By Quentin Young | editor
Efforts to resist the opening of a second ICE detention center in Colorado expanded this week when two advocacy organizations sued the Trump administration over allegations it violated environmental protection laws in the development of a facility in Hudson. As Sara Wilson reported this week, GreenLatinos and the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition filed the lawsuit in federal court. It follows another lawsuit from the nonprofit Together Colorado and Hudson residents that claims municipal officials have refused to enforce local zoning rules around the detention center. Below are some of our other top stories from the week.
Supporters of the Families Not Politics campaign, which opposes two anti-trans ballot measures, Propositions 134 and 135, stand at a rally outside of the Colorado Capitol on Sept. 15, 2026. (Photo by Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)
By Lindsey Toomer
She started playing basketball in Colorado in fourth grade. Basketball was her whole life, her mother said. She made all of her friends through the teams she played on throughout her childhood. She spent her high school career on the girl’s basketball team, an average player, who played just for her love of the sport. “She was not setting any records. She was not being recruited, scouted,” her mother said. “She just played because she loved to play.” But if a measure on Colorado’s ballot in November passes, students like the daughter will never have the chance to play.
Volunteers at the Denver Clerk and Recorder’s office remove ballots from a ballot box container during the Colorado primary election on June 30, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Fraieli/Colorado Newsline)
By Lindsey Toomer
Coloradans who vote with a mail ballot must sign the ballot envelope. If voters approve a proposed constitutional amendment in November, they would also need to include an ID number on the envelope. Amendment 84 would require voters to write the last four digits of their Social Security number, their Colorado driver’s license number or their REAL ID number on their mail ballot envelope to ensure it is counted. Opponents say the proposal adds privacy concerns for voters without further securing Colorado’s election process.
The website of Connect for Health Colorado, the state’s health insurance marketplace, is pictured on Aug. 27, 2025. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
By Sara Wilson
Coloradans who buy their health insurance on the individual market, rather than getting coverage through their employer, will see around a 10% increase in their premiums next year, the state’s Department of Insurance announced Tuesday. The state’s average is less than the 15% national median, but it differs based on region. People in the Grand Junction area will experience a 15.5% increase, while those in the Eastern Plains are on the lower end with a 5.9% increase.
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