Colorado Week in Review

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• Colorado unemployment rate lowest since pandemic began
• Mikaela Shiffrin leads 17-member U.S. ski team nominated for Olympics
• Thousands around Colorado march to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision

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• Strike ends: King Soopers, UFCW Local 7 reach tentative agreement
• Colorado to give out free KN95 masks at libraries, but program’s rollout leads to confusion
• Grand Champion Steer Takes Center Stage At Brown Palace

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• Lack Of Clean Water Forces Rapidly-Growing Town To Suddenly Stop Issuing Building Permits
• Why Colorado Suffered Most Traffic Deaths Since 2002 Last Year
• Alamosa 911 Dispatcher Arrested On Sexual Assault Charge

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• Who Is Jenna Ellis, the CO Lawyer Subpoenaed by House Insurrection Investigators?
• Boebert asked Jewish visitors to Capitol if they were doing ‘reconnaissance’: report
• Colorado attorney general targets landlord price gouging following Marshall fire

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• Gov. Polis and Democrats unveil 2022 legislative platform
• Rep. Ed Perlmutter reflects on his retirement from Colorado’s 7th Congressional District
• Colorado Parks And Wildlife Agents Help Remove Trash Can Lid From Deer’s Neck

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• Researchers say cannabis compounds might prevent COVID-19 infection
• Thousands of Colorado King Soopers workers go on strike for better pay, protections
• Some surviving Marshall Fire homes were built with fire-resistant material

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• Colorado had hottest six months in history, new data shows
• Colorado’s COVID hospitalizations top November peak, but fewer being treated primarily for the virus
• Founder of Impact Locally, a clothing bank for Denver homeless, charged with charitable fraud, theft

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• Navient cancels student loans for over 1K Colorado borrowers as part of nationwide settlement
• Prosecutors take Peters investigation to grand jury
• Jared Polis to “aggressively assert” water rights as Nebraska plans $500M canal in Colorado

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• All those crows will remember you, so be nice
• Alysa Liu eyes 3rd US figure skating title, 1st Olympic spot, after moving to train in Colorado
• Colorado snowpack up 68% from 4 weeks ago

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• Polis appoints former rival Walker Stapleton to economic development commission
• Why some Uber and Lyft drivers are trying to start a labor movement in a Denver airport parking lot
• Republican state Sen. Don Coram will run to unseat Lauren Boebert

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• “Hang on to one another”: President Biden promises Marshall fire victims federal help during Boulder County tour
• Vic Fangio fired as Broncos head coach after three losing seasons
• Denver police investigated gunman a year before deadly shooting spree

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• Colorado King Soopers workers formally announce intent to strike
• Polis says he commuted trucker’s sentence to end circus around case; Judge expresses frustration
• On Jan. 6 anniversary, Colorado Democratic members of Congress push for preservation of democracy

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• Coors Field in Denver Is Chosen as Replacement Host for 2021 All-Star Game
• Colorado venue was world’s most-attended venue in 2021
• How Nikola Jokic got better from his MVP season: “He’s just in control of everything”

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• Jockeying begins for Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District
• Colorado Election Results: All Three Statewide Measures Go Down in Flames
• 2021 Colorado legislative session comes to an end

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• Colorado surpasses 10,000 COVID deaths
• 58 minutes of terror: How the Boulder King Soopers shooting unfolded
• ‘A force of nature’: Marshall Fire grows to 1,600 acres, forces evacuation of Superior, Louisville, Broomfield

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• Trump Lawyer Blamed Pence for Violence as Rioters Stormed Capitol
• “No such thing as bad publicity”: Lauren Boebert maintains hold over CD3, despite Islamophobic comments
• 2021 in Tina Peters

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• Record-breaking Colorado Gives Day raises $54.4 million for local nonprofits
• Coloradan Nichole Ayers Chosen For NASA’s New Astronaut Candidate Class
• Load of toads: CPW, Denver Zoo team up to save Colorado’s boreal toads with hope to release 20K tadpoles next summer

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• Snow Drought Ends: It Was 7 Weeks Late, But Denver Finally Recorded A Measurable Snow
• Wellington marijuana initiative officially passes by a single vote
• US approves Indigenous name change to Mestaa’ėhehe Mountain for Colorado mountain

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• More than $73M in unemployment benefits paid to potential fraudsters, audit finds
• Furor Over Plea Deal for Ex-Cop Over Assault on Elderly Man
• RTD, TSA, Denver Police And Colorado Guardian Angels Stepping Up Patrols At Troubled Union Station

awful + controversy

• Mayor Hancock vetoes flavored tobacco ban slated to start in 2023
• Denver to consider outlawing homemade, untraceable “ghost guns” as they become more common nationwide
• Multiple CO Republicans Conceal Their View on Election Conspiracy Question by Saying They Can’t “Speak” for “Other States”

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• Colorado Space Company Will Help Build The Next Space Station
• Denver Police Prepare To Protect The More Than 100,000 People Expected Downtown For Parade Of Lights
• Are the Broncos ready for prime time?

