Month: May 2025

awesome + uniting

• Jamal Murray scores 25 as Nuggets force Game 7 vs. Thunder
• Gov. Polis signs voting rights bill, shielding Colorado from federal backsliding
• Colorado Supreme Court clears a path for a major climate lawsuit against Suncor, Exxon Mobil

awesome + controversy

• Kelly Loving Act signed into Colorado law
• Gov. Jared Polis signs laws ordering universal health care study, emergency abortion protections
• The increasing price of groceries is leading people to grow their own produce

awful + uniting

• Following Denver7 Investigates report, FAA admits outage impacted pilots flying into DIA on Monday
• Colorado fire departments battle viral ‘Chromebook Challenge’
• Weld County oil well blowout exposed people miles away to high levels of benzene, researchers say

awful + controversy

• U.S. Rep. Evans decries “fear-mongering” despite looming Medicaid cuts
• Jeffco Republican Party books Kyle Rittenhouse to headline 2nd Amendment-themed fundraiser
• Colorado labor groups turn to 2026 ballot fight ahead of expected Worker Protection Act veto

awesome + uniting

• Nuggets bounce back, outlast Thunder in OT to take Game 3
• Jeffco “clean iron” plant gets inaugural $8 million Colorado decarbonization tax credit
• Colorado, Union Pacific sign agreement leading to mountain regular passenger rail service

awesome + controversy

• Here are 5 key bills the Colorado Legislature passed this year
• ProgressNow Colorado’s Winners and Losers of the 2025 Colorado General Assembly
• ’47-52 inches of snow’: Pikes Peak totals for May snowstorm

awful + uniting

• Rockies endure worst shutout loss in franchise history
• Saudi man convicted of sex crimes released after 19 years in prison, now in ICE custody
• Colorado police shot someone every 6 days in 2024, data shows

awful + controversy

• Jared Polis plans to veto Labor Peace Act bill, a priority for Colorado unions
• Colorado joins 19 states in lawsuit against Health and Human Services cuts
• Mesa County at center of state vs. federal conflict after Trump demands Peters’ release

awesome + uniting

• Photos: World’s biggest passenger jet makes first scheduled Denver landing as Lufthansa begins service
• NBA playoffs: Nuggets cap grueling series with Game 7 blowout over Clippers, set up showdown with OKC, matchup of MVP finalists
• Colorado lawmakers pass bill that would codify voter protections into state law

awesome + controversy

• Colorado’s preschool program ranks high for enrollment, low for quality guardrails, report finds
• Colorado lawmakers pass bill to create legal fund to defend state against Trump administration
• On International Workers Day, the future of unions in Colorado remains fuzzy

awful + uniting

• 50,000 people in Colorado accessed homeless services in 2024, report says
• Active duty military caught in immigration raid at makeshift night club in Colorado Springs, no criminal charges filed
• How low can the Rockies go? After historically bad start, ‘spectacular failure’ is on the table

awful + controversy

• Colorado Has Sued the Trump Administration Fifteen Times in Three Months
• Hurd joins Dems in calling for rehiring of wildfire-qualified national forest staff
• Report claiming environmental policies steal billions from Colorado’s economy based on bad math, advocates say