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1 week ago | rmpbs.org | Bente Birkeland |throughout Colorado

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has sent nearly a third of its backlogged sexual assault evidence kits to outside labs for testing, as it tries to bring turn-around times back within state guidelines. The legislature gave the bureau $3 million to outsource examination of one thousand kits because right now the state doesn't have enough DNA scientists trained to process evidence more quickly.

4 weeks ago | rmpbs.org | Stephanie Wolf |Bente Birkeland |throughout Colorado |Joshua Vorse

BOULDER, Colo. — It’s official: Boulder and Colorado will host the world-renowned Sundance Film Festival. The festival will have one more year in its current location before starting up in Colorado 2027. Colorado’s bid beat out Cincinnati and Sundance’s home of more than four decades, Park City, Utah. The festival’s board voted Thursday morning to move the marquee event to Colorado.

1 month ago | rmpbs.org | Jenny Brundin |Alison Borden |throughout Colorado |Jesse Paul

DENVER — A sea of people, many wearing red in a show of support for public education, were shoulder to shoulder in front of the Capitol on Thursday, chanting and yelling for an end to cuts, as Colorado legislators, faced with a billion-dollar shortfall, grapple with how to fully fund education and balance their budget.