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Point. At least you dont have to worry about that. 8 00 a. M. Theres a chance we dip to 38. Noon were back up to 58 youll see a lot of improvement during the parade this morning. This afternoon we get a high of 63 with at least partly sunny skies, when i step inside, milder weather for tomorrow, and changes for the weekend, matt pellman details are coming up. Reporter winds are not the only things that are calm. So, too, are the roads. They are looking good if you youre heading out on this thank...

Colorado’s halfway houses will get an independent financial audit for the first time in 20 years, after a ProPublica investigation found a lack of oversight contributes to a system where more people end up incarcerated than rehabilitated.

The facilities often lack adequate employment training and effective drug treatment while residents are burdened with debt. A lack of transparency, limiting lawmakers’ ability to gauge their effectiveness, has been a barrier to reform.

Colorado’s halfway houses will get an independent financial audit for the first time in 20 years, after a ProPublica investigation found a lack of oversight contributes to a system where more people e...

Colorado halfway houses are required to have grievance policies for residents to file complaints. Many residents say they stay quiet out of fear of retaliation or being expelled, which can result in being incarcerated.

Halfway house operators in Colorado have long been cited for failing to comply with standards, lapses that can lead to dangerous consequences. Yet regulators rarely force facilities to improve.

A Colorado Springs homeless shelter for families that has been trying to close since August is continuing to work on getting remaining families placed into subsidized housing programs.

Colorado’s halfway houses were intended to reduce recidivism, but insiders describe a system plagued by a lack of training and support, costs that can burden residents with debt and overly harsh rules that have sent many back in prison.

On the heels of the July 30 closure of Family Promise, Colorado Springs’ only dedicated emergency shelter for homeless families, another shelter catering to homeless families, City Hope, will close

Julius Hammond-Desir and Samantha Schwartz are accused in the killing of 26-year-old Dorchester resident Dijoun Beasley at the South Shore Plaza in Braintree on...