Colorado Week in Review

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• All the Fourth of July Fireworks Shows and Festivities in Denver and Beyond
• Thousands take over Colorado Convention Center for Fan Expo
• Thousands of barbershop singers will be in Denver through Sunday

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• Colorado’s new concealed carry requirements begin July 1
• Safeway strike ends as Albertsons and local union reach agreement
• Nuggets trading Michael Porter Jr., first-round pick to Nets for Cam Johnson: Takeaways – The Athletic

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• Tributes pour in for Colorado woman Karen Diamond, who died a month after Boulder terror attack
• ‘Sowing chaos’: Colorado schools worry about the withholding of federal education funds
• Denver Animal Shelter expands weekend adoption hours

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• Congressional Republicans defy expectations and send megabill to Trump
• State Patrol no longer part of ‘GJ Highway Hitters’ group chat
• EPA workers in Denver among 139 put on leave for signing ‘Declaration of Dissent’ letter

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• American Red Cross partners with Metallica for most successful blood drive ever in Colorado
• Sen. Hickenlooper helps organize Pride concert at Trump-led Kennedy Center
• “Act of resistance”: Denver Pride marches on amid rising anti-LGBTQ threats, corporate withdrawal

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• Sustainable shopping grows across the Denver metro area with zero waste stores
• Senate rulekeeper blocks public lands sales — including in Colorado — from Republican budget bill
• Dougco home rule poised for huge defeat, GOP leader blames Chinese Communists

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• War in Middle East causing Colorado gas prices to jump
• Emerald Ash Borer spotted in Denver, millions of trees at risk
• Prison time for postal worker who stole ballots

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• Portrait of Donald Trump donated by White House will hang temporarily in Colorado Capitol where painting he despised used to be
• Aurora sued over suspension of in-person meetings and public comments, Mayor Coffman calls supporters of Kilyn Lewis family disruptive
• Christian Summer Camp Ends Lawsuit Over Colorado Gender Policy…After Learning It Never Applied

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• Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse leads effort to end corruption in the federal government
• How Five Points became one of the biggest celebrators of Juneteenth in the nation
• Attendees beat the heat at 51st annual Denver Cherry Blossom Festival

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• Polis announces mass pardons for psilocybin possession at Denver psychedelics conference
• Safeway workers begin striking at 8 Colorado stores
• Colorado Rockies dig in against MLB’s worst season ever: ‘Go straight through it’

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• Unbelievable photos of massive hail stones across CO from overnight storm
• Jury finds MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell defamed former executive at Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems
• Colorado state campaign finance website taken down in wake of Minnesota shootings

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• Colorado lawmakers warned of billion-dollar budget crunch from GOP reconciliation bill
• Transgender rights advocates rally in Boulder against SCOTUS decision, end of suicide hotline support
• Congress could sell off millions of acres of public land in Colorado: Here’s what’s on the chopping block

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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