Colorado Week in Review

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• Tim Walz, speaking at $3 million Denver fundraiser, attacks Trump for false AI-crowd claims
• 9Things to do in Colorado this weekend: Aug. 16-18
• ProgressNow Colorado’s 21st Anniversary Gala

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• Giant balloons floating above Colorado’s wildfires could help to predict future blazes
• Colorado Gov. Polis calls lawmakers back to Denver for special session on property taxes
• Sweeping changes have arrived for residential real estate in Colorado

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• Extreme heat at Colorado airshow sickens about 100 people with 10 hospitalized, officials say
• Calls for justice in Aurora police’s killing of Kilyn Lewis amplify
• Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office K-9 escapes handler, bites child and father

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• Colorado’s lagging childhood vaccination rates an “accident waiting to happen”
• GUILTY: Tina Peters found guilty on most charges
• Senate District 6 candidates denounce ‘fearmongering’ GOP fundraising email

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• Colorado’s Mallory Swanson scores lone goal as USWNT wins first gold medal since 2012
• Colorado to become center for stiff person syndrome treatment with donation from Céline Dion
• For Over 50 Years, This Town Has Hosted One Of The Longest-Running Festivals In Colorado

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• Colorado fire officials say Quarry Fire is 100% contained
• 200 new laws go into effect Wednesday across Colorado
• Tourists spent $28.2B in Colorado last year, representing nearly 4% growth in spending

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• As Colorado’s bird flu outbreak continues, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra urges Coloradans to be prepared
• Suncor sued in federal court by environmental groups seeking hundreds of millions in fines
• Denver PD officers fired after allegedly joking about going to immigrant shelters for ‘target practice’

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• Aspen Welcomes Its Most Notorious Criminal Since Ted Bundy
• Judge lifts order keeping Republicans from trying to remove Dave Williams as Colorado’s GOP chair
• Former Tina Peters supporter takes stand against her

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• Things to do this weekend: Colorado Day, First Friday markets and more
• Free school supplies, haircuts, vaccines, and more. Check out these 2024 back-to-school events
• Lucky cat rescued from Quarry Fire: ‘Symbol of what we’ve been through here’

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• Children’s social media safety bills pass Senate with Colorado support
• With Randy Gradishar’s induction at age 72, the ‘Orange Crush’ finally gets into Canton
• Judge allows Colorado church to continue sheltering homeless as lawsuit against town plays out

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• Another heat wave has moved in and could push temperatures to record territory this week
• Gov. Jared Polis: Colorado’s three large Front Range wildfires were likely caused by people
• Regis University professor Nicholas Myklebust arrested, charged with killing his wife and daughter in Denver

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• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be on Colorado’s presidential ballot, but Libertarian dispute continues
• Republican campaigns say Colorado GOP turmoil means they are going it alone heading into November
• Aurora cops counter social-media accounts of unruly throng at Aurora shopping center watching Venezuelan election results

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• Thousands of fireflies are thriving at a small marsh in Colorado
• Democrats in Colorado’s Black and South Asian communities rally behind Kamala Harris’s campaign after surprise switch
• Meet the Colorado athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris

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• Broncos running back Javonte Williams has become ‘shiftier’ by dropping 11 pounds for training camp
• Colorado’s Jared Polis lands on DC newsletter’s list of potential Kamala Harris running mates
• Meet Crush, the rare orange lobster diverted from dinner plate to aquarium by Denver Broncos fans

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• Wildfire smoke moves into Denver area, will linger above Colorado skies for next several days
• Lakeside scrambling as Colorado town attorney says: “That’s a serious indictment”
• Revolving door at police chief’s office in Aurora concerns Colorado community leaders

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• Colorado judge temporarily blocks Kroger-Albertsons grocery ‘megamerger’
• U.S. Supreme Court denies former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters’ bid to halt criminal case
• Colorado Republicans still gathered Saturday to discuss removing state Chairman Dave Williams, but no vote was taken

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• Boulder named one of six finalists to host the iconic Sundance Film Festival
• It’s 719 Day! Here are 5 things you didn’t know about Southern Colorado
• Colorado rattlesnake “mega den” gaining national attention via webcam for citizen science

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• Colorado stegosaurus fossil fetched a record $44.6M at Sotheby’s. Should they be auctioned?
• Voter-approved measure to help fund more than 600 affordable housing units in Colorado
• Record number of visitors make Denver their destination

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• Colorado state representative says FBI behind attempted assassination of Trump
• Zebra mussel veligers detected in the Colorado River, Highline Canal
• Twelve years after Aurora movie theater shooting, Coloradans in Congress look to honor first responders and survivors

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• Democrat Hickenlooper says Biden’s withdrawal could ‘be in the best interests of the country’: Report
• Investigation launched in Dolores County after 23% of voters didn’t receive ballots
• Ammo vending machines are coming to these three southern Colorado towns

