Colorado Week in Review

• Denver’s interracial marriage rate higher than growing national average
• A DIY resistance in Colorado tries to keep the fight against Trump fresh
• 16 year olds in Boulder could have a say in local elections
• How Colorado’s prison system is training inmates to be better dads
• Five Points Jazz Festival returns for 15th anniversary
• Potent late-season storm brings rain, snow to Denver, Front Range
• Trump’s budget expected to massively slash research on renewable energy – and NREL’s budget
• State reps ask Hickenlooper to pardon Lima-Marin as legal response to ICE hold
• Lawsuit seeks to stop construction of trails, visitor center at Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge
• Flight attendants accuse Frontier Airlines of discrimination against mothers
• Mesa County school district briefly pulls ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ after 7 students’ suicides
• Evidence From Sex Assaults Found In Landfill

• Senate keeps rule on methane
• Colorado lawmakers celebrate major accomplishments to end legislative session
• Feds grant Jeanette Vizguerra, Arturo Hernandez Garcia stays of deportation
• Colorado’s new plan to prevent child abuse: Get everyone involved
• Report: Colorado pot sales set record once again
• Rockies’ bats erupt early, Jeff Hoffman gets first big league win as Rockies beat Dodgers
• Trump says he reserves right to ignore medical marijuana protection provision in spending bill
• ‘Whack Job’ Vs. ‘Psychopath’: Sen. Gardner, Kim Jong-Un Hurl Insults
• Businesses Suffering As Mall Remains Shut Down Due To Hail Damage
• Denver has paid nearly $30,000 to remove political graffiti
• Teacher’s suicide linked to investigation into relationship with student
• Police To Search Landfill In Death Of Colorado Woman

• Colorado lawmakers reach sweeping deal to stave off $528 million cut to hospitals
• Hate crime legislation extended to protect LGBTQ people and people with disabilities
• Marchers for climate change unfazed by snowy weather in Denver on Saturday
• Jared Polis to N.J. politician: Boulder not filled with stoned zombies
• The opioid antidote: Naloxone has reversed hundreds of overdoses in Denver in the last year
• How Denver proclaimed ‘May the Fourth’ on Star Wars Day
• Tragedy to bring push for local control of oil
• Craigslist scammer to homeowner: ‘I’m just trying to make a few bucks, you know?’
• Staggering Losses Being Recorded For Farmers, Ranchers After Blizzard
• Case dismissed after southern Colorado officer allegedly stages body cam video
• Police increase patrols in north Boulder, detail monitoring of ‘sexually violent predator’
• Deputy resigns after he admitted to lying during murder investigation of Kirsten Lockett

• Actor Diane Guerrero meets immigrant taking refuge in church
• March For Science rally draws largest crowd downtown since Women’s March
• Garden of the Gods named one of country’s best attractions
• Update: After meeting with Sessions, Colorado gov thinks AG unlikely to crack down on marijuana
• Study: Colorado Drivers Really Aren’t That Bad
• Kiszla: Rockies’ hot start no fluke. Carlos Gonzalez declares: “We are more talent than noise.”
• Trump focus on public lands surprises Colorado lawmakers
• Report: More than 9 in 10 Colorado children with elevated lead levels go undiagnosed
• After fatal house explosion, Anadarko Petroleum to shut down 3,000 wells in northeastern Colorado
• 11 large animals euthanized at Elbert County wildlife sanctuary
• Ex-school board president confesses on tape to internet luring of 12-year-old
• State, victims clash over whereabouts of notorious criminals

• Lafayette Centaurus students cheer alum Jack Fischer as he boards International Space Station
• Mom living in Denver church for sanctuary among TIME’s 100 most influential people
• Tax March: Thousands in Denver demand to see Trump’s tax returns
• Unemployment Rate Falls To Record Low In Colorado
• Denver 4/20 rally brings marijuana enthusiasts together
• Thousands of soldiers arriving in southern Colorado for war games
• Denver Ozone Ranked 11th Worst In U.S.
• Predator reduction plan hits resistance
• RTD marks one-year anniversary of opening of troubled A Line
• Never forgotten: Columbine High School tragedy
• 2 Grand Junction women get 48 years for 3-year-old’s death
• Denver’s tab to settle police and sheriff cases: $14.5 million in 3 years

