Month: February 2021

awesome + uniting

• With US House Approval, Colorado Public Lands Bills Move On To The Senate — Again
• Xcel Energy ups ante on cutting greenhouse-gas emissions, pledges 85% reduction by 2030
• Mystery man pays everyone’s tab, leaves $5,000 tip at Broomfield tavern

awesome + controversy

• Colorado elections expert nominated by Joe Biden to serve on U.S. Postal Service governing board
• Meet the Man Trying to Prevent Pride Flag Bans in Colorado
• Interior nominee Deb Haaland commits to Colorado visit as she considers whether to keep Bureau of Land Management in Grand Junction

awful + uniting

• Colorado governor pressures PUC to protect utility customers from storm price surges
• Independent investigation into Elijah McClain’s death highlights widespread police accountability gaps
• Colorado man sentenced to almost 20 years in prison for plotting to bomb a historic synagogue

awful + controversy

• New poll finds 29% of Colorado Republicans plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine
• Senate panel rejects GOP voting bill
• Moms Square-Off Over High Potency Pot Bill

awesome + uniting

• Colorado lawmakers get right to work on the grand reopening of the 2021 legislative session
• ‘Super Exciting’: Colorado Scientists That Helped Perseverance Rover Mission Celebrate Mars Landing
• More than 1 million COVID-19 vaccines administered in Colorado, state health officials say

awesome + controversy

• Regulators OK landmark deal to cut oil, gas emissions
• Cloned Black-Footed Ferret ‘Elizabeth Ann’ Could Help Determine Fate Of Endangered Animal
• Man fights off mountain lion that was attacking his dog

awful + uniting

• Debris from United Airlines 777 rains down on Broomfield as plane makes emergency landing at Denver airport
• Pollution exposure associated with increased COVID-19 infections and deaths in Colorado, study finds
• CO Republican Lawmakers Are Trying to Make Abortion a Felony Again

awful + controversy

• Boebert objects to ban on guns in U.S. House committee room
• Colorado Education Association survey: nearly 40% of members considering leaving teaching
• More than 1 million Colorado unemployment claims flagged as potential fraud

awesome + uniting

• An Emirati Space Probe Made In Boulder Has Reached Mars
• Sending out love from Colorado’s ‘Sweetheart City’ for 75 years
• More unrelated people allowed to live under the same roof with Denver City Council zoning change

awesome + controversy

• Texas man wins $6.2 million in Super Bowl bet placed in Colorado
• DIA’s 9,000 pound Mustang ‘Blucifer’ turns 13
• There’s A New Push For A Ban On Plastic Bags And Foam Containers Brewing At The State Capitol

awful + uniting

• Extremely cold weather in Denver area will endanger the homeless this weekend
• History Of Mistreatment Is Fueling Vaccine Hesitation For People Of Color In Colorado
• Aurora police chief fires cop for punching, Tasing man lying prone in grocery store aisle

awful + controversy

• Despite acquittal in impeachment trial, DeGette says: “We made our case to the American people”
• Conservative grassroots organizer challenges Colorado Republicans
• Colorado Supreme Court releases memo citing examples of sex-discrimination, judicial misconduct that led to alleged contract for silence

awesome + uniting

• Colorado Democrats reintroduce CORE Act into a friendlier Congress
• Colorado changes COVID-19 dial, allowing Denver and other large counties 50% capacity
• Denver assisted living center provides ‘hug tent’ for residents to safely embrace loved ones during pandemic

awesome + controversy

• ‘Large boulder the size of large boulder’ crashes onto highway in Colorado
• In the first six months of health care professionals replacing police officers, no one they encountered was arrested
• 50 Siberian huskies surrendered to shelters in Colorado

awful + uniting

• After hundreds of meatpacking workers died from COVID-19, Congress wants answers
• Slain FBI agent remembered far and wide
• Three Skiers Found Dead After Avalanche in Colorado, Officials Say

awful + controversy

• Rep. Boebert paid off nearly $20K in state tax liens in 2020
• Gov. Jared Polis Tells Wyoming Governor ‘Hands Off Weld County’
• Reeling Rockies face long list of questions in post-Nolan Arenado era