Month: January 2024

awesome + uniting

• Medicaid reimbursements for autism care could get big bump under proposal initially approved by Colorado lawmakers
• $88 million in federal funding to improve I-76 and U.S. 160
• Chloe Kim becomes first woman to land 1260 in snowboard halfpipe, wins record-tying 7th X Games gold

awesome + controversy

• Denver Basic Income Project extends cash payments through $5M reinvestment
• Colorado renters could stay after lease expiration under ‘for cause’ eviction proposal
• Advocates Rally for Launch of “Right to Abortion” Ballot Initiative

awful + uniting

• Texas man allegedly gets from Colorado Springs to Denver in 20 minutes. Now he has an arrest warrant.
• Alex Jones’ latest target is Denver Health
• A Colorado pastor says God told him to launch a crypto venture. He’s now accused of pocketing $1.3 million from his followers

awful + controversy

• Denver police, Mayor Mike Johnston introduce new auto theft program
• Rose Pugliese elected as Colorado House Minority Leader after Mike Lynch steps down
• Colorado voters emphasize January 6 violence as they urge Supreme Court to keep Trump off the ballot

awesome + uniting

• Miss Colorado, 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh, crowned Miss America 2024
• A Colorado man’s aging parents kept falling. He invented the solution
• Denver’s MLK Marade will continue despite frigid temperatures, but with schedule changes

awesome + controversy

• Dems Commemorate Roe, Urge Voters to Approve Abortion Ballot Measure
• With almost 88 inches this month, Steamboat has seen the longest stretch of snow since 1991
• Forest Service withdraws permit for Uinta rail project that would send crude oil through Colorado

awful + uniting

• Ouray Plaindealer newspapers stolen on day it publishes story with allegations of rape at police chief’s house
• Human head found in deep freezer on Grand Junction front lawn
• Shooter who killed 5 people at Colorado LGBTQ+ club will plead guilty to 50 federal hate crimes

awful + controversy

• Colorado’s plastic bag ban is in full effect, but enforcement is inconsistent
• Trump urges Supreme Court to reject efforts to keep him off ballot, warning of “chaos” in new filing
• Top Republican in Colorado House, who is also running for Congress, was arrested in 2022 on DUI charge

awesome + uniting

• Gov. Jared Polis delivers housing-centric State of the State speech to Colorado lawmakers
• Colorado lawmakers unveil priority bills on employment, housing and other issues as leaders call for civility
• Colorado’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance program is now approving paid leave claims. Here’s how it works.

awesome + controversy

• Nexstar workers in Denver declare intent to unionize
• Crawfish boils are now legal in Colorado
• CPW reports all reintroduced gray wolves are doing well, no reported livestock depredations so far

awful + uniting

• Denver warming shelters open 24 hours a day through weekend, Polis issues disaster declaration ahead of arctic blast
• Jayson Boebert, ex-husband of US Rep., arrested following physical altercation with teenage son
• Investigators found stacked bodies and maggots at a Colorado funeral home, FBI says

awful + controversy

• GOP Party Chair Dave Williams will run for retiring Rep. Lamborn’s seat. More contenders expected
• Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis faces second misconduct case in Colorado over conviction
• Denver to slash up to 15% from city budget to fund migrant aid

awesome + uniting

• Colorado Gov. Jared Polis releases results of pollinator study, wants to protect bees, butterflies
• Mayor Mike Johnston reaches goal of sheltering 1,000 unhoused people
• Hundreds of Colorado vendors prepare for 118th National Western Stock Show

awesome + controversy

• 12-year-old environmental activist fought to ban plastic bags and plastic foam use in Colorado
• Families with trans kids flee to Colorado as other states ban gender-affirming care
• Early numbers from CBI show downward trend in violent crime, car thefts in Colorado

awful + uniting

• As Colorado stretches to fund help for migrants, Democrats ask for more federal money. But there’s a catch
• Colorado’s quiet killer: Alcohol ends more lives than overdoses, but there’s been no intervention
• Colorado Supreme Court break-in suspect appears in court as DA weighs charges

awful + controversy

• Gun rights groups sue Colorado over ban on “ghost guns,” which lack serial numbers
• What happens to your vote if Trump is taken off the ballot?
• Rep. Boebert heads to District 4 peddling a familiar pitch