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Colorado is using a major share of its 2023 settlement with Juul Labs to fund youth mental health and wellness support services. The state is offering $20 million in grants for school and community partnerships that help decrease youth vaping and build social connections. Chalkbeat Colorado Reporter Melanie Asmar joined »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·'s Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on the story.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty announced that Four Star Realty will pay the state $1 million dollars during a joint press conference last week.

In the past decade, Northern Colorado’s largest cities settled 205 allegations against police. The cost of those settlements was $50 million, roughly enough to fund a police department the size of Boulder’s for a year. That’s according to a »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ· investigation that found a recurring pattern where victims and their families dropped their allegations in exchange for a cash payout.

The massive Suncor oil refinery near low-income neighborhoods in Denver will pay roughly $9 million due to air pollution violations as part of a…