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Democratic United States Senator John Hickenlooper of Colorado reintroduced legislation to protect the Dolores River earlier this month. Colorado’s other senator, Michael Bennet, joined Hickenlooper in sponsoring the Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act. And Governor Jared Polis signed four bills into law on Friday. That included one that will make it easier for out-of-state teachers to work in Colorado.

Opioids have been a problem in communities across the US for a long time now, but one specific opioid, fentanyl, is causing overdoses at an exponential rate. Some say prevention and addressing trauma are overlooked, but essential, strategies to curb the opioid crisis. On this week’s Health & Prevention Report, KSJD’s Lucas Brady Woods discusses with Katie McClure, the project facilitator for the Southwest Colorado Opioid Overdose Prevention Consortium.

Colorado Democrats are advancing a bill to create a new statewide recycling program. And cyclists in Colorado can now legally roll through intersections without stopping if it is safe to do so.

Colorado lawmakers have sent Governor Jared Polis a $36 billion budget package for next year. And a new law in Colorado will allow people who are displaced by natural disasters to continue voting in their hometown elections.

Colorado lawmakers are unveiling new bills this week to address an increase in people experiencing homelessness. And there was a string of robberies north of Cortez over the weekend.

Drought continues to challenge farmers and ranchers across the country, hay production in the U.S. may fall to its lowest level in a century, volatility in commodity markets begins to settle, and a new farm business index shows signs for optimism.

America’s largest homebuilder is buying a water resources company with holdings throughout the Colorado River Basin. And the city of Moab has hired a new police chief after eight tumultuous months.

The U.S. Department of the Interior is considering emergency cutbacks to water supplies for Arizona, California, and Nevada. And the Colorado Health Foundation has awarded a grant to the Ute Mountain Ute tribe to provide high-speed internet to tribal members.

The Utah Legislature passed a lengthy election security bill last week.

Colorado lawmakers are advancing a measure to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco. And Vail Resorts announced it will increase its minimum wage next winter to $20 per hour at its North American resorts.