‘Guerrilla-style’: How a Colorado filmmaker made a documentary about immigrant workers inside Churchill Downs

The observational documentary began by“guerrilla style,” prioritizing the workers’ consent over the Kentucky Derby’s. --- “Backside” is a cinéma vérité-style documentary that observes the lives of the workers who care for the horses at Churchill Downs, the home of the Kentucky [...]

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‘Even worse than we thought’: Colorado is stuck in a cycle of annual, $1B state budget shortfalls

Each year the cycle continues, state lawmakers will have fewer ways to address the gap without cutting state programs and services. Skyrocketing Medicaid costs are primarily to blame. --- Colorado lawmakers are stuck in a cycle of annual budget shortfalls of [...]

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‘Even worse than we thought’: Colorado is stuck in a cycle of annual, $1B state budget shortfalls

Each year the cycle continues, state lawmakers will have fewer ways to address the gap without cutting state programs and services. Skyrocketing Medicaid costs are primarily to blame. --- Colorado lawmakers are stuck in a cycle of annual budget shortfalls of [...]

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In Weld County, a mobile health unit hits the road to bring health care to the people

With a projected 100,000 Coloradans losing their health insurance coverage, Weld County’s mobile health unit is proving to be a promising initiative to breach barriers to public health. --- In its white paint with vegetable drawings and blue stripes, Weld County’s [...]

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The presidential portraits at the Colorado Capitol are coming down — at least temporarily

The decision to replace the portraits with an exhibit celebrating Colorado’s 150th statehood anniversary comes after an uproar earlier this year when President Trump complained about how he looked in his Colorado Capitol painting --- This story was produced as part [...]

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