Month: December 2023

awesome + uniting

• Colorado approves first two awards of refundable tax credits to boost chip manufacturing
• Nuggets’ “D” dominates Nets as Nikola Jokic makes more triple-double history
• Falling gasoline prices put a dent in metro Denver inflation

awesome + controversy

• Colorado-based Cobalt Abortion Fund quadruples financial aid for people seeking abortions
• EV Colorado releases electric vehicle report card
• Looking for a diverse Santa to take a picture with? Here’s where you can find them in the Denver area

awful + uniting

• Colorado’s Black lawmakers say it’s time the state fully grapples with racial inequity and discriminatory practices
• Loveland to pay $400,000 over Colorado DUI arrest, Driver had no alcohol, drugs in system
• Anesthesiologist testimony: no medical reason to give ketamine to Elijah McClain before death in Colorado

awful + controversy

• Colorado GOP eyes January vote on Trump endorsement ahead of state’s presidential primary
• US Senate postpones winter break as lawmakers try to craft an immigration deal
• Only 2 of 168 people moved from encampments into hotel placed into permanent housing

awesome + uniting

• After failed land use bill, Gov. Polis aims to link climate, housing and transit — and tie state funding to RTD overhaul
• Front Range Passenger Rail receives federal funding to kickstart development
• Brock Lesnar’s daughter breaks school record in shot put for Colorado State

awesome + controversy

• Polis urges federal government to reclassify marijuana
• Colorado had the highest remote work rate nationwide last year
• Initial release of gray wolves in Colorado will happen anytime between Friday and the end of 2023

awful + uniting

• State leaders urge action to combat rise in hate crimes in Colorado
• Lakeside puts town clerk on leave during Colorado car investigation
• Broomfield moves to add the 1stBank Center to the scrap heap of Colorado history

awful + controversy

• Colorado justices grapple with unprecedented possibility of disqualifying Trump from ballot
• Former Colorado Olympian Klete Keller gets 6 months home detention for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riots
• Two former longtime legislators join crowded GOP primary in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District

awesome + uniting

• Biden visits Boebert’s district to reject Republican criticism of green policies
• Gov. Jared Polis signs law giving a $30 million boost to eviction prevention for low-income renters
• New urban gardens are coming to West Denver neighborhoods thanks to $500,000 EPA grant

awesome + controversy

• Deion Sanders, coach of a 4-8 team, wins SI Sportsperson of the Year
• Effort to ban mountain lion hunting in Colorado heats up with state Supreme Court challenge and a second ballot measure
• Colorado State Patrol starts motor vehicle relief program

awful + uniting

• Prosecutors say Aurora paramedics ignored Elijah McClain’s distress and instead injected him with fatal dose of ketamine
• Colorado lawmaker abruptly announces her resignation, citing “sensationalistic and vitriolic” political environment
• Colorado GOP Leader Predicts Civil War if Trump Is Forced Off Ballot or If Election ‘Fraud’ Continues

awful + controversy

• Gov. Polis welcomes Global Conference for Israel attendees amid protests
• Colorado conservatives call for law enforcement action to ban books
• Jefferson Parkway future uncertain after dismissal of lawsuit that followed plutonium concerns