Colorado Week in Review

awesome + uniting

• Jamal Murray scores 25 as Nuggets force Game 7 vs. Thunder
• Gov. Polis signs voting rights bill, shielding Colorado from federal backsliding
• Colorado Supreme Court clears a path for a major climate lawsuit against Suncor, Exxon Mobil

awesome + controversy

• Kelly Loving Act signed into Colorado law
• Gov. Jared Polis signs laws ordering universal health care study, emergency abortion protections
• The increasing price of groceries is leading people to grow their own produce

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• Following Denver7 Investigates report, FAA admits outage impacted pilots flying into DIA on Monday
• Colorado fire departments battle viral ‘Chromebook Challenge’
• Weld County oil well blowout exposed people miles away to high levels of benzene, researchers say

awful + controversy

• U.S. Rep. Evans decries “fear-mongering” despite looming Medicaid cuts
• Jeffco Republican Party books Kyle Rittenhouse to headline 2nd Amendment-themed fundraiser
• Colorado labor groups turn to 2026 ballot fight ahead of expected Worker Protection Act veto

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• Nuggets bounce back, outlast Thunder in OT to take Game 3
• Jeffco “clean iron” plant gets inaugural $8 million Colorado decarbonization tax credit
• Colorado, Union Pacific sign agreement leading to mountain regular passenger rail service

awesome + controversy

• Here are 5 key bills the Colorado Legislature passed this year
• ProgressNow Colorado’s Winners and Losers of the 2025 Colorado General Assembly
• ’47-52 inches of snow’: Pikes Peak totals for May snowstorm

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• Rockies endure worst shutout loss in franchise history
• Saudi man convicted of sex crimes released after 19 years in prison, now in ICE custody
• Colorado police shot someone every 6 days in 2024, data shows

awful + controversy

• Jared Polis plans to veto Labor Peace Act bill, a priority for Colorado unions
• Colorado joins 19 states in lawsuit against Health and Human Services cuts
• Mesa County at center of state vs. federal conflict after Trump demands Peters’ release

awesome + uniting

• Photos: World’s biggest passenger jet makes first scheduled Denver landing as Lufthansa begins service
• NBA playoffs: Nuggets cap grueling series with Game 7 blowout over Clippers, set up showdown with OKC, matchup of MVP finalists
• Colorado lawmakers pass bill that would codify voter protections into state law

awesome + controversy

• Colorado’s preschool program ranks high for enrollment, low for quality guardrails, report finds
• Colorado lawmakers pass bill to create legal fund to defend state against Trump administration
• On International Workers Day, the future of unions in Colorado remains fuzzy

awful + uniting

• 50,000 people in Colorado accessed homeless services in 2024, report says
• Active duty military caught in immigration raid at makeshift night club in Colorado Springs, no criminal charges filed
• How low can the Rockies go? After historically bad start, ‘spectacular failure’ is on the table

awful + controversy

• Colorado Has Sued the Trump Administration Fifteen Times in Three Months
• Hurd joins Dems in calling for rehiring of wildfire-qualified national forest staff
• Report claiming environmental policies steal billions from Colorado’s economy based on bad math, advocates say

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• Nuggets-Clippers: 5 takeaways after Aaron Gordon’s putback steals Game 4
• Colorado Gov Jared Polis signs law that mandates adoption of test animals before euthanasia
• Denver Public Schools hosting world’s longest student-run Shakespeare Festival

awesome + controversy

• Denver apartment vacancy hits 15-year high — and rents are dropping
• Pickleball is coming to downtown Denver — and two other locations
• Rattlesnakes emerge from viral ‘mega den’ of 2,000 rattlesnakes in Colorado

awful + uniting

• Colorado Catholics reflect on the life and legacy of Pope Francis
• ‘Trainwreck’ of NOAA funding cuts could derail Colorado research on wildfires, earthquakes and storms
• Colorado’s 5th measles case of 2025 confirmed in vaccinated adult from Denver

awful + controversy

• Gabe Evans a No Show at Town Hall
• Colorado senator vows to go to ballot after Republicans kill measure to help survivors of child sexual abuse
• Boebert seeks Musk’s help cutting federal money for a Colorado project planning to use state funds

awesome + uniting

• Colorado’s Fort Lewis College — a former Indian boarding school — names its first Native American president
• Seeing turkeys roaming around the Denver metro area? Here’s why
• Easter comes early at Four Mile Historic Park

awesome + controversy

• Days after Air Force erased first female Thunderbird pilot’s achievements from website, the article is back
• Recreational marijuana sales get off to quiet start in Colorado Springs
• Colorado’s bears are awake, and they’re hungry

awful + uniting

• CU Boulder study finds those with lower household incomes live in neighborhoods with bad-smelling facilities
• Colorado Springs man accused of ‘Declaration of War’ death threat to Musk, Tesla owners
• What could future Colorado River water cuts look like? States look to this year’s weak snowpack to find out.

