Month: March 2023

awesome + uniting

• TK’s Surf & Turf Kitchen helps kick off first-ever Denver Black Restaurant Week
• Bipartisan Colorado bill would require insurance to cover prosthetics for sports, recreation
• Advocates hail climate benefits of Colorado Democrats’ sweeping housing plan

awesome + controversy

• After deepest NCAA tournament run in 20 years, CU women’s basketball could be approaching new era of success
• Colorado House democrats vote to limit debate on gun bills, cutting off Republican filibuster
• A Colorado bill would allow for more speed cameras. The sponsor says it’s about safety, not revenue

awful + uniting

• Federal judge finds woman’s 14-month detention in Aurora immigration facility violates Constitution
• Colorado dentist charged with first-degree murder in wife’s poisoning death
• Colorado legislators hear from East High students pressing for action after shooting

awful + controversy

• Lauren Boebert Floats Adding Human Babies to Endangered Species List
• Centennial Pumps Brakes on New Pickleball Courts Over Sound Fears
• Father of 12-year-old killed by owner of stolen car calls for Colorado law prohibiting vigilantism

awesome + uniting

• It’s March Madness in Denver as four First Round NCAA Tournament games take place at Ball Arena
• Broncos sign backup cornerback, special teams ace Tremon Smith
• US tribes get bison as they seek to restore bond with animal

awesome + controversy

• Gov. Polis orders Colorado regulators to crack down on air pollution from oil and gas industry
• Trio of abortion access protection bills clear Senate committees
• Sobriety advocates propose bill for substance-free seating at events

awful + uniting

• Pat Schroeder remembered as a Colorado trailblazer for women’s equality who “never gave up the fight”
• Colorado Starbucks baristas testify against company in federal trial over union firings
• A Latino-led group monitored the air near Suncor for more than a year. They found elevated levels of pollution and radioactive particles

awful + controversy

• Colorado Republicans change party after new GOP leader announced
• Gun manufacturer Ruger sued by son of Boulder King Soopers mass shooting victim
• Fines for speeding in Northglenn may soon cost drivers twice as much

awesome + uniting

• Mikaela Shiffrin breaks all-time skiing record with 87th World Cup win
• New tax credits for heat pumps, electric vehicles part of Colorado’s latest push toward clean energy
• Amprius Technologies, Inc. to create gigawatt-scale factory in Brighton

awesome + controversy

• No, this probably won’t be the last time Colorado clocks “spring forward”
• Bill to allow pharmacy dispensing machines advancing
• Colorado governor, lawmakers take aim at students’ low math scores with new funding, training proposal

awful + uniting

• Sen. Michael Bennet joins bill to potentially ban TikTok and other technologies from foreign adversaries
• Social media apps have made buying illegal drugs about as convenient as ordering pizza, Colorado AG says
• Denver police officer faces civil lawsuit from bystander injured in LoDo shooting

awful + controversy

• Colorado GOP picks election denier to lead party into 2024 election
• Lauren Boebert trashes sex-ed — then announces teen son is making her a “36-year-old grandmother”
• Jenna Ellis, former Trump attorney, censured by Colorado judge for “false statements” about 2020 election

awesome + uniting

• Some Colorado night sky viewers catch a glimpse of the northern lights
• Denver Nuggets may have just locked up the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference with big win over Grizzlies
• Democrats in Colorado introduce bills to rein in health care costs

awesome + controversy

• ETHDenver, largest cryptocurrency and blockchain festival, begins at National Western Complex in Denver
• Colorado bill providing alternatives to jail for pregnant defendants advances
• Bruce Springsteen does some shopping in Larimer Square before delivering rocking performance at Ball Arena

awful + uniting

• How a debate over support for the ERA turned into anti-trans rhetoric at the Colorado state Capitol
• ‘No more silence, end gun violence’: East High School students walk out, demand change after classmate’s death
• Top Republican strategists throw red flag on Colorado GOP’s state chair race | TRAIL MIX

awful + controversy

• Lauren Boebert, George Santos Co-Sponsor Bill To Make AR-15 The ‘National Gun’
• Jury finds Peters guilty on obstruction charge, but acquits on arrest
• Landowner will close access to two Colorado 14ers after lawmakers rejected legislation limiting liability