Month: January 2021

awesome + uniting

• State declares Colorado waters free of quagga and zebra mussels
• Colorado Could Become First State To Import Drugs From Canada
• $2 million gift allows Colorado Symphony to keep paying employees amid pandemic

awesome + controversy

• Colorado and the city of Denver take a closer look at approval voting for the future of elections
• Colorado sports betting is popular enough to quickly benefit state water projects after all
• In latest coronavirus data, Colorado researchers can glimpse the end of the pandemic

awful + uniting

• Nearly 4,600 Colorado Republicans changed their party affiliation after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol
• Congresswoman Lauren Boebert mocks Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg as ‘tough’ and ‘child’
• 14 Front Range cities coordinate to warn of water shortages in alarmingly dry year

awful + controversy

• Candidates to Lead CO Republican Party Embrace Election Conspiracy Theories
• Denver officials didn’t give notice before large-scale homeless sweeps in part to avoid protests, federal judge writes
• Robinhood blocks purchase of Game Stop stock, Colorado lawmaker calling for investigation

awesome + uniting

• Climate Took A Front Seat On Biden’s First Day. Colorado Experts Are Optimistic About What Comes Next
• “We can see ourselves in her”: Colorado women of different backgrounds reflect on Kamala Harris’ ascension
• Elite ice climbers descended on Colorado for competition

awesome + controversy

• No reservation system at Rocky Mountain National Park this summer, officials say
• Polis: 1 out of 5 Coloradans who is 70 and older will receive COVID vaccine this week
• Federal panel deals another blow to Jordan Cove pipeline project

awful + uniting

• Robert Gieswein Of Woodland Park And Patrick Montgomery Of Littleton Charged In US Capitol Breach
• ACLU files appeal to Colorado Supreme Court, wants Gov. Polis to decrease prison population
• DMV officials warn of ‘significant delays’ in titling or registration activities due to COVID-19

awful + controversy

• Boebert’s communications director, ‘downright angry’ over Capitol destruction, resigns
• CU Boulder strips John Eastman of public duties following professor’s speech at Trump rally that preceded Capitol riot
• Trump pardons Steve Bannon for border wall scam, but the Colorado man also charged is not on list

awesome + uniting

• In rural Colorado, a growing push to preserve dark skies as artificial light spills out of cities
• Colorado finalizes ‘roadmap’ for tackling greenhouse gas pollution
• Hopes high for return of skiing at abandoned Colorado resort

awesome + controversy

• A Month In, Safe Outdoor Space Residents Happy to Live in Peace
• Colorado begins wolf reintroduction plans OK’d by voters
• Colorado lawmakers are heading home after a short week. Here’s what you need to know.

awful + uniting

• Colorado’s House delegation splits along party lines as Donald Trump is impeached for a second time
• Polis Blasts Trump For Lying After The Administration Fails To Send A Promised 200,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses To Colorado
• Denver-based Dominion sues pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell for $1.3B in damages

awful + controversy

• Colorado National Guard will send 200 troops to Biden inauguration
• Colorado loses out to Alabama for Space Command HQ; Polis says ‘politically motivated’
• Parler goes dark after move by Amazon

awesome + uniting

• New year, new laws for Coloradans in 2021
• Denver’s cataloguing its Latino and Chicano history through places and buildings
• Report: Colorado top state for female entrepreneurs

awesome + controversy

• Gov. Polis looks to reduce Colorado government facilities by 1 million square feet
• Xcel Energy moves up closure dates for coal-fired power plant near Steamboat Springs
• Major Broncos shakeup: Elway moves upstairs, Russell retires, team seeks new GM

awful + uniting

• Colorado Rep. Jason Crow recounts being trapped in House chamber as pro-Trump mob attacks Capitol
• Colorado’s coronavirus vaccine rollout is confusing and frustrating — but also working, state leaders say
• El Paso County Jail Agrees To Do More To Slow COVID Spread

awful + controversy

• Elected officials and others demand Reps. Boebert, Lamborn resign over Wednesday’s Washington, D.C. riot
• “Homeless Mike” Mission Backfiring for Mayor Mike Coffman
• Denver man’s guns seized after threat to kill state attorney general, records show