Author: alan

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• 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

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• Denver’s first snow of season will remain heavy at times through Sunday morning
• County clerks encourage voters to return ballots early
• Chop your own Colorado Christmas tree: Permits to cut a tree are becoming available around the state

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• Jason Momoa signing vodka bottles in Parker, Wheat Ridge
• Denver could get a passenger train route to the mountains: CDOT
• City to test 3D printing as potential solution to housing shortage

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• Members of Colorado’s Congressional delegation send letter to TSA, push for solutions to security lines at Denver International Airport
• Postal workers demand protections as reports of assaults and robberies increase
• Internal complaints allege Denver sheriff’s deputies aren’t using body worn cameras correctly

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• Jenna Ellis, a Coloradan, becomes latest Trump lawyer to plead guilty over efforts to overturn Georgia’s election
• Judge rules Buena Vista Christian preschool can remain in Universal Pre-K program
• Israeli-Gaza war resolution conflict erupts at Aurora City Hall as hundreds protest

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• Colorado named U.S. Tech Hub for quantum computing
• Check your mail: Colorado ballots sent out Monday
• Denver man’s sister Natalie Raanan, stepmother Judith Raanan are the hostages released Friday in Israel-Hamas war

awesome + controversy

• 82% of new cars and trucks sold in Colorado must be electric or zero-emission within a decade, state says
• State, Pueblo offer up to $40M to entice global wind-energy company
• Denver City Council committee approves contract for 300 manufactured sleeping units

awful + uniting

• Reported hate crimes reach record high in Colorado
• Southbound I-25 reopens north of Pueblo following train derailment
• Nearly 200 bodies recovered from a Colorado funeral home accused of improper storage

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• Political and religious influences amplify in some Colorado school board races, as focus shifts away from students
• Colorado has the four most expensive housing markets in U.S. not on a coast
• Ken Buck one of multiple Republicans receiving death threats for voting against Rep. Jim Jordan as House Speaker

awesome + uniting

• ‘Ring of fire’ eclipse moves across Colorado, Americas
• Colorado peddling $2.5 million to communities launching their own e-bike rebates
• Bigfoot ‘spotted’ in Colorado in broad daylight — and it’s all on camera: ‘We’re convinced’

awesome + controversy

• Union, Kaiser reach tentative agreement to avoid further strikes
• Colorado judge strikes down Trump’s attempt to toss a lawsuit seeking to bar him from 2024 primary ballot
• Colorado cities accelerate turf wars with new construction bans, public median rip-outs

awful + uniting

• ‘Today’s verdict was a difficult one:’ State lawmakers who’ve worked on police reform react to McClain verdict
• ‘A Colorado hero’: Service honors Pueblo peace officer Guerin Sandoval
• Data shows hundreds of RTD operators received paid time off due to drug exposure

awful + controversy

• Colorado lawmaker apologizes for ‘harm to our community’ over not condemning Hamas attack
• Author of scathing principal survey, and his school board race opponent, say DPS isn’t making critical safety changes
• A Colorado Mansion First Listed for $37 Million Sells for Big Discount

awesome + uniting

• Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport to switch to unleaded aviation fuel 3 years ahead of deadline
• Gov. Polis declares Oct. 7 ‘Patrick Stewart Day’ in Colorado
• Shedeur Sanders Taunts Arizona State Student Section With Watch Celebration After Colorado Win

awesome + controversy

• Tarantulas in Colorado are on the move, and they’re looking for love
• Ban on hunting mountain lions and bobcats in Colorado could land on 2024 ballot
• “Cash is freedom”: Denver experiment with basic income for homeless gets City Council support

awful + uniting

• Colorado officials react to violence in Israel and Gaza; Palestine coalition plans protest at state capitol
• Doctor testifies that officers failed to treat Elijah McClain as his condition deteriorated while handcuffed on the ground
• ‘Horrific:’ More than 100 bodies found inside Colorado funeral home, criminal investigation underway

awful + controversy

• Colorado’s Buck among 8 Republicans who vote to remove McCarthy as speaker
• Kaiser healthcare workers’ three-day strike winds down, parties agree to more talks
• The Triangle Bar, one of Denver’s first LGBTQ+ establishments, closes due to homeless encampments, owners say

awesome + uniting

• NASA’s Osiris-REx spacecraft returns sample of asteroid to Earth thanks to Colorado scientists
• Colorado Senators push for permanent pay increase for federal firefighters
• Biden signs 45-day funding bill to keep government open

awesome + controversy

• 3-day waiting period for gun purchases starts Sunday in Colorado
• Abortion-rights groups file 2024 ballot initiatives to protect abortion access in Colorado constitution
• Colorado Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo introduces more legislation to address long passport wait times

