Month: December 2020

awesome + uniting

• Colorado natives part of NASA’s Artemis Team set for 2024 moon trip
• A former Colorado woman stars in a new BBC show about baby chimp rescue, and it is deeply, painfully cute
• ‘Queer Santa’ Is On A Mission (This Year With a Face Shield) To Make The Holidays Special For Any Kid Rejected By Their Parents

awesome + controversy

• It will take $130M to get more EVs on Colorado roads. Xcel wants its customers to cover the cost.
• Marijuana Sales In Colorado In 2020 Are Higher Than Ever
• Front Range Rail Project Gets A Rough $2B Price Tag As RTD Looks To Jump On Board

awful + uniting

• Colorado’s coronavirus surge appears to have leveled off into ‘high plateau,’ officials say
• Colorado unemployment surge continues as holidays approach, new claims up 15.9%
• Excessive-force lawsuit against Aurora PD results in $285,000 settlement

awful + controversy

• Report highlights Denver PD’s poor communication and recordkeeping, use of force during protests
• Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner shutters email contact page, state offices as term winds down
• Colorado Attorney General Joins In Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook

awesome + uniting

• U.S. Senate Passes Bill To Install Loveland Suffrage Sculpture In Washington, D.C.
• Ken Buck defends Colorado’s election system against “conspiracy theory,” angering fellow Trump supporters
• City of Black Hawk approves unlimited maximum bets under Amendment 77

awesome + controversy

• Smartphone and registration?: Colorado state troopers will now ask for your digital driver’s license
• Denver’s second sanctioned homeless encampment receives permit
• The Coronavirus Vaccine Is Coming. That Means Planning For The Largest Vaccination Effort In Modern Times

awful + uniting

• Many Colorado Republicans go maskless during special session on COVID-19 relief
• Victim of abuse by Denver’s Father Woody speaks out: “They’re no longer going to have this shining light”
• Manitou Springs police officer arrested for violation of ‘revenge porn’ statute

awful + controversy

• Southwest Airlines plans to furlough 556 in Denver
• Colorado 6th in the country for highest rate of police-involved deaths
• Security company that assigned guard in deadly Denver shooting agrees to surrender guard employer license