Andrew Kenney has worked as a Public Affairs reporter for Colorado Public Radio since 2019.
Professional Background:
Andrew previously worked at The Denver Post, Denverite and The (Raleigh) News & Observer, covering towns, cities, states and people. His work today focuses on Colorado’s state legislature and includes topics like housing, unemployment and political demography.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Researchers at the Butterfly Pavilion have been able to raise fireflies for the first time in Colorado. The fireflies are a bioindicator about the health of ecosystems.
Friday Health Plans and Bright HealthCare had hundreds of millions of dollars of investor funding, but their collapse left customers stranded and confused. Could regulators have stopped it?
Colorado’s Open Meeting law has guaranteed public access even to the most heated internal debates over the years, but many other times, those same transparency laws have been ignored.
CPR News could confirm only one instance where a health or education professional has tried to use the expanded law since it was implemented late in April.
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The demise of Friday Health is already affecting customers. A number of doctors are refusing to accept the plan, apparently concerned that they won’t be paid by the insurer.