Today - we’re visiting with The Colorado Sun’s environment reporter Michael Booth about greenhouse gas emissions in Colorado not dropping quickly enough and about efforts to change landscaping trends.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today - we're talking to Colorado Sun Outdoors Reporter Jason Blevins about virtual fencing technology for cattle on rangeland in the American West.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today - we're speaking with The Colorado Sun's water reporter Chris Outcalt, who joined forces with five other news outlets in the southwest United States to report on the dwindling Colorado River that supplies water to seven states, more than 24 Native American tribes, and the country of Mexico. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today - we're visiting with Colorado Sun political reporter Jesse Paul about campaign finance trends, as well as about a lawsuit involving the change in political affiliation for a state senator.

[NEW - running all week] Before we begin, We’d like to thank our sponsors - Pinnacol Assurance. Pinnacol Assurance provides workers' comp insurance and was named one of the most community-minded companies in Colorado for the third year in a row. Last year, Pinnacol donated 1.5 million dollars in grants, donations and scholarships to Colorado communities. Learn how Pinnacol puts care to work at Pinnacol dot com. 

Now, let’s go back in time with some Colorado History.

On this day in 1879, Colorado’s Historical Society held its first official meeting in Denver. It was established by the General Assembly in the spring of 1879 to protect and preserve the nascent state's story.

Members discussed the military and educational history of their community and heard bombastic remarks by Mayor Richard Sopris about the glory of the state and its capital city over the previous two decades.

The Colorado Historical Society and its ever-larger collection occupied space in hotels, office buildings, and the Arapahoe County Courthouse until 1895, when it moved to the capitol's basement. Visitors marveled at exhibits overflowing with taxidermied animals, geological specimens, pottery from Ancestral Puebloan sites, and the desiccated remains of those who lived in the ancient cities of southwestern Colorado. 

The society proved so popular that it soon merited a separate building, a marble museum across Fourteenth Avenue from the state capitol.

Its collections grew in size and scope, from dioramas of historic scenes made by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression to "Baby Doe" Tabor's wedding dress. The crowded edifice also proved insufficient, and in 1977 the society moved to the Colorado Heritage Center, a modernistic, sloping structure of brown brick. This structure and the state’s judicial building north of it came down to make way for the Ralph L. Carr Colorado

Judicial Center, and the collection found a new home in 2011.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today - Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang talks about small business hiring practices in the current economy. We'll also revisit the topic of older workers.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today - we're talking to The Colorado Sun's environmental reporter Michael Booth about how air pollution damages the gut biome of infants, as well as a movement to place electric vehicle charges in rural Colorado.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today - we're talking with Colorado Sun outdoor reporter and co-founder Jason Blevins about a couple different lawsuits. One is between some private developers and the National Forest Service. Another is between Vail Resorts and the city of Vail.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today - we’re talking with author Claire Boyles, who not only has terrific writing chops but also has worked as a teacher and even tried her hand at farming. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're visiting with Colorado Sun politics reporter Jesse Paul about a flurry of legal filings in the case of indicted Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, as well as 2022 general election Colorado TV ad spending, and more.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're visiting with The Colorado Sun's business reporter Tamara Chuang about how Colorado workers, particularly those in the 55 plus bracket, are returning to the workforce.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.