# JeffCo schools challenging feds over Title IX, Gunnison Sheriff drops ICE cooperation, pollinators on the golf course

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Podcast: [Colorado Today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682)
Published: 2026-08-12T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

One of Colorado’s biggest school districts is trying to balance a potentially costly legal fight, with faltering finances. We get an update on why JeffCo Schools has gone to court to defend its policies for trans students. Then, a Western Slope sheriff is bowing to community pressure and cutting all ties with ICE. But he worries about what may come next. Plus, we take you on a tour to a golf course in Aurora that’s rethinking its place in the environment. Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org . Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members . Read more on the stories in today’s show: Chalkbeat’s latest coverage of JeffCo Public Schools’ lawsuit against the Federal Government CPR’s Tom Hesse on the Gunnison County Sheriff ending cooperation with ICE CPR’s Anthony Cotton and Ryan Warner on the new collaboration between Denver Botanic Gardens and the Colorado Golf Association This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Madilyn Rose, Rae Solomon, Megan Verlee and Peter Creamer. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

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