Economy

Tens of thousands of people in Colorado may struggle to afford tampons, pads and other menstrual hygiene products.

Area incomes can’t keep up with rent and mortgages, a recent study found.

Controversial sweeps of unauthorized homeless encampments in Denver have ramped up in recent months.   

As the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to halt in-person classes, people in Alamosa County worked to get laptops into the hands of students.  

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, a housing crisis has been playing out for years in a rural Colorado mountain town.

Statewide, a quarter of households are struggling to cover their home energy costs. 

Unparalleled demand for food assistance is exacerbating inequities in place long before the coronavirus arrived.

Surging unemployment and tanking governmental budgets are likely to impact those in need the most during the coronavirus pandemic.

Service providers scramble to assist a particularly vulnerable group of people.

Utility and internet providers have pledged not to shut off service to any Coloradans for the foreseeable future, even when bills don’t get paid—while evictions remain uncertain for some in the long run.