Colorado Week in Review

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• Colorado’s 2021 legislative session is over. Here are the big takeaways.
• Senate Confirms First Biden Judges, Beginning Push to Rebalance Courts
• At least 70% of residents in 12 Colorado counties — including Denver, Boulder and Jefferson — are vaccinated

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• Trump Rolled Back A Methane Emissions Rule. Now Rep. DeGette Is Helping Reinstate It
• Federal judge rules MLB All-Star Game can stay in Denver
• It’s Official: Colorado Has Its First Wild Wolf Pups Since The 1940s

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• Northwest Colorado under “extremely critical” fire warning for first time in 15 years as Western Slope drought worsens
• The No. 1 US county for producing tornadoes just spawned another landspout
• 21 indicted in Colorado in connection with international black market marijuana and money laundering scheme

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• Colorado lawmakers kill bill that would have had cops ticket more, arrest less
• Denver revokes Pinkerton’s private security employer license in wake of deadly shooting
• Vegas Golden Knights win fourth straight to cap series comeback, oust Colorado Avalanche in 6

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• United Airlines will buy 15 ultrafast airplanes from start-up Boom Supersonic
• 1st winner of Colorado vaccine lottery announced
• Near full capacity approved for next rounds of Nuggets, Avalanche playoff games at Ball Arena

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• Transportation funding bill heads to the governor’s desk, so when are the fees coming?
• Colorado abortion fund helped 20 times more women last year as other states pass stricter laws
• Eastern Colorado almost entirely drought-free, while exceptional drought persists on Western Slope

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• Colorado Officer Fired, Charged With Pointing Rifle At Someone From His Vehicle While Off-Duty
• JBS ransomware attack is cautionary tale, which many experts have been warning about for years
• 10th Coloradan arrested in connection with U.S. Capitol riot

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• DIRECTV to issue refund to hundreds of thousands of Coloradans
• Conservative group sues to stop Denver from hosting MLB All-Star Game
• Woman Who Crashed Into Headstones At Fort Logan National Cemetery On Memorial Day Faces DUI Charges

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• Four more Colorado towns certified as “dark sky” havens
• Lockheed Martin Is Developing Moon Cars With General Motors In Hopes NASA Will Want Them
• Want to win $1M? You could if you’re vaccinated in Colorado.

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• Lawmakers Want To Pass A ‘Colorado Option’ That Gives The State More Power To Regulate The Cost Of Health Care. Here’s Why That Matters
• Colorado Becomes 1st State To Ban Legacy College Admissions
• Denver Nuggets’ blow opportunity to take a commanding lead in the playoffs after embarrassing loss in Game 4

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• Effort to limit ketamine use by Colorado paramedics, police advances toward governor’s desk
• City of Denver pays $100,000 settlement to firefighter who found hidden camera recording her changing
• Colorado school shooter was manipulated by friend, attorney says

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• An Accidental ‘Yes’ Vote On A Gun Bill Has Some Calling For The Top Colorado House Republican To Step Down
• Town Of Frisco Considers Declaring Housing Shortage An Emergency
• Colorado will pay hospitals to close expensive free-standing ERs

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• Spacecraft builder York Space expands Denver facilities, aims to build satellites in 30 days
• Goalie Philipp Grubauer big reason why Avalanche in position to sweep Blues
• Colorado officials looking into web portal for quick access to vaccination status

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• Governor to issue more pardons now that Coloradans can legally possess up to 2 ounces of marijuana
• New bill requires Denver customers to request single-use takeout items
• Numerous exotic cats seized in most recent raid at Tiger King facility sent to Colorado

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• Karen Garner arrest: Charges filed against 2 former Loveland officers
• DPD officer resigns after his gun was used in shooting of Isabella Thallas
• Colorado students reenact George Floyd murder in “disturbing and disgusting” social media post

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• Mark Kennedy Gets Big-Bucks Boot from University of Colorado
• Despite Pushback From City Council And Homeless Advocates, Mayor Mike Coffman Wants A Camping Ban In Aurora
• House backs commission on Jan. 6 despite over Republican, Colorado GOP objections

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• Jockeying begins for Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District
• Hanging Lake reopens for first time since Grizzly Creek Fire
• Elitch Gardens opens to the public on Saturday

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• Most College Students, Faculty And Staff In Colorado Will Need A COVID Vaccine Before Going Back To Campus In The Fall
• Majority of Colorado voters like Biden, but most Republicans think election was ‘stolen:’
• Rivian’s Amazon vans begin deliveries in Colorado

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• Anxiety — Not The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine — Caused Reactions In Colorado, CDC Says
• Colorado prisons mistreat blind prisoners, lawsuit alleges
• 39-year-old woman dies in suspected bear attack near Durango

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• Climate bill advanced by Senate committee as Polis issues veto threat
• Boulder Faculty Assembly Votes To Censure CU President Mark Kennedy
• Newsmax apologizes to Dominion worker for false allegations

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• Red Rocks hosts its first concert of 2021.
• Coloradans can now walk-in and get a COVID-19 vaccine without an appointment.
• Historic Mars helicopter mission, supported by Colorado companies, earns praise after successful flight.

