Opinion

State Sen. Kevin Priola is flipping his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, the lawmaker announced on Monday.

Mark Squillace and Quinn Harper Writers on the Range The seven Colorado River states — Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming — face a daunting task after the federal government has asked them to come up with a plan to reduce their combined water usage from the Colorado River by up to 4 million acre-feet in 2023. That is a massive reduction for a river system that currently produces about 12.4 million acrefeet.

Catherine J. Moser Features Editor The Chronicle-News Now, I don’t know about you, but it seems to me that as never before new and exciting recipes for just about every food item are popping up all around us.

Tangy Spinach & Apple Salad SALAD: 6 cup(s) spinach, baby 1 medium apple(s), Granny Smith, cored and sliced 1/4 cup(s) onion(s), red, thin wedges 2 tablespoon cherries, dried tart, red, snipped 1/2 cup(s) cheese, feta, crumbled, reduced-fat DRESSING: 1/4 cup(s) oil, olive 1/4 cup(s) vinegar, white balsamic, or regular Balsamic vinegar 2 teaspoon thyme, fresh, snipped, or 1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme, crushed 1 teaspoon mustard, Dijonstyle 1 teaspoon salt In a large bowl toss together spinach, apple, red onion, and dried cherries. Drizzle with Thyme-Dijon Vinaigrette.

DEAR ABBY: I have known my husband my whole life. We have been married 20 years and have three teenage children. Last year, I caught him cheating. Turned out he had been with someone for seven years. Our children and I were devastated, and he swore up and down he’d never do it again.

Colorado Department of Human Services DENVER—Gov.JaredPolisproclaimed August to be Child Support Awareness Month, following another year of exceptional innovation in the Colorado Division of Child Support Services of the Colorado Department of Human Services. The proclamation recognizes the national observance of Child Support Awareness Month, established in 1995 by President Bill Clinton, to help ensure that all children have the financial support they need to thrive.

DENVER — The Colorado Attorney General’s Office has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the state’s longstanding civil rights law that requires public businesses to serve all customers and prohibit denials of service because of a customer’s religion, sexual orientation, race, sex, disability or other characteristics protected under the law.