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What’s really at stake in this year’s Colorado legislative races

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/22/the-unaffiliated-10222024/

Published: October 22, 2024 15:23

Plus: Trisha Calvarese is paying herself a salary. The Colorado GOP still isn’t spending to help Republican candidates. Campfin tidbits to-go.

Citizens and commissions duel over infrastructure

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/22/sunriser-20241022/

Published: October 22, 2024 14:56

Citizens and county commissions clash in the high country, plus Colorado’s AI law gets revisions, the Cemex battle continues and more

Opinion: Denver ballot measure to ban slaughterhouses is wrong for working families, animals and consumers

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/22/opinion-denver-ordinance-slaughterhouse-ban-against/

Published: October 22, 2024 13:14

Initiated Ordinance 309 targets just one local business and would have a detrimental effect outside of Denver

Cemex shutdown battle will last into 2025, as neighbors seek reclamation relief

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/22/cemex-lyons-boulder-county-permit-revocation/

Published: October 22, 2024 10:08

Boulder County awaits the Lyons cement plant’s appeal of show-cause orders, as activists fight the industrial site on multiple fronts

It’s the people vs. their counties on two major infrastructure ballot measures in Colorado

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/22/its-citizens-versus-government-in-colorado-voting/

Published: October 22, 2024 10:05

Who makes infrastructure decisions: citizens or the government?

Task force talks revisions to Colorado’s controversial artificial intelligence law

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/22/task-force-talks-revisions-to-colorados-controversial-artificial-intelligence-law/

Published: October 22, 2024 09:36

Big tech was represented, but so were the “little tech people” at state committee that is tasked with revising law to protect consumers without hurting innovation

Skier triggers avalanche after storm dumps 2 feet of snow in San Juan Mountains

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/21/skier-avalanche-storm-san-juan-mountains/

Published: October 21, 2024 16:14

The weekend storm brought early winter to many parts of the state, including Pagosa Springs, where Wolf Creek ski area will open Tuesday for the season

Voters receiving misleading texts over school choice measure

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/21/sunriser-20241021/

Published: October 21, 2024 15:04

Plus: Air quality commissioners tour north Denver, why Colorado voters vote, breaking down the Albertsons/Kroger merger trial and much more

Colorado air commissioners hear an earful of violations at annual ozone report, north Denver listening tour

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/21/colorado-air-pollution-commission-tour-elyria-swansea/

Published: October 21, 2024 10:08

A bad summer of 2024 for ozone means clock is ticking on EPA mandates

By the numbers: Colorado’s antitrust trial to block the Kroger-Albertsons merger

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/21/kroger-albertsons-merger-antitrust-trial-numbers/

Published: October 21, 2024 10:02

The Kroger-Alberstons merger trial is scheduled to end Thursday. Here are some numbers we’ve learned that could impact Colorado.

Is a drug named “Colorado” raising health concerns in Nigeria?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/21/drug-named-colorado-in-nigeria/

Published: October 21, 2024 09:45

The Colorado Sun partners with Gigafact to investigate viral claims

Text message spreading misinformation stokes tension over school choice measure on Colorado ballot

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/21/colorado-election-amendment-80-school-choice-text-message/

Published: October 21, 2024 09:37

The text message, which did not disclose who sent or paid for it, suggested that the head of the state’s largest teachers union supports Amendment 80

Colorado’s 2024 ballot is very crowded. Will voters fill out every bubble?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/21/colorado-2024-ballot-crowded/

Published: October 21, 2024 09:30

Presidential elections can lead to more attention on down-ballot issues. But will 14 statewide ballot measures, plus local initiatives, cause too much fatigue?

Ballot Issue 2Q: A Denver sales tax increase that could provide a lifeline for Denver Health

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/21/denver-ballot-issue-2q-explained/

Published: October 21, 2024 09:10

The proposed tax increase would raise $70 million a year in the hopes of stabilizing the city’s safety net hospital and health system

Zornio: Why I’m voting to end trophy hunting of big cats, to impose a new gun tax and to oppose the school choice amendment

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/21/trophy-huting-guns-schools-opinion-zornio/

Published: October 21, 2024 09:05

Mountain lions, guns and schools, oh my! Proposition 127, Proposition KK and Amendment 80 are a one-two-three of Colorado’s contentious ballot issues.

