According to the annual “Out of Reach” report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), “full-time workers need to earn $36.44 per hour to afford a modest, two-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent in Colorado.” As of 2026, the minimum wage in Colorado is $15.36 an hour for workers who don’t receive tips, and $12.14 an hour for workers who do.
EDWARDS, Colo. — Colorado’s mountain resort towns would grind to a halt without immigrant labor, and Elizabeth Velasco – a state lawmaker who moved from Mexico to the mobile homes of Eagle County at age 12 – is fighting to make sure the constitutional rights of those workers and families are upheld by state law as the Trump administration pushes for mass deportations.
You remember the ads from the 80s, right? “This is your brain [man holds up an egg]. This is ozone [he points to a hot skillet, cracks the egg into it, holds up the sizzling skillet]. This is your brain on ozone. Any questions?”
Today at Corky Gonzales branch of the Denver Public Library, Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) signed the “Consumer Right to Repair Digital Electronic Equipment,” which gives consumers a right to repair their own equipment including “cell phones, gaming systems, computers, and televisions.”
