Deadline for Free Equifax Credit Freeze Extended to June

Since the Equifax data breach, where more than 143 million Americans had their personal data hacked, consumers have been urged to freeze their credit to ensure that their identities were protected. Now, the deadline for free credit freezes are up. Here’s what you need to know.

Colorado Public Health Agencies Are Raising the Alarm for Radon Testing

Radon is unavoidable in Colorado, which has the seventh-highest levels of radon in the country. The real danger lies indoors, where radon can linger and levels can grow over time. The radioactive gas is the second leading cause of cancer in Colorado and the U.S. So for National Radon Action Month, state and county public health agencies are offering free radon test kits.

State House Stands With DREAMers, Urges Congress to Pass “Rational” Solution

DACA — the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — is still under attack by the Trump Administration after it appealed directly to the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to kill the program. Colorado representatives are urging Congress to codify the program once and for all and is standing in opposition to any federal actions that would threaten deportation against or the work status of DACA recipients.

Superintendents Propose $1.4B Fix to “Modernize” Public School Funding

Colorado’s current public school funding model was created more than twenty years ago. A group of Colorado superintendents from across the state, from small rural to urban districts, are working to update it in the hopes of pouring more than $1 billion back into the public school system. Working with legislators, they will push a bill this month to “modernize” public school funding.

Grocery Store Hopes to Chip Away at Food Insecurity in Montbello

Most Montbello residents looking for fresh produce have to drive miles to bring home dinner ingredients. State nonprofits worked with a developer on a $10.5 million redevelopment project that will bring another grocery option to Montbello residents and, hopefully, chip away at its status as a food desert.

Colorado Health Department: 2018 Is the Year of the Smoker

New Year’s resolutions are as cliche as instagrammed brunches and that overused Great Gatsby GIF of Leonardo Dicaprio. (You know exactly what I’m talking about.) Promise to start going to the gym? Eat a salad a day? Stop spending so much money on eating out? Chances are those resolutions will #epicfail after a couple months.

Seven Things to Know About DIA’s New Welcome Sign

DIA is putting the finishing touches on a new $14.5 million welcome sign that serves as a gateway for newcomers and residents alike. While Denverites have a love-hate relationship with the airport’s previous installations, the kinetic LED sign may help residents turn over a new leaf. Here’s what you should know.

Pot-Tax Error Might Not See Quick Legislative Fix in January

Despite lawmakers on both sides of the aisle saying that the marijuana tax issue will be resolved in January, Democrats and Republicans have different ideas of how to fix their political gaffe that left special districts across the state with a multimillion-dollar gaping wound.