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• Colorado Democrats announce plan to protect abortion rights in light of Supreme Court case
• Denver man “damn lucky” to survive COVID-19 after 158 days in hospital
• ‘The Great Resignation’: Colorado Workers Quitting Their Jobs More Often Than Workers In Most Other States

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• Omicron variant detected in Colorado woman who recently traveled to Africa
• “Callous lack of humanity”: Denver police officer fired for not giving first aid to bleeding gunshot victim who died
• Colorado ranks among worst states for internet crimes. Here are ways to avoid them.

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• MyPillow CEO Hires Colorado Conspiracists to Jet Around Country Pushing Big Lie
• Democratic caucus chairs, progressives call for Boebert to be stripped of committee assignments
• ‘Stretch that rope’: Colorado conservative leader suggests Gov. Polis should be hanged

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• Friends Of ‘Daddy Bruce’ Keep Thanksgiving Traditional Alive
• Themed Colorado license plates up for auction, proceeds to benefit Coloradans with disabilities
• Front Range retailers hope 2021 holiday shopping season is a little brighter

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• Polis, other pot-state governors, pushed to prod feds about allowing interstate commerce — industry has mixed reaction
• I-25’s south “gap” no more: New lanes to open next month as painful 3-year project nears end
• Aurora, Denver politicians announce gun buyback effort in response to recent violence

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• Denver and its surrounding counties just issued a new mask order. These five charts show why.
• Family Of Annika Williams, Woman Killed, Wants Stricter Penalties For Street Racers
• Aurora Police Union Head: Diversity Should Include Crackheads, Illegal Aliens, Molesters

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• Colorado Weather: Another Unusually Warm Week Without Snow Is In Store
• Rep. Ilhan Omar calls for ‘appropriate action’ to be taken against Rep. Lauren Boebert after she shared anti-Muslim story
• Colorado joins multistate investigation into Facebook’s alleged ‘willful practices’ that harm children

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• Fairview High School Grad Jessica Watkins Will Become First Black Woman On International Space Station Crew
• KC Becker, former Colorado House speaker, appointed to lead regional EPA office
• North America’s rarest mammal: CPW releases more black-footed ferrets into Colorado

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• Colorado governor, state union agree to raises for more than 30,000 employees under first-of-its-kind labor agreement
• Regional Transportation District offering $4,000 hiring bonus for several open positions
• Union: DIA Janitor Strike Ends With ‘Historic’ Agreement

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• Colorado’s COVID hospitalizations jump again as virus’ statewide death toll surpasses 9,000
• Aurora to pay family of Elijah McClain record $15 million to settle lawsuit — city insurance costs rocket
• ‘A public health crisis’: Aurora calls emergency meeting after 6 teens shot

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• FBI search Mesa County clerk Tina Peters’ home in election security breach investigation
• Colorado remains one of the 20 worst states in the nation when it comes to recycling
• A quarter of all towing complaints in Colorado are against one company: “These guys feel particularly predatory”

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• Colorado students combat climate warming, join UN COP26 summit in Scotland
• Colorado’s Fallen Heroes Memorial, 14 years in the making, formally dedicated ahead of Veterans Day
• How much money will Colorado receive from the infrastructure bill?

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• Colorado voters reject all three statewide ballot measures
• Children are now eligible for the Pfizer COVID Vaccine. Here’s what you need to know
• Rep. Neguse announces gun violence prevention legislation in wake of Boulder mass shooting

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• From the Denver Broncos to the L.A. Rams: How the Von Miller trade went down
• Fewer than 100 ICU beds available in Colorado as COVID-19 hospitalizations increase
• Former Boulder County sheriff’s deputies get prison for detox van death

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• Mother Says Southwest Airlines Flight Crew Racially Profiled Her And Her Daughter On Flight To Denver
• The NRA illegally funded the campaigns of Donald Trump, Cory Gardner and other GOP candidates, lawsuit claims
• Denver’s Top Parking Enforcer ‘Fixed’ 21 Of His Own Tickets

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• It’s Bat Week in Colorado
• Metro Denver a leader for growth in science and technology jobs
• Captain Kirk returns: William Shatner on Denver Fan Expo, Star Trek’s legacy and decades of Dobermans

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• With a little over a week to vote, fewer than 10 percent of Colorado voters have cast ballots for November’s election
• A look at how Biden’s new spending plan could affect Colorado
• Cannabis and tourism brings U.S. Virgin Islands Governor to Denver

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• Colorado governor prepares to request federal medical surge teams, stop elective procedures as COVID hospitalizations spike
• ‘We Simply Cannot Accept This As The New Normal’: Flight Attendant Union President Calls For Change After Assault On Diverted American Airlines Flight
• Staffing shortages at 911 communication centers in Denver metro lead to longer wait times for callers

awful + controversy

• Pueblo County wants to replace Comanche coal plant with nuclear power. Local activists are worried.
• Why Colorado school board races are bonkers this year
• EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff