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School phone bans take effect, late night drag racing dangers, trying to pick a Colorado ‘smell’
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- Colorado Today
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- Aug 31, 2026
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- 948
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Summary
This school year started with a lot fewer mobile distractions in some Colorado’s classrooms. As districts roll out their new restrictions, we hear what some students think of them. Then, after a teen was hit and injured at an unauthorized late-night car meet up, her parents are asking why law enforcement can’t do more to crack down on these events. Plus, Colorado has a state flower, a state tree and two state songs — why not a state aroma? Email us at [email protected] . Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members . Read more on the stories in today’s show: Reporter Zachary Shell covers the DPS cell phone ban for Denverite CPR’s Ava Kian on the dangers posed by street racing on the Front Range CPR’s Sandy Battulga investigates: what is Colorado’s ‘state smell’? This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Mateo Schimpf. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Rae Solomon, Madilyn Rose and Arlo Perez Esquivel. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.