# Dangerous ozone summer, confidential voters exposed, private prison lawsuits, Waymo arrives

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Podcast: [Colorado Today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682)
Published: 2026-09-02T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

The numbers are in and Colorado’s air really did have a terrible summer, thanks in part to ground-level ozone. Then, the state accidentally made personal information about confidential voters searchable online, and one of those exposed is the Republican candidate for Attorney General. Plus, new lawsuits argue understaffing is endangering inmates at a private prison in Eastern Colorado. And this week driverless taxis officially started carrying fares through the streets of Denver. Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org . Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members . Read more on the stories in today’s show: Get a peek inside the new wing at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science CPR’s Tegan Wendland on the Front Range’s historical bad ozone summer CPR’s Allison Sherry on the confidential voter data breach CPR’s Ava Kian on recent lawsuits involving the CoreCivic private prison in Bent County Denverite’s Paolo Zialcita on Waymo’s debut in Denver This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Sandy Battulga, Madilyn Rose, and Zain Haque-Piccione. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

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