awful + controversy

• Colorado Auto Show starts while status of tariffs on foreign cars, parts still unclear
• Trump Nominates CO Developer and Major GOP Donor to Oversee Nation’s Nuclear Bomb Waste Clean-up
• Colorado Republicans ask US Attorney General Pam Bondi to review state’s semiautomatic gun restriction bill

awesome + uniting

• Colorado Rockies debut new jerseys inspired by iconic mountain vistas
• Nikola Jokić becomes third player in NBA history to average triple-double for the season
• Report: Colorado saw a significant drop in auto thefts last year

awesome + controversy

• Amid geopolitical uncertainties, international leaders stress cooperation at Space Symposium
• Colorado’s unique tax-limiting amendment could face legal challenge from Legislature
• Colorado governor signs bill banning manufacture, drastically limiting sale of many semiautomatic guns

awful + uniting

• As ICE expands its Colorado efforts, many without criminal records are caught in a wide net
• Galeton oil and gas well contained after days of visible liquid plume, area evacuations
• Former Colorado town clerk accused of embezzling more than $47,000 in town funds

awful + controversy

• New Poll Finds Coloradans Aren’t Happy With Donald Trump, Elon Musk or DOGE
• Hurd Faces Hurdles in Giving Congress More Authority Over Tariff Policy
• Sgamma no longer BLM director nominee after Jan. 6 comments disclosed

awesome + uniting

• Rockies complete spectacular triple play against Athletics, first since 2015
• Downtown towers sell for $3M; 700-unit residential conversion planned
• Lennar will build 1,500 new Colorado homes with geothermal heat pumps

awesome + controversy

• Colorado lawmakers push for stronger transgender protections as the Trump administration pushes restrictions
• BRIEF: Activists Unveil New Trump Portrait for Colorado Capitol
• Thousands join ‘Hands Off’ protest against the Trump Administration at the Colorado State Capitol

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• At least 10 international students at Colorado universities have had student visas revoked
• Colorado measles case reported in Pueblo adult who traveled internationally/
• DOGE cuts could impact CSU lab that helps protect Colorado crops

awful + controversy

• What Colorado’s lawmakers think of Trump’s tariffs
• Trump energy secretary during Golden lab visit doubles down on minimizing climate change
• Federal judge orders Denver Water to stop Gross Dam construction; Army Corps must rewrite permits

awesome + uniting

• What to know about Boulder, Colorado, the Sundance Film Festival’s new home
• Jefferson County introducing Blue Envelope Program: Here’s how it works
• Bridges and Tunnels in Colorado Are Helping Animals Commute

awesome + controversy

• Coach Prime lands record-breaking contract extension with CU Buffs
• Bill that would ban rent-setting algorithms passes Colorado House
• Major gun-control proposals close in on passage in Colorado

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• Colorado study suggests that proximity to oil and natural gas wells increases risk of childhood leukemia
• Colorado man declared dead by Social Security still fighting to restart payments: “I’m at my wit’s end”
• Family sues southern Colorado sheriff after 69-year-old inmate died in county jail

awful + controversy

• Trump’s 2019 portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after he claims it was ‘distorted’
• Colorado Democrats in Congress call on Hegseth to resign over Signal breach
• Jared Taylor’s CMU event surrounded by resistance

awesome + uniting

• Colorado State basketball stuns Memphis in March Madness, advances to NCAA second round
• The March Madness games coming to Denver
• Over 30,000 turn out for Bernie Sanders, AOC rally in Denver amid push for progressive change

awesome + controversy

• Hundreds rally in support of Colorado bill that would ease union formation
• Thousands of Colorado educators and students rally to demand full public school funding
• Hundreds Turn Out To Demand Accountability From Absent Rep. Gabe Evans

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• Colorado’s updated data show the state’s job market is weaker than we thought
• Bird flu detected in 11 pet cats, Colorado Department of Agriculture announces Thursday
• Wolf from Canada released in Colorado two months ago shot and killed in Wyoming after it killed multiple sheep

awful + controversy

• Colorado lawmakers approve bill to classify nuclear power as ‘clean’ energy
• Tina Peters hopes for pardon negotiations, while governor’s office calls idea of Trump quid pro quo ‘repugnant’
• Colorado GOP moves annual fundraising dinner featuring Steve Bannon after Colorado Springs hotel cancels event

awesome + uniting

• Thousands in green line the streets for 58th annual Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade
• Colorado State slams Boise State to win first Mountain West title since 2003
• Colorado School of Mines dangles “golden ticket” of guaranteed admission for Jeffco STEM students

awesome + controversy

• Polis welcomes Canadian Consul General for first annual ‘Colorado Canada Friendship Day’
• Bill to remove Colorado requirement for second vote to unionize passes House committee
• Colorado bill restricting sale of certain semiautomatic guns clears first House committee after notable tweaks

awful + uniting

• American Airlines Boeing 737 catches fire at Denver airport
• Protests continue at dealerships across Colorado during national “Tesla Takedown” protests
• Boebert stands by ‘pimp cane’ comments about Texas Representative Al Green, even as she faces censure

awful + controversy

• Senate Democrats — including Colorado’s John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet — refuse to go along with GOP spending plan
• Colorado joins 20 states in suing Trump administration over U.S. Department of Education cuts
• Supreme Court takes up challenge to Colorado ban on “conversion therapy”