Month: March 2022

awesome + uniting

• First lady Jill Biden in Denver Saturday
• Zero-emission semi trucks to be sold in Colorado as part of state’s climate goals
• Colorado lawmakers unveil bipartisan bill to address fentanyl dealers, addiction

awesome + controversy

• Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Receives $20 Million Donation
• Abortion rights bill passes Colorado Legislature after two long days of Senate debate
• Colorado considering imposing nation-leading insurance requirements on Uber, Lyft

awful + uniting

• Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state, grew up in Denver before political career
• NCAR Fire: 19,000 told to evacuate in south Boulder as fire grows to 123 acres
• Federal jury awards $14 million to protesters injured in 2020 demonstrations in Denver

awful + controversy

• U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert touts funding wins she voted against
• ‘Do You Know Who I Am?’ Reports Show CO Senate Candidate Campana Tried to Pull Rank on Police
• APD Chief Wilson says she’s not resigning despite ploys to push her out

awesome + uniting

• Recent snowfall boosting snowpack, improving drought in Colorado
• ‘Broncos Country, let’s ride’: Broncos formally introduce Russell Wilson as new quarterback
• ‘We’re all back together’: Denver March Powwow — one of the country’s largest- returns after a pandemic hiatus

awesome + controversy

• Colorado, federal lawmakers believe people are tired of daylight saving time change
• Diapers, tampons and other menstrual products would be exempt from sales tax under bill advancing at state legislature
• No Colorado charter school has a union. That could change as New America School teachers rally to form one.

awful + uniting

• Oligarch Roman Abramovich’s $50 million Colorado mansion could become a sanctions target
• King Soopers Shooting Videographer on Being Charged Criminally
• Samuel Young Trial: Jury Selection Underway In Shooting During Elijah McClain Protest On I-225

awful + controversy

• Colorado lawmakers introduce bill providing protection for sex workers who report crimes
• ‘Horse’ Protests CO Bill Promoting the Veterinary Drug Ivermectin for COVID: ‘Hooves Off My Horse Paste’
• Michael Brown, Former FEMA Director, Drops Request That Court Halt Marshall Fire Cleanup Contract

awesome + uniting

• Federal spending deal includes $170 million for Colorado communities
• Colorado Rockies release new 2022 Spring Training Schedule
• Cash for grass: Colorado would pay you to abandon your lawn under water-saving proposal

awesome + controversy

• Can Colorado keep mobile homes affordable?
• Bill affirming abortion access in Colorado clears second hurdle after 24 hours of debate on House floor
• Coloradans will now automatically be charged $29 for a state parks pass when they register their cars

awful + uniting

• Attorney general pushes for investigation into Frontier, Spirit airlines
• Colorado collecting surplus body armor, ballistic helmets to ship to Ukraine
• Denver leaders host information session in Green Valley Ranch about HOA foreclosures

awful + controversy

• Peters, Knisley surrender to law enforcement after indictments
• Drill baby drill? Colorado oil producers have nearly 3,000 approved permits
• Victim’s “very threatening” actions fueled decision to drop murder charge in Denver protest shooting, DA says

awesome + uniting

• Cayman Airways begins service in Denver again
• CO House Passes Bill To Help Parents Who Conceive Using Fertility Assistance
• Denver office market among top recovering in country

awesome + controversy

• Workers at downtown Denver Starbucks file paperwork for vote to unionize
• Free school meals for all? Colorado lawmakers want to make that a reality
• Inside Wire: America’s first statewide prison radio launches in Colorado, seeks to build bridges instead of walls

awful + uniting

• Hickenlooper joins a bipartisan effort to ban Russian oil imports
• Colorado attorney general sues makers of firefighting foam that uses “forever chemicals” threatening drinking water
• Ex-Officer in Colorado Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Woman With Dementia

awful + controversy

• Republicans represented by John Eastman sue to close Colorado’s primary elections to unaffiliated voters
• Weiser joins state AGs investigation into TikTok’s effect on children
• ‘Side show at a carnival’: Colorado lawmakers react to Boebert’s State of the Union outburst