The Daily Sun-Up

Today, we revisit our Dec. 15 episode when outdoors reporter Jason Blevins reviewed millions of dollars of high country housing projects coming to fruition and how Colorado mountain towns are focusing on short-term and long-term needs. Jason will host a Colorado SunFest conversation May 1 on high country housing solutions starting to take shape.  Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/15/steamboat-springs-billioniare-housing/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

G. Brown, director of the Colorado Music Experience sits down with the Sun's Kevin Simpson to put the just completed tax season to music.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, we're interviewing Ann Schimke of Chalkbeat Colorado about a public Christian school in Pueblo County that has created a legal battle in the state, one that could escalate to the U.S. Supreme Court. Photo: Mark Reis, Special to The Colorado SunSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lawmakers finish drafting Colorado’s budget with final round of major cuts to address roughly $1.5 billion shortfall. Medicaid took the brunt of the final reductions, include a reimbursement rate cut for providers and a cap on Cover All Coloradans, which provides health care to immigrants who are children or pregnant. https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/01/colorado-budget-draft-billion-shortfall-2026/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New York Times editor Dean Baquet will be the keynote speaker at our fourth annual Colorado SunFest, which is May 1st at the University of Denver. He joins Colorado Sun publisher and co-founder Larry Ryckman to preview their SunFest conversation and talk about the state of media in America. https://coloradosun.com/colorado-sunfest/https://coloradosun.com/2026/03/13/colorado-sunfest-2026-keynote-speaker-new-york-times-dean-baquet/ Photo: Dean Baquet, former New York Times editor. (Courtesy)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.