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Colorado Votes No on Light Rail

Kelley Griffin reports from Denver on rejection of a sales tax increase for a mass transit plan that included 125 miles of new train tracks. Critics say the vote proves light rail is dead for the region. But supporters insist the vote reflected confusion over the scope and cost of the proposal.

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Rocky Flats History

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Rocky Flats Investigation

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Largest Private Water Project

Colorado Senate Race

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Fastest climbing US child poverty rates are in Colorado

Conflict & Justice

Colorado has the fastest growing rate of child poverty in the U.S. The poverty isn’t evenly distributed, however. A vast gulf exists between rates of poverty for Hispanic children and white children. From The Takeaway.

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Splitting up boys and girls: a new choice in public education

In Denver, school officials have announced an experiment in school choice, offering the choice for parents to send their daughters to an all-girls public school. It’s a growing national trend. A discussion from The Takeaway.

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Riding the Rails: Upgrading Transportation in Denver

Continuing our series on the New Urbanism, Matt Dellinger joins The Takeaway to talk about the city’s light rail project and the attempt to design and define new communities.

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Denver’s Design for the Future: The ‘New Suburbia’

Arts, Culture & Media

In Denver, Colorado, a group of urban planners and architects gather to debate urban design. Joining The Takeaway is Ellen Dunham, author and Director of the Architecture program at Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Patchwork Nation: the big issues in big cities stem from income disparity

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