Month: November 2023

awesome + uniting

• Colorado coffee shop cracks the top 5 in USA Today’s national ranking
• Environmental Group Ranks Colorado 7th in Progress Toward Aligning Transporation Policy with Climate Goals
• Interview: Jared Polis joins Utah’s governor to talk civility in politics, even with contentious state issues

awesome + controversy

• Colorado has “abysmal” recycling rate, but most plastic bags and foam takeout containers are on their way out soon
• Federal judge denies effort to block enforcement of Colorado’s new law imposing 3-day waiting period on gun purchases
• ‘This is a special win’: Broncos show potential, continue to redefine season with win over Bills

awful + uniting

• Colorado middle schooler’s racist rant caught on video, raising concern for school violence
• DA: Federal Heights police lack of investigation into serious felony cases in Colorado “Utterly alarming”
• One year after Club Q shooting, survivors struggle with pain, trauma and unpaid medical bills

awful + controversy

• Families with autistic children seek stability as providers struggle with Colorado’s Medicaid system
• Trump ‘engaged in an insurrection,’ judge says, but should remain on Colorado ballot
• GOP Legislator Suggests Coloradans Could Use Rent Aid Checks to ‘Buy Cocaine All Day’

awesome + uniting

• Your guide to Thanksgiving volunteering and community service opportunities across Colorado
• Colorado lawmakers face deadline to get children in need food benefits next summer
• The Denver Zoo Has Become Very Big in the Elephant Sperm Business

awesome + controversy

• Kaiser Permanente workers ratify contract after strike
• Price war forces gas prices below $2 on road south of Denver
• Another Colorado 14er could have its name changed

awful + uniting

• Colorado sees antisemitic, Islamophobic incidents rise since Israel-Hamas war
• Suicidal thoughts, bullying and drugs are plaguing Colorado students, according to latest Safe2Tell report
• After repeated atrocities, state asks lawmakers for permission to more closely regulate funeral homes

awful + controversy

• Black widow spider population rises after humid Colorado summer
• Gov. Polis calls special legislative session on property tax spike after Prop HH failure
• Momentum behind impeachment inquiry slows under new speaker

awesome + uniting

• World’s first commercial space plane soon headed from Colorado to Ohio
• Polis touts budget proposal he says ‘fully funds our public schools’
• Broncos stun Chiefs: Denver slows Patrick Mahomes in Week 8 for first win over K.C. in last 17 meetings

awesome + controversy

• Boulder County will increase minimum wage to $25 by 2030
• Group supporting Proposition HH launches $1 million ad blitz as Election Day nears
• Man’s wallet blocks bullet in suspected road rage shooting on Colorado Springs Airport grounds

awful + uniting

• Elijah McClain case: Parties make closing arguments and jury heads to deliberations
• Clear Creek deputy who fatally shot Christian Glass pleads not guilty
• Sheriff: Man found dead at Glenwood park ‘could have implemented an attack of devastating proportions’

awful + controversy

• Testimony from election deniers begins Trump’s defense in Colorado 14th Amendment trial
• Colorado Working Families Party Calls on Candidates to Denounce Colorado Conservative Patriot Alliance Endorsement
• School Board Candidate: Schools Should Teach Big Bang & Creationism & Let Kids Decide What’s True