Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 122.30. bike, bike lane, black, boulder, budget, buses, clean energy, colorado, colorado department of transportation, commission, development, election, employment, enforcement, housing, housing policy, immigration enforcement, infrastructure, michael bennet, missing middle, multimodal, pandemic, phil weiser, progressive, public health, refugee, renter, sustainable, tabor, transit, transit-oriented, transportation, transportation system, walkable, zoning
Should Colorado voters send him to the governor’s mansion, Phil Weiser says he wants to draw on a pair of tools from his time as Attorney General to steer the state: consensus building for new initiatives and scrutiny of existing systems. Weiser was elected Colorado Attorney General in 2019 and is now setting his sights on being the Democratic nominee for governor. He sees affordability, education, water and tax reform as among the challenges facing the next governor, and he believes collaboration will be key to all. “There will be some mandates, there will be some oversight, transparency, and
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Yellow Scene Magazine
KEYWORD SCORE: 110.36. boulder, boulder city council, city clerk, city council, city of boulder, civil rights, matt benjamin, pearl street, pearl street mall, police, progressive, rachel friend
A Boulder resident is being targeted with criminal charges for protesting Israel and their occupation of Gaza. Her attorneys argue the prosecution is a direct violation of her right to free speech. A Boulder resident since 2011, Laura Gonzalez has spent the last three years as a prominent advocate for Palestine at city council meetings. Her activism is rooted in a complex personal history: she is the youngest of ten children, the first American born to undocumented immigrants, and the child of a survivor of the Guatemalan genocide. Gonzalez, who is Indigenous with Mayan ancestry, views her voc
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KGNU News
KEYWORD SCORE: 106.54. bike, boulder, boulder county, budget, collective bargain, colorado, election, kgnu news, morning magazine, open space, police, south boulder, the hop, traffic, transit, unionize
*Headlines Tuesday, May 12, 2026* *Fire contained near Loveland* Yesterday afternoon, a fire burning west of Loveland in the Sedona Hills area near Carter Lake prompted mandatory evacuation orders. The Sedona Hills Fire was 100% contained by 7pm, according to officials. Mandatory evacuation orders were issued around 3:20 p.m. and lifted by 7 p.m., with crews remaining in the area overnight. Officials say smoke could still be visible in the area. READ MORE *Dozens of bills pending as legislative session ends* Dozens of bills are pending as Colorado lawmakers work to wind down the legislative se
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Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 81.20. affordable housing, bike, bike lane, budget, civil rights, colorado, commission, development, election, housing, infrastructure, mayor, michael bennet, phil weiser, public sector, rent control, renter, sustainable, tabor, transit, transportation, zoning
Michael Bennet says Coloradans in his age cohort cashed in on years of economic growth and a red-hot Colorado housing market that contributed to a windfall for those possessing land and stocks. The problem, the 61-year-old U.S. Senator notes, is that the asset boom not only failed to serve younger Colorado residents, but it may have closed the door on their prospects in the state entirely. “Let me tell you what these young people are saying to me. They’re saying, f— you, boomer,” Bennet told Colorado Matters Senior Host Ryan Warner, punctuating his passion for the topic with a four-letter word
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Boulder Reporting Lab
KEYWORD SCORE: 75.38. affordable housing, bicycle, bike, boulder, boulder county, colorado, commission, eviction, housing, housing crisis, refugee, scooter, transportation
[image: A child rides her bike on the streets of San Lazaro mobile home park in the summer of 2025. Credit: Brooke Stephenson] When residents of San Lazaro mobile home park learned the property was up for sale, many shared the same fear as resident Lety Garcia: displacement. “We are afraid that new owners will raise rent or close the park, and many families will be displaced from their homes,” she said. Residents say San Lazaro, located in unincorporated Boulder County near Boulder, is more than just housing for its 800-plus residents. It is a diverse, close-knit community where people know an
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Yellow Scene Magazine
KEYWORD SCORE: 68.59. bus route, bus service, cdot, colorado, colorado department of transportation, commuter rail, denver international airport, development, express bus, infrastructure, multi-modal, multimodal, regional transportation district, sustainable, traffic, transit, transit-oriented, transportation, transportation system, zoning
*Press