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The HOME Act would also make it easier for transit agencies, public housing authorities and certain nonprofits to build housing on land they already own, even if it isn't zoned for residential use.
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Jason Charme/Aspen Daily NewsResidents of the 98-lot Cavern Springs Mobile Home Park, located between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale, asked council members to contribute funding toward their efforts to purchase the park that was listed for sale last year. -
Regan Mertz/Aspen Public RadioMore children are surviving pediatric cancer, but the physical and emotional impacts still linger. The Shining Stars Foundation provides those patients with recreational programs in the Rocky Mountains. This story is part of our “On the Ground” radio series, which highlights solutions to local and global issues from Roaring Fork and Colorado River valley organizations. -
Sarah Tory/Aspen Public RadioAngie is a U.S. citizen, but her parents are undocumented. If they’re deported, she’s decided she would leave with them. -
Climate CentralThe historic heat wave that hit the western U.S. last week was made at least five times more likely due to climate change. Scientists say it would have been “virtually impossible” in a world without human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.
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On today's newscast: The city of Aspen will help residents of the Cavern Springs Mobile Home Park purchase their land, an extended heat wave in the forecast is taking Colorado’s water supply forecasts from bad to worse, Attorney General Phil Weiser sued the Trump administration last week over the fate of an aging coal plant, and more.
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Caitlin Tan/Wyoming Public MediaThe Trump administration is returning to 2012 emission rules, which it says have cut mercury pollution by 90%. Environmentalists say that’s not enough. -
Getty ImagesThe Arizona Department of Water Resources is gearing up for a legal fight over Colorado River negotiations and has hired a law firm to represent the state. -
Ted Wood/The Water DeskJay Weiner, the water attorney for the Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe on the Colorado River in Arizona and California, discusses how tribes play a role in Colorado River governance, even if they’re not officially in the closed-door negotiations. -
Courtesy of Brita Horn/Courtesy of Brita HornOne party leader calls it a “dumpster fire” after state chair resigns following no-confidence vote.
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AP/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIHThe antibody shots are about 80% effective at preventing babies from ending up in intensive care because of RSV. The drugmakers behind them maintain they're safe. -
Ryan Murphy/APWait times are exceeding four hours at some major airports, leading TSA officers to call out at rates of 40 to 50%, according to TSA Deputy Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill. -
Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty ImagesThe film will focus on chapters in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring that were left out of the first movie in the trilogy. -
Emily Feng/NPRIranians escaping hardship and war are shaking it off to Persian, Arabic and Turkish tunes in this disco in eastern Turkey.
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The verdict marks the end of the first-ever jury trial over whether tech giants should be held accountable for social media addiction. It may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits. -
A new archbishop of Canterbury has been installed in a historic ceremony. Sarah Mullally is the 106th person to hold the job, and the first woman. -
Nearly two months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared, her daughter Savannah discusses the toll on her family in an emotional interview with her Today show colleague Hoda Kotb. -
"There is an America that is more free — where there's more equality, where there is more justice, where there is less bigotry — and I think it's waiting for us," says lawyer Bryan Stevenson. -
Low morale, staff turnover and budget issues have sapped the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The administration is expected to soon name a new director, who will have their hands full. -
After weeks of start and stop negotiations between Congressional Democrats and the White House, there's an emerging proposal to fund the majority of DHS and tackle ICE enforcement funding separately.
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