Colorado Week in Review

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• Rare tropical bird delights Colorado birdwatchers after 22-year absence
• Mya Lesnar wins NCAA track and field national title in shot put
• Hundreds attend Boulder Jewish Festival 1 week after Colorado attack

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• Hands-free law sees 19% decrease in crashes in first five months
• Wolf pups sighted by Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff, agency confirms
• Thousands gather across Colorado for ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump administration

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• Trump’s latest budget proposal could gut climate and weather research in Colorado
• Colorado doctor fired by RFK Jr. from federal vaccine committee: “This decision is really going to undermine public trust”
• Community gathers for Jax Gratton, demands LGBTQ+ protections

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• Colorado joins California, other states suing to preserve electric vehicle mandates after Trump cancels them
• Department of Justice demands Colorado turn over ‘all records’ related to 2024 federal elections
• Focus on the Family dismisses Southern Poverty Law Center’s ‘hate group’ designation as ‘careless’

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• Denver’s wet May eclipses Pacific Northwest rainfall numbers
• Colorado governor signs bill increasing family leave for parents of NICU babies
• Denver Chalk Art Festival returns to Denver

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• The return of the miller moths in Colorado: Why their migration is important for pollination
• Colorado law requiring people buying guns to be 21 or older can stand, federal judge rules
• Shocking video claims to capture Bigfoot lurking in Colorado woods

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• Boulder firebombing suspect charged with 118 counts, including 28 counts of attempted murder, in state court
• Does the DMV text you? What to know about scam texts in Colorado
• Lawsuit says mayor called people who opposed Buc-ee’s project ‘terrorists’

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• Safeway and Albertsons workers in Colorado vote to go on strike
• 13 House Republicans urge Senate to scale back clean energy cuts in bill they voted for
• The latest updates in MyPillow CEO’s Denver defamation trial

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• Parker police use drone to find child who didn’t return from playground
• Colorado hookless cactus thrives, exits endangered species list
• Bobcat hangs out in Colorado home, not impressed with capture efforts

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• Denver’s revamped 16th Street draws thousands for sold-out EDM concert
• RTD lifts slow zones for metro Denver light rail
• Redfin declares metro Denver a homebuyers’ market

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• Unvaccinated Colorado child tests positive for measles after travel, visited Aurora stores while contagious
• Colorado wildlife officials “lethally remove” gray wolf after several calves injured, killed
• A vote of no-confidence for Jefferson County Public Schools superintendent

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• As GOP members of Congress tout ‘Big Beautiful’ budget bill in Denver event, opponents provide noisy backdrop
• DHS removes two CO counties, one city from ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ list less than 24 hours after release
• Uinta Basin Railway supported with U.S. Supreme Court ruling that may push more crude through Colorado

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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