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• CO Lawmakers, Climate Activists Advocate for Climate Bills With a Two-Ton Earth Ice Sculpture.
• GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES: Jury finds Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd.
• Colorado resumes use of single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after US lifts pause on shot.

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• Schools and nursing homes drive increase in Colorado coronavirus outbreaks.
• Colorado farmers are heading into one of the driest planting seasons in the last 20 years.
• A scientific study suggests that mass bird deaths in Colorado due to toxic gases from wildfires.

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• Reps. Boebert, Taylor Greene oppose National Marrow Donor Program reauthorization in 415-2 vote.
• Loveland police accused of using excessive force on 73-year-old woman with dementia.
• A Trinidad man was arrested for alleged participation in the January 6th US Capitol riot.

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• Rep. Jason Crow, experts react to pulling troops from Afghanistan by 9/11
• Ken Salazar rumored to be up for ambassador to Mexico
• Former Japanese internment camp in Colorado could become national historic site

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• Despite rising hospitalizations, Colorado says “timing is right” for state’s COVID-19 rules to ease
• Colorado looks to legalize human composting — yes, your dead body could become garden soil
• Jamal Murray-less Nuggets “still can make noise” in NBA Playoffs. But how much?

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• Nearly 4,000 patients of a Colorado Springs vaccination clinic told to get re-vaccinated
• Hackers try to extort University of Colorado in cyberattack
• Loveland police promise investigation after video shows elderly woman forced to the ground by officers

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• Boebert Pushing Racist “White Replacement” Voter Conspiracy
• Colorado lawmaker: Three-fifths compromise was not ‘impugning anybody’s humanity’
• Greenwood Village newspaper faces increasing criticism over racist April Fools’ Day article

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• Denver’s Coors Field will host MLB All-Star game
• Colorado’s 2022 budget boosts K-12 spending, reverses higher ed cuts
• Colorado lawmakers propose ambitious plan for behavioral health recovery

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• Supporters and opponents weigh in on the state’s public health option proposal
• Biden adopts measure pushed by Neguse to regulate device allegedly used in Boulder shooting
• ‘IsIt420’; Auction underway for pot-themed license plates

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• Colorado is expecting another explosive wildfire year, but the state may be more prepared this time
• Black and Hispanic people face “persistent set of disadvantages” in Denver courts, study of prosecutor data finds
• Deadly street racing-involved crash in Denver prompts police to send warning

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• Centura Health To Stop Using Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine At Drive-Up Mass Vaccination Events
• Colorado doctor charged in federal court with stealing nearly $300,000 from COVID-19 relief programs
• 9News, Parent Company Accused of Racist Behavior in Federal Filing

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• Federal Spending Plan Could Thrust Colorado Roadways & Transportation Infrastructure Forward
• Confidence In Business: Denver Companies Looking Ahead And Looking Up
• A cat stole the show at Friday’s Rockies game

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• Frontier Airlines Hopes IPO Rides Wave Of Travel Recovery
• Colorado lawmakers give 1st OK to ban on Native American mascots
• Colorado’s expansion of vaccine access stokes fears that appointments will be even harder to find

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• Colorado drivers involved in 42 crashes per day due to distracted driving
• Longtime Denver activist pleads guilty in judicial threats case
• ‘This is our Flint’: Colorado environmental activists call for investigation following whistleblower complaint

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• Gov. Polis extends mask mandate, level green counties can opt out
• Colorado Congressman Ed Perlmutter Wants Tighter Regulations On Firearm Used In Boulder Grocery Store Shooting
• Redistricting chairman defends Facebook posts: ‘I’m not a conspiracy theorist’

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• Gov. Polis launches Build Back Stronger statewide listening tour
• Colorado man builds squirrel houses to keep ‘sweet creatures’ safe
• A New Herbert Bayer Sculpture Has Arrived at Denver’s Alameda Station

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• New survey shows increased interest, uptake of COVID vaccine in Colorado
• COVID Dial 3.0: No Capacity Limits For Gyms And Outdoor Events Under Lowest Levels
• Colorado’s billionaires are nearly $10 billion richer since March 2020

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• Mass shooting at Boulder King Soopers adds to Colorado’s history of high-profile shootings
• Weld Sheriff Tells Anti-Govt Activists Not to Revolt, Then Calls CO Lawmaker a ‘Terrorist’
• Colorado’s toxic emitters revise their leakage numbers below tough thresholds in law

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• Dominion Voting sues Fox News for $1.6 billion over 2020 election claims
• Colorado baker sued again over alleged LGBTQ bias
• Kristi Burton Brown elected to lead Colorado’s Republican Party for next two years