Digging for a myth

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/20/colorado-sunday-20241020/

Published: October 20, 2024 12:45

Issue No. 158 — Satire or spelunking? ☼ Powers Art Center: What a view! ☼ Showing Fountain Creek some respect

What is the “Cyclopean Cave” — and why are these guys hauling buckets of Colorado mud to find it?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/20/leadville-cyclopean-cave-spelunking/

Published: October 20, 2024 10:00

Outside Leadville, spelunkers are following a hunch that a pioneer journalist’s fantastical cavern could be right below their feet

Littwin: Do we really want a gang of rich guys to tell us how to do election reform in Colorado?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/20/prop-131-election-ranked-choice-opinion-littwin/

Published: October 20, 2024 09:06

Prop 131 is backed by big money from Kent Thiry and other millionaires. That makes me a little nervous.

Nicolais: This project offers hope to those wrongfully convicted of crimes

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/20/korey-wise-innocence-opinion-nicolais/

Published: October 20, 2024 09:04

The annual Korey Wise Innocence Project gala helps raise funds to free wrongfully convicted inmates in Colorado

Carman: The world watches nervously as Election Day nears

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/20/trump-election-opinion-carman/

Published: October 20, 2024 09:02

Can we all live through the nightmare of another Trump administration again?

“Fountain Creek” traces history, environmental challenges of a unique waterway

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/20/sunlit-fountain-creek-jim-odonnell/

Published: October 20, 2024 08:15

Jim O'Donnell's "Fountain Creek" introduces the Colorado waterway filled with memories from his youth but also suffering from urban encroachment.

For Jim O’Donnell, this Colorado creek’s story is, in many ways, his own

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/20/sunlit-jim-odonnell-fountain-creek/

Published: October 20, 2024 08:10

For Jim O'Donnell, "Fountain Creek" combines the author's fascination with both history and watersheds. And best of all, no one had told its story.

The Bookies Bookstore suggests entertaining titles filled with fantasy

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/20/the-bookies-fantasy-titles/

Published: October 20, 2024 08:05

The staff from The Bookies Bookstore in Denver recommends three popular fantasy titles for some fun fall reading.

What’s Working: Ballot measures in three locations could help rural women bring home the bacon

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/19/rural-women-work-child-care-jobs/

Published: October 19, 2024 10:38

Voters in rural Colorado will consider measures to levy lodging taxes for child care to help working families. Plus: More union efforts at Casa Bonita, Colorado’s ‘coolest thing’ and more!

Cooking class for Denver Auraria Campus students aims to reduce food insecurity stigma

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/19/auraria-campus-student-cooking-class-food-insecurity-stigma/

Published: October 19, 2024 08:25

Health center officials hope the cooking lessons also break down any stigma of using free food services on campus

The Colorado state legislative districts where the most outside money is being spent

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/18/the-unaffiliated-10182024/

Published: October 18, 2024 15:19

Plus: Mike Johnston on his affordable housing push. Interesting campaign donations. New TV ads in CD3 and CD8.

3 counties could decide the future of Colorado charter schools

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/18/the-sunriser-10182024/

Published: October 18, 2024 14:52

Plus: A setback for Denver Water is a win for environmentalists, updated health insurance prices, who are the Free Land Holders and more Colorado news

Would Amendment 79 allow Colorado taxpayer funds to be used to pay for abortions?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/18/would-amendment-79-allow-colorado-taxpayer-funds-to-be-used-to-pay-for-abortions/

Published: October 18, 2024 09:45

The Colorado Sun partners with Gigafact to investigate trending claims

State Board of Education race could have a big impact on the future of charter schools in Colorado

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/18/8th-congressional-district-education-board-charters-election-2024/

Published: October 18, 2024 09:37

The outcome of the State Board of Education race in the 8th Congressional District will determine whether the board majority willing to overturn local school districts when they deny charter school applications remains

Health insurance prices for some in Colorado will go up next year. Here’s how much.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/18/colorado-health-insurance-prices-2025/

Published: October 18, 2024 09:06

Premium prices on the individual market are set to rise by an average of 5.6% for 2025. The Polis administration is celebrating, saying it could have been much worse.

Drew Litton: Taking the reins of what unites us

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/18/drew-litton-what-unites-us-broncos-football/

Published: October 18, 2024 08:10

Cartoonist Drew Litton wonders if, just maybe, shared passions — even for things like Broncos football — can counter divisive politics.

