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Stimulus focuses on roads and bridges, employment and returning to school.

Grant recipients “will develop educational programs, support local food production and consumption, and implement regenerative agriculture practices.”

A parent survey by the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University found that since COVID hit, a quarter of 4-year-olds have shown behavior problems such as temper tantrums and disobedience and one-fifth struggled to get along with peers or make friends. During typical times, only about 10% of children have such issues, according to the group’s report.

A look at some highlights of the legislation

The bill's Senate sponsors, Democrats Jessie Danielson and Sonya Jaquez Lewis, argued the initiative would help law enforcement recover missing weapons, fight firearms trafficking and reduce gun violence.

The state tournament is Thursday through Saturday at Southwest Motors Events Center in Pueblo. The girls championship wraps up on Thursday, and the Class 4A boys title matches are slated for Saturday.

A daily crime report in Longmont.

If placed on the ballot and approved by voters, the Colorado Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress program would provide an estimated $150 million annually in aid for services like tutoring, counseling, language acquisition, music and arts instruction and career technical training. It would be funded by a 5% hike on recreational marijuana sales, as well as revenues from state trust lands.

An estimated 74% of Coloradans aged 70 and up, who were among the first to become eligible, have received the vaccine to date.

The total cost to fully implement the BRT system and lane improvements is projected to be $253.3 million as pieces of funding come available, said Kathleen Bracke, mobility director for Boulder County. “All the work we are doing today is to get the project ready,” Bracke said.