Colorado Week in Review

awesome + uniting

• 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

awful + controversy

• 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

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• Sen. Michael Bennet Secures $100 Billion In Child Tax Credits To Help Lift Families Out Of Poverty
• Colorado economists expect worst of COVID recession has passed
• Plug-in And Hike: Colorado Strikes Deal For Electric Car Chargers At Every State Park

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• Colorado Democrats introduce public option bill to create nonprofit-managed health insurance plan
• Denver may make scooter, bike shares a more permanent fixture on city streets
• Historic snowstorm helps improve drought conditions across Colorado

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• Colorado near top in getting COVID-19 vaccine to people over 65, but middle of pack with overall population
• Shootings In Atlanta Leave Some In Denver’s Asian Community ‘Really Disgusted’
• Counterfeit opioid pills made in Mexico pushed Colorado into a third, deadly wave of the opioid crisis

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• Griswold testifies in support of bill to prevent foreign influence in Colorado elections
• Debate heats up surrounding MeatOut Day after the Gov. Polis’s proclamation
• Permanent fencing around Colorado Capitol has bipartisan opposition from dozens of former lawmakers

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• Sandhill Crane migration through Colorado’s San Luis Valley
• Vice President Harris to visit Denver to tout COVID relief package
• Colorado relaxes some COVID-19 restrictions, restaurant capacity, last call expanded

awesome + controversy

• Daylight saving time is back this weekend, and so is the annual controversy about the practice
• Retro Green Mountain License Plates Could Return To Colorado Roadways
• Denver weather: Up to 6 more inches of snow possible as storm settles in over I-25 corridor

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• South African COVID-19 variant confirmed in Colorado for first time
• Airline Passenger Accused of Refusing Mask, Then Urinating
• Colorado reports most killings in 2020 in 25 years

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• With governor’s backing, Black lawmakers seek to ban handcuffing young kids in Colorado schools
• Congresswoman calls for ethics investigation into Boebert, other GOP reps because of insurrection
• Denver Resumes Vehicle Registration Enforcement On April 1

awesome + uniting

• $1.9T relief bill: What that means for Coloradans
• Colorado driver’s license will soon feature Mount Sneffels
• Gov. Polis invites elementary students to “Name that Plow” contest

awesome + controversy

• Safe gun storage bill passes out of House committee
• Major Challenges In Denver Metro Area For New Home Seekers As Median Home Price Increases By 21% In Past Year
• Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrives in Colorado with some opposition from Catholic bishops

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• One year of COVID-19 in Colorado: What we’ve learned, and what could still haunt us
• Bradley Bunn Pleads Guilty To Possessing Pipe Bombs In Loveland Home
• Man loses hunting privileges in Colorado, 47 other states after three-county poaching spree

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• Catholic group opposes Colorado bill that would give child sex abuse survivors the ability to sue their abuser at any time
• Help Wanted: Colorado GOP seeks a leader after years of election losses
• Woman sues Denver after eye injury from protest requires multiple surgeries

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• With US House Approval, Colorado Public Lands Bills Move On To The Senate — Again
• Xcel Energy ups ante on cutting greenhouse-gas emissions, pledges 85% reduction by 2030
• Mystery man pays everyone’s tab, leaves $5,000 tip at Broomfield tavern

awesome + controversy

• Colorado elections expert nominated by Joe Biden to serve on U.S. Postal Service governing board
• Meet the Man Trying to Prevent Pride Flag Bans in Colorado
• Interior nominee Deb Haaland commits to Colorado visit as she considers whether to keep Bureau of Land Management in Grand Junction

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• Colorado governor pressures PUC to protect utility customers from storm price surges
• Independent investigation into Elijah McClain’s death highlights widespread police accountability gaps
• Colorado man sentenced to almost 20 years in prison for plotting to bomb a historic synagogue

awful + controversy

• New poll finds 29% of Colorado Republicans plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine
• Senate panel rejects GOP voting bill
• Moms Square-Off Over High Potency Pot Bill