awesome + uniting
- Colorado’s Chicano communities celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
- Juneteenth officially becomes Colorado’s newest state holiday.
- MSU Denver makes tuition free for Indigenous students.
awesome + controversy
- A former Loveland cop gets sentenced to five-years in prison after violently arresting an elderly dementia patient.
- The Avalanche take 3-0 lead over Nashville in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
- The Colorado legislature passes a bill protecting homeowners from predatory HOAs.
awful + uniting
- A surge of new homeless pets fill local animal shelters.
- Abortion advocates unite in righteous anger and action after draft Roe reversal leaks.
- Colorado’s Chicano murals are included on a list of the nation’s most endangered historic places.
awful + controversy
- A leaked draft opinion suggests that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe, months after Colorado Democrats affirmed abortion access in the state.
- Colorado COVID cases and outbreaks increase.
- The Colorado Senate votes to felonize fentanyl possession over one gram, whether someone knows they possess the drug or not.