“What’d I Miss?”: The student loan forgiveness dilemma

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/18/whatd-i-miss-student-loan-forgiveness/

Published: October 18, 2024 08:05

In "What'd I Miss?" Ossie wonders about the wisdom of student loan forgiveness — until a friend explains the numbers behind her lingering debt.

Opinion: Denver Ordinance 308 to ban fur, other animal products would put city’s heritage and economy at risk

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/18/opinion-denver-ordinance-fur-ban-against/

Published: October 18, 2024 07:30

The proposed prohibition on fur products in Denver is an overreach with serious unintended consequences

Opinion: Denver ballot measures to end fur sales and slaughterhouses in city are logical steps forward, based on science

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/18/opinion-denver-ordinances-fur-slaughterhouse-ban-for/

Published: October 18, 2024 07:30

Initiated Ordinances 308 and 309 aren’t just moral imperatives, they’re investments in a safer, more equitable and more sustainable future

Denver’s Gross Reservoir expansion violates Clean Water Act, federal judge rules

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/17/gross-reservoir-expansion-violates-law-federal-judge/

Published: October 17, 2024 19:35

Denver Water must now negotiate with Save the Colorado and other plaintiffs for mitigation at the massive project, with “only itself to blame,” judge says

State orders Mollie Kathleen mine to halt all tours after guide killed, 23 trapped underground

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/17/cease-and-desist-mollie-kathleen-mine/

Published: October 17, 2024 17:42

A cease and desist letter, signed Wednesday, ordered owners to restrict public access except for law enforcement and inspectors investigating the Oct. 10 incident

Free Land Holder group that fenced public land shows similarities to sovereign citizen movement

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/17/outsider-20241017/

Published: October 17, 2024 15:17

Plus: “Avalanche Dreams,” fiery fights over Western Slope infrastructure funding, Pat Milbery’s art for community, mental health in the mountains

Inside Molson Coors’ Golden revamp

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/17/the-sunriser-10172024/

Published: October 17, 2024 15:08

Plus: Reconnecting the Colorado River, explaining a proposed Denver affordable housing tax, millions spent on Proposition 131 and more

Ballot Issue 2R: A Denver sales tax hike could generate $100M a year for affordable housing

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/17/denver-ballot-issue-2r-explained/

Published: October 17, 2024 10:00

Denver city officials say Ballot Issue 2R could generate upward of 40,000 affordable units over the next decade

Molson Coors overhauls its aging facility with new 20,000-square-foot “cellar” to continue its Golden legacy

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/17/coors-brewery-golden-150/

Published: October 17, 2024 09:58

A new facility, five years and hundreds of millions of dollars in the making, is ready to churn out its first batches of beer

Windy Gap Reservoir nearly crashed an aquatic ecosystem. A $33 million water project is undoing the damage.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/17/windy-gap-reservoir-nearly-crashed-an-aquatic-ecosystem-a-33-million-water-project-is-undoing-the-damage/

Published: October 17, 2024 09:18

The long-awaited Colorado River Connectivity Channel is fully operational after years of negotiations that turned enemies into collaborators. Already, the new project is paying off.

Opinion: There are Colorado veterinarians worried about Proposition 129. Here is why I’m one of them.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/17/opinion-colorado-proposition-129-vet-associate-against/

Published: October 17, 2024 07:30

Adding a veterinary professional associate role would be a dangerous shortcut and hurt the quality of care for our pets

Opinion: Colorado’s Proposition 129 is about the pets, not just the vets

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/17/opinion-colorado-proposition-129-vet-associate-for/

Published: October 17, 2024 07:30

Creating a veterinary professional associate position would modernize our veterinary practices and lead to healthier pets, happier owners

Marshall Mesa trailhead closing as crews begin excavation to cool smoldering coal seam

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/16/marshall-mesa-trailhead-coal-mine-mitigation/

Published: October 16, 2024 19:56

Coal seams below the Marshall Mesa trailhead have been a source of danger blamed for periodic grass fires in southern Boulder County

Could a sales tax save Denver Health?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/16/temperature-20241016/

Published: October 16, 2024 17:13

Plus: A new fish bypass on the Colorado River

Spending in support of Proposition 131, which would overhaul Colorado’s elections, eclipses $9 million

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/16/proposition-131-colorado-spending-ballot-measures/

Published: October 16, 2024 15:47

A total of roughly $26 million has been spent so far by the groups supporting and opposing the 14 statewide measures on the November ballot

What Kroger’s CEO meant about those prices

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/16/the-sunriser-20241016/

Published: October 16, 2024 15:09

Plus: Price tag in competitive congressional race now above $20M, some underwater trees have to go, and homeless camp sweeps don’t significantly reduce crime

Price tag of highly competitive race in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District surpasses $20 million

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/16/colorado-8th-congressional-district-spending-2024-election/

Published: October 16, 2024 14:30

Democratic super PACs reported spending $8.4 million in the 8th District through Friday to help U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo. Republican super PACs spent nearly $6.3 million through Friday to benefit state Rep. Gabe Evans of Fort Lupton.

