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American Rescue Plan signed into law by President Biden on Thursday

"Difficult to impossible" road conditions expected beginning Saturday morning, National Weather Service says.

Only 25% of applications submitted for the state’s tenant program have been reviewed and approved. Over 9,000 applications still await review.

The herd between Aspen and Snowmass Village has become academia — part of a six-year study helping state biologists and researchers figure out why the elk population is struggling in parts of Colorado.

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

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.

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.

Nationally, researchers say an additional 1.7 billion seedlings are needed to restore just half of lands available for reforestation by 2040. Greater investment also is needed for seed storage, tree-nursery expansion, workforce development and improved planting practices.

House Bill 21-1161 would cancel some Colorado Measures of Academic Success, or CMAS, testing for the 2020-2021 school year.