awful + uniting

• Broncos DC Vance Joseph after historic, 70-20 loss to Dolphins: “Obviously, I didn’t get them ready”
• Arvada Police Department settles lawsuit from family of ‘good Samaritan’ who stopped active shooter
• Remains of missing Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew found in Moffat 3+ years after last seen

awful + controversy

• Colorado got the Space Command Headquarters. But Alabama isn’t done fighting for it
• Failed AZ Gov. Candidate Kari Lake to Headline CO GOP’s Fundraising Dinner
• Colorado, national far-right activist groups target Cherry Creek schools in false LGTBQ book allegations

awesome + uniting

• Colorado Climate Corps the seed for President Biden’s new American Climate Corps plan
• Colorado’s voter-approved affordable housing program is popular, with dozens of cities seeking money
• Colorado fall colors: 12 recommended drives to witness the expected vibrant autumn leaves of 2023

awesome + controversy

• Medical debt removed from credit reports in Colorado, but you should double check
• On a hydrogen-powered train, Colorado leaders stress urgency of Front Range passenger rail
• Despite recent violent spree, Denver’s crime rates are falling

awful + uniting

• Colorado wildfire experts worried by lack of new trees in burn areas
• Family of Brandon Lee Cole calls for more accountability from Denver Police Department
• Moose headbutts stomps woman, dog, marking 4th moose attack on Colorado hiker this year

awful + controversy

• Sen. Michael Bennet pushes for re-expansion of child tax credit as poverty rates rise
• Shutdown inches closer as U.S. House GOP fails to pass defense bill, lawmakers exit D.C.
• Colorado vs. Oregon score, takeaways: No. 10 Ducks eviscerate Deion Sanders-led Buffs in dominant showing

awesome + uniting

• CU Buffs vs. CSU Rams quick hits: Colorado survives Henry Blackurn, Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi and an overtime thriller for the ages
• What is the black Colorado license plate and how much does it cost?
• Mount Evans, named for disgraced Colorado territorial governor, officially has a new name

awesome + controversy

• New initiative at Colorado College announced
• Polis to phase out gas-powered lawn equipment at Colorado facilities
• Denver could ban right turns on red

awful + uniting

• A ‘sad and horrific’ death for a starving bear whose intestines were blocked by garbage and was euthanized
• Judge orders Denver cardiologist to stand trial in date rape cases; cites “substantial evidence” women were drugged
• Trial begins for two Aurora police officers charged in Elijah McClain’s death

awful + controversy

• As shutdown looms, Colorado’s members of Congress wonder whether there’s a way out
• University of Colorado Boulder faculty and staff hold walkout over wages
• Boebert ‘truly sorry’ after causing disturbance at Denver theatre that was caught on video

awesome + uniting

• Colorado fans revel in Deion Sanders’ first home win
• Gov. Jared Polis signs executive order to create more apprenticeship programs in Colorado
• Artifacts from British war hero and “father of modern computing” found with Colorado woman

awesome + controversy

• Sick leave in Colorado now available for bereavement, power outages and wildfire evacuations
• Colorado’s soon-to-be largest battery plant gets last-minute charge despite neighbors’ opposition
• Rep. Buck tells Colorado GOP leaders to stop spreading misinformation about Jan. 6 defendants

awful + uniting

• ‘A devastating blow’: SNAP cuts, inflation put stress on Colorado food aid programs
• Naked man arrested, accused of fighting homeowners in Edgewater
• Aurora officer who shot, killed 14-year-old Jor’Dell Richardson during arrest will not face charges

awful + controversy

• Colorado GOP leaders form committee to support forthcoming 2024 ballot measure banning gender-affirming care for kids
• New lawsuit aims to keep Trump off the ballot in Colorado
• Environmental groups renew legal challenge of massive Denver Water reservoir expansion

awesome + uniting

• ‘Do you believe now?’ Deion Sanders calls out doubters after Colorado stuns No. 16 TCU
• These 8 Denver restaurants will boast the Michelin Guide’s ‘Bib Gourmand’ designation
• Colorado revives “cash for clunkers,” offers $6,000 for an old car you trade for an EV

awesome + controversy

• Report: Biden administration recommends classifying marijuana as Schedule III drug
• Colorado Reproductive Health Advocates Plan Abortion Ballot Measure for 2024
• RTD’s two-month Zero Fare for Better Air program ending, but youth still can ride free

awful + uniting

• Denver will pay $4.7 million to settle claims it targeted George Floyd protesters for violating curfew
• Emails show Able Shepherd organized PrideFest protest, despite denial
• Eight people injured in fiery possible road-rage shooting in Colorado

awful + controversy

• Kaiser Permanente workers in Colorado authorize strike as negotiations grow tense
• Colorado among top 20 states with most confrontational drivers
• Colorado Attorney General backs compensation for those sickened by U.S. nuclear weapons testing