a 12-year span, an oil and gas worker died once every three months on average in Colorado, victims of a system focused more on protecting the industry than its...
Amendment 69 in Colorado: What you need to know about ColoradoCare
While the Affordable Care Act remains controversial as it moves forward, here comes another option for trying to get a handle on health care costs: ColoradoCare.
Colorado health-insurance rates to jump 20 percent on average for individual buyers in 2017
Coloradans who buy their own health insurance will see an average 20 percent jump in prices in 2017, the biggest increase since the implementation of Obamacare in 2014.
Aurora theater shooting victims won’t have to pay $700,000 in legal costs after Cinemark drops request
Cinemark, the company that owns the Aurora movie theater where 12 people were murdered and 70 people were wounded four years ago, has dropped a request for victims of the...
$1.9 billion proposed Denver budget would add 48 police officers, create affordable housing fund
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on Monday unveiled a $1.9 billion budget proposal for 2017 that puts more money into affordable housing and puts more police officers on patrol in downtown.
CU revokes Ph.D. of pharmaceutical researcher for falsifying data
The University of Colorado Board of Regents on Thursday revoked the Ph.D. of a pharmaceutical researcher, whom investigators concluded had falsified data for several research papers, including his doctoral thesis.