Millions of people in the U.S. experience domestic and sexual violence each year, including children and teens. To try to prevent this from happening, Basalt-based nonprofit Response is partnering with K-12 schools from Aspen to Carbondale to teach students about consent and healthy relationships in the age of smartphones and social media.

The Stepping Stones center offers free, bilingual youth-development programs and services to about 400 students from Aspen to Parachute. The nonprofit has also become a second home for many, including a growing number of students from immigrant families, and the organization has responded by offering more Spanish-language services.

The override effort failed when the House of Representatives laid over the vote to override the veto until May 9, which is after the legislative session ends.

Thousands gathered in communities across Colorado on Saturday as part of the national Hands Off! series of protests.

Several local parents who lost their kids to accidental fentanyl overdoses are urging Polis to support a bipartisan bill that recently passed the Colorado legislature requiring social media companies to crack down on illegal activity such as drug sales on their platforms, but the governor has indicated he’s likely to veto it due to concerns it could harm freedom, innovation and privacy.

Supporters say the law creates a space on forms to recognize lived experience and aligns death certificates with other state records.

The donation is part of a larger effort to return bison to Indigenous lands and stewardship.

The House recently passed legislation to require people to prove they are U.S. citizens when they register to vote. Native American groups, however, argue the proposal, if signed into law, would make it difficult for tribal members.

The Trump administration issued an executive order in January restricting federal funding to institutions that provide gender-affirming health care for patients under 19 years old. The state of Colorado has joined a lawsuit challenging that decision, but transgender teenagers remain worried about their access to health care.

Democrats in the Colorado legislature introduced two bills that would add protections for transgender people in schools and the courts, despite Republican opposition.