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• Watch Denver’s July 4 drone show, featuring Blucifer, mountainscapes and more
• Colorado Quantum Tech Hub getting $40.5 million infusion of federal funds
• Fan Expo Denver 2024: Everything you need to know

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• Colorado law protecting bees, online privacy go into effect
• This Colorado mountain town banned the sale of single-use plastic
• New Colorado law adds protection for trans community

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• Avian flu confirmed in a Colorado farmworker, marking fourth human case in U.S. since March
• First case of tularemia found in Wheat Ridge resident, Jefferson County health officials say
• Colorado man gets 60 years for setting fire that killed a Senegalese family of 5

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• Police warn migrants washing windshields in Denver intersections could be cited
• Homeless advocates decry SCOTUS ruling
• Denver police to crack down on expired license plate registration for 1 month citing citizen complaints

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• $75 million in federal funds flow into Colorado Springs to expand computer chip manufacturing
• Team of female Colorado STEM students invents wildlife detection device
• Thousands of cyclists hit the streets for Colorado’s Bike to Work Day

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• Colorado’s contested Democratic primaries turned on more than ideology, despite prominent lawmakers’ losses
• Mysterious monolith has northern Colorado pointing, theorizing and buzzing
• Colorado State Patrol expands free steering wheel lock program to 9 locations

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• Living near oil and gas sites in Colorado could make irregular heartbeat symptoms worse, CU study says
• Grasshoppers devastating Colorado farmers’ crops and pastures in Yuma County
• ‘There’s not enough of us to go around’: VA nurses rally in Aurora claiming a staffing crisis

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• Boebert will likely fill the House seat vacated by congressman who criticized the GOP’s extremes
• Election losses, party tumult and frustration driving effort to remove Colorado GOP chair
• Xcel says it needs $1.9 billion to prevent future wildfires as it faces nearly 300 lawsuits over Marshall fire

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• ‘Rooted in the fight for freedom’ — A beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
• ‘We are here. We’re queer. Get used to it’: 50 Years of Denver Pride
• Denver Basic Income Project gave homeless people cash and saved taxpayers almost $600,000 in the process, report says

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• Janitors fight for better wages and working conditions in Colorado
• Campaigns and outside groups are pouring millions into Colorado’s congressional races ahead of the primary election
• CPW sights first gray wolf pup from reintroduced wolves, names pack

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• Front Range landscaper likely cause of Japanese beetle threat to western Colorado agriculture
• Former Northern Colorado teacher and Boy Scout leader convicted of raping boys for nearly 20 years
• Club Q shooter pleads guilty to 74 federal charges, sentenced to life in prison

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• Leader of CO Republican Party — Who’s Running for Congress — Raises the Possibility That His Primary Election Will Be Rigged
• Federal judge blocks Colorado’s new cap on interest rates for out-of-state banks
• Colorado Supreme Court hears arguments in transgender cake case Tuesday

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• Longest-ever flight from Denver International Airport takes off Tuesday
• All the Juneteenth Events in Metro Denver
• Colorado Rockies Do Something Never Done Before in Modern Era of Baseball History

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• Abortion rights advocates in Colorado prepare for more legal challenges
• Efforts to build an “airport city” called Colorado Aerotropolis are now official
• New Colorado program will make recycling free for everyone

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• Plutonium found in air near former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant
• Report finds Colorado was built on $1.7 trillion of land expropriated from tribal nations
• Alleged Planned Parenthood shooter may be forcibly medicated, appeals court rules

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• ‘No end date in sight’ for RTD light rail repairs, according to state regulators
• Jeffco GOP censures local leader who called for state party chair’s removal
• Pride flags stolen from several Arvada homes in recent weeks

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• Boeing’s Starliner successfully docks with space station after challenging rendezvous
• Two years of free college? For some students in Colorado, the answer will soon be, ‘Yes’
• Colorado Springs opens new LGBTQ community center nearly 18 months after Club Q shooting

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• More protections for Uber, Lyft, DoorDash drivers in Colorado as Gov. Jared Polis signs bills
• Colorado governor signs bill regulating prone restraints
• Colorado governor signs law banning hand-held use of phones while driving

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• Southern Poverty Law Center reports 30 antigovernment or hate groups in Colorado
• Nearly 10,000 Suncor air pollution violations in 5 years could lead to citizen lawsuit, groups warn
• Colorado boy, 4, attacked by an elk in Estes Park – the second such attack in less than a week

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• Fallout from Colo. GOP’s anti-LGBTQ+ messages continues as state Republican leaders call on chairman to resign
• Pueblo syringe exchange ban temporarily blocked by district judge
• Donald Trump endorses Republican Gabe Evans in Colorado’s battleground 8th Congressional District