Regulators passed sweeping rules to mitigate impacts of oil and gas drilling. Will they protect Colorado communities?

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/16/colorado-cumulative-impact-oil-and-gas-di-communities/

Published: October 16, 2024 10:15

No one is really happy with the cumulative impact rules lauded by the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission as “a big step forward”

Why thousands of trees at Chatfield State Park are being cut down

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/16/chatfield-state-park-tree-removal-reservoir/

Published: October 16, 2024 10:08

The long-planned removal of popular cottonwoods with their bases flooded by rising waters will improve safety and keep dam from clogging

Homeless camp sweeps don’t cut crime, says study of 300 Denver cleanups

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/16/homeless-encampments-crime/

Published: October 16, 2024 10:00

Crimes including car theft and pubic disorder dropped after a sweep, but for the first week and only within a quarter-mile radius, the CU Anschutz study found

United Airlines has added 500 employees in Denver, Colorado Springs. Even more coming.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/16/united-airlines-employees-denver-colorado-springs/

Published: October 16, 2024 09:50

Nationwide, United’s added 7,000 people this year, including pilots and flight attendants.

What Kroger’s CEO meant when he said he never thinks about raising prices

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/16/krogers-ceo-prices-merger-colorado/

Published: October 16, 2024 09:35

As prosecution in Colorado’s antitrust case to block the Kroger-Albertsons merger rests, King Soopers’ parent starts its defense

Why the names of some Colorado congressional candidates appear on the ballot with a term limits disclaimer

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/16/colorado-term-limits-disclosure-congressional-candidates/

Published: October 16, 2024 09:15

In 1998, Colorado voters narrowly approved Amendment 18, which allowed candidates for U.S. House or U.S. Senate seats to pledge to serve a limited number of terms in Congress and have their names appear on the ballot with a disclaimer. The pledge, however,…

Littwin: Trump didn’t give me a heart attack when he came to Aurora, but it sure felt like it

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/16/trump-aurora-politics-opinion-littwin/

Published: October 16, 2024 09:05

We knew Trump would bash migrants in his Aurora speech. We didn’t know how high he would raise the stakes.

Yadira Caraveo has among the highest staff turnover rates in Congress

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/15/yadira-caraveo-staff-turnover-congress/

Published: October 15, 2024 17:45

Among the 10 members of Colorado’s congressional delegation, Caraveo has the highest rate of turnover during their tenures, according to LegiStorm

An exodus of top staffers from Yadira Caraveo’s congressional office

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/15/the-unaffiliated-10152024/

Published: October 15, 2024 15:24

Plus: Michael Bennet will vote “no” on Proposition 131. The remaining barriers to affordable housing. An NRCC burglary.

Skiing costs double unless you plan ahead

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/15/sunriser-20241015/

Published: October 15, 2024 15:01

Plus: Ball Corp. subsidiary settles discrimination case, Xcel rebate program revived and more Colorado news

The best time to pay for Colorado skiing is before the lifts start spinning

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/15/colorado-skiing-pass-prices/

Published: October 15, 2024 10:05

Sky-high walk-up ticket prices and discounts for early buyers at Colorado resorts mean that skiing has never been more expensive or more affordable

Colorado-based Ball Corp. subsidiary settles race-based hiring discrimination suit in Georgia

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/15/ball-corp-subsidiary-hiring-discrimination-suit-georgia/

Published: October 15, 2024 10:04

The U.S. Department of Labor found that Ball Container had “statistically significant differences in the hiring rates of Black applicants for Production Technician positions when compared to White applicants.”

