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Saturday, January 31, 2026

Expensive beer, millions overpaid to a Medicaid program’s providers and more from the Colorado legislature this week

For years, Colorado Medicaid mistakenly paid a program’s providers several times too much — costing millions.

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Young people are protesting ICE and reenacting immigration raids in online gaming platform Roblox

The behavior could be how children are processing the news and seeking social support.

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Bennet says he’ll seek public option for health insurance if elected Colorado governor

Bennet also proposed allowing school districts, county governments, certain small businesses and people between 25 and 35 to buy into the state employee health plan.

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Nationwide general strike leads to ICE Out protests, school and business closures across metro Denver

Demonstrators across Denver joined the national ICE Out campaign – “no work, school, or shopping” – as people across the U.S. protested the federal government’s immigration crackdown tactics in Minnesota.

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Students walk out of Mapleton schools for ICE protests after Denver-area district tells them they can’t leave

Attorney David Lane said schools aren’t allowed to prevent students from protesting as it violates their First Amendment rights.

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The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the killing of Alex Pretti

Trump suggested in a social media post that Pretti was an “agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist.”

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Justice Department releases massive trove from its Jeffrey Epstein files