Experts are worried Colorado is on track to see even more measles cases than last year’s exceptionally high numbers, at a time when the resources to care for infected children, in particular, are scarce. Then, school districts are on deadline to come up with cell phone policies for their students. And, trees along Denver’s water-ways have been disappearing. We uncover who’s to blame, and what’s being done about it.

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Read more on the stories in today’s show:

CPR’s Haylee May and Denverite’s Kevin Beaty on Front Range Rail’s new name.
CPR’s Ryan Warner on the Broomfield measles outbreak and the vaccination rate.
CPR’s Elaine Tassy on the effort to limit cell phone use in Colorado schools.
Denverite’s Paolo Zialcita on Denver’s elusive beaver population.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Madilyn Rose, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.