Xcel efficiency rebate program resumes after regulators OK money transfer from 2025 budget

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/15/energy-efficiency-rebates-businesses-xcel-colorado/

Published: October 15, 2024 10:00

Colorado regulators weighed rewarding poor budget management but were more concerned about disrupting the industry that businesses use to green their work

The future of Colorado Safeways could be split

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/14/sunriser-20241014/

Published: October 14, 2024 15:09

Plus: Tour guide killed in Cripple Creek mine accident, Trump in Aurora, a county clerk’s ranked choice experience and more

This Colorado clerk is among the few with ranked choice experience. Here’s what she says about Proposition 131.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/14/proposition-131-ranked-choice-election-boulder-colorado/

Published: October 14, 2024 10:06

Boulder voters used ranked choice voting to reelect Mayor Aaron Brocket in 2023. Boulder County Clerk Molly Fitzpatrick oversaw that election.

In Colorado, Safeway would be owned by 2 companies post merger. Neither would be Albertsons.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/14/colorado-safeway-owner-merger-albertsons-kroger/

Published: October 14, 2024 10:05

Highlights of Week 2 in Colorado’s antitrust case to block the Kroger-Albertsons merger.

How a poll can represent your opinion even if you weren’t contacted for it

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/14/polling-explainer-colorado-2024-election/

Published: October 14, 2024 08:45

It is the concept of random selection that allows a relatively small group of survey participants to represent the country as a whole

Colorado’s naloxone fund is drying up, even as opioid settlement money rolls in

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/14/colorado-naloxone-fund-drying-up-opioid-settlement-money/

Published: October 14, 2024 08:25

Unless additional money is found, the state's bulk fund runs the risk of having to further limit distribution, leaving the hundreds of organizations with little or no access to free naloxone.

Lost and found

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/13/colorado-sunday-20241011/

Published: October 13, 2024 12:45

Issue No. 157 — Secrets of the Colorado Orange apple ☼ The Wolf’s Tailor shows up in Arizona ☼ “Homestead”

A 20-year quest to bring back Colorado’s rarest apple that was once thought lost

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/13/colorado-orange-apple-return/

Published: October 13, 2024 10:20

Unfortunately, the first tastes of the Colorado Orange apple have been … lackluster. But farmers say the trees just need more time.

Zornio: Colorado’s Proposition 131 has many unknowns. Ranked choice voting isn’t one of them.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/13/proposition-131-ranked-choice-opinion-zornio/

Published: October 13, 2024 09:05

Proposition 131 is expected to pass thanks to wealthy backers, but it won’t fix the ironic root of political problems: money.

Nicolais: Tina Peters gets headlines, but Judge Matthew Barrett deserves credit

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/13/tina-peters-clerk-sentence-opinion-nicolais/

Published: October 13, 2024 09:03

In a high-profile trial, the judge acquitted himself very well despite multiple challenges presented by Peters’ continued attempts to undermine his orders

In “Homestead,” a plot of frontier land leads to a quick courtship

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/13/sunlit-homestead-melinda-moustakis/

Published: October 13, 2024 08:15

I "Homestead," the seeds of family and an Alaskan future come together in the opening chapter of Melinda Moustakis' debut novel.

For her first novel, Melinda Moustakis focused on the origins behind her Alaska-themed short stories

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/13/sunlit-melinda-moustakis-homestead/

Published: October 13, 2024 08:10

Melinda Moustakis' debut novel "Homestead" focuses on her maternal grandparents' day-to-day life as newlyweds trying to make a life, and a home, on the Alaskan frontier.

Explore Booksellers suggests titles built around work and reading some classics

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/13/explore-booksellers-titles-on-work-reading-classics/

Published: October 13, 2024 08:05

he staff from Explore Booksellers in Aspen recommends an examination of AI and two books about reading foundational and forbidden literature.

What’s Working: Denver-area inflation slows again to 1.4% in past 12 months

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/12/denver-inflation-slows-lowest-housing/

Published: October 12, 2024 10:06

Consumers still feel price pain, though. Plus: United Airlines hires 500, WMD Squared picks the Springs & readers share how to leave inflation behind

Care about the cost of living? Here’s where you’ll find it on your ballot.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/12/cost-living-colorado-election/

Published: October 12, 2024 09:20

Our Voter Voices survey identified the economy and cost of living as a top issue among nearly all groups, especially voters 18 to 29 and conservatives across Colorado

Care about immigration? Here’s where you’ll find it on your ballot.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/12/immigration-colorado-elections/

Published: October 12, 2024 09:20

Our Voter Voices survey identified immigration as a top issue among nearly all groups, most notably among self-identified conservatives