• Hickenlooper signs law making it legal to save dogs from hot cars in Colorado
• Colorado Coal Country Turns to Solar Energy, Organic Farming
• Colorado Springs Special Olympics athletes celebrate big milestone
• Colorado’s Adams State signs first female football player to scholarship
• Mobile laundry truck cleans clothes for homeless — free of charge
• Details are scant, but big investments in Steamboat and Winter Park are coming
• Rep. Coffman calls for Trump press secretary Sean Spicer ‘to go’ at town hall
• “People’s Grand Jury” accused of threatening elected officials, judges across Boulder County and Colorado
• City of Denver is now watching you at city parks
• Colorado Peace Corps Worker’s Family Meets With Panama President After Tragedy
• Denver police sergeant demoted for pointing gun at fellow cop
• Fort Collins officer in viral video clip, throwing woman to ground, placed on leave

• Norwegian Air expands with Denver-London service $199 one-way
• Neil Gorsuch Confirmed by Senate as Supreme Court Justice
• Vail route among 11 U.S. finalists for Hyperloop transportation network
• Altered anti-rolling coal bill hits Colorado Senate
• Casa Bonita recognized by Jefferson County for public health
• Grab some sunscreen: Warm day forecast for Colorado Rockies’ home opener
• NREL could be hit hard by deep cuts to parent agency’s budget
• City of Denver tells federal immigration agents to stay away from courthouses, schools
• Uber and Lyft could be clogging CO roads
• Denver ranks among nation’s worst cities for dog attacks on mail carriers
• Colorado heroin deaths doubled in five years
• Fremont County deputy benched after trooper complains he cited drivers for DUI without evidence

• Hickenlooper: Colorado will push forward with clean energy
• More good news for solar as industry jobs in Colorado grew by 20 percent in 2016
• Community rallies behind Islamic Center after vandalism
• Colorado Rep. Polis introduces bill to decriminalize marijuana and regulate like alcohol
• How 85-year-old Ruby Stein and her cat survived five frigid days stranded in the Colorado mountains
• Denver B-cycle offers free rides as part of “Monday’s Motivation”
• While others get criticism from President Trump, Rep. Ken Buck gets praise on Twitter
• United Airlines to its passengers: “Your leggings are welcome!”
• Protection for Colorado-Wyoming mouse challenged again
• Aurora school board member Eric Nelson claims more advanced degrees, posts fresh diplomas
• DUI suspected after taxi slams into Arapahoe County sheriff’s patrol vehicle
• 8 arrested on unrelated charges in search connected to killings of Coronado High students

• Centennial’s Boom Tech gets a $33 million funding boost for its supersonic jet
• Michael Bennet squeezed in Neil Gorsuch fight
• Colorado Legislators Hope to Increase Federal Funding for Native American College Students
• Colorado Youth Environmental Activists Win Court Round In Oil And Gas Case
• Family dog Capone cleared of being wolf hybrid released to family
• An emotional Mikaela Shiffrin accepts overall crystal globe, joins elite group
• Ex-Colo. GOP chair charged with voter fraud
• Denver Admits Software Licensing Violations
• Colorado city fights to keep ban on topless women
• Colorado sheriffs say they won’t be shamed by new ICE naughty list
• ‘No time to ask questions’: Lawmaker appears to defend use of WWII Japanese internment camps
• Homeless turn to mountain camping to avoid city struggles

• Meet the Denver woman who is the first African-American female airline captain
• Rep. Jared Polis town hall draws 1,000 to Broomfield gym
• Colorado had fourth-highest voter turnout for presidential election
• Colorado leaders unite in defense of the recreational marijuana industry
• Denver Zoo Reassures ‘Danny Bangs’ The ‘Pornographer’ Is Not A Real Employee
• Rockies fool the internet with perfect Pi Day picture
• Everything you wanted to know about the GOP health care bill but were afraid to ask
• How would the American Health Care Act impact Medicaid in Colorado? A Q&A
• Strippers sue Denver clubs over predatory fees for bouncers, disc jockeys
• Chevron cleaning Rangely oil spill
• “American Guns” TV star convicted of illegally selling guns
• Report: Officer-involved shootings on the rise
• Teens found dead on El Paso County road identified