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June 23, 2025: Layoffs to fix budget crisis, hot nights and climate change, Dolly Parton book program struggles

June 23, 2025: Layoffs to fix budget crisis, hot nights and climate change, Dolly Parton book program struggles

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Denver says layoffs could help fix a looming budget crisis — but workers say the city isn’t being transparent, and now the union is stepping in. Then, climate change is making it harder to cool down at night — especially in Colorado’s cities. Plus, a beloved book program from Dolly Parton hits a funding snag, putting some local chapters at risk.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf and Stephanie Wolf. The executive producer is Rachel Estabrook. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org.

Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members.

Read more on the stories in today’s show:

  • Denverite’s Kyle Harris reports on the controversy over expected layoffs in Denver’s government.
  • Denverite’s Juanita Hurtado Huérfano and CPR’s Stina Sieg report on financial challenges for some Colorado chapters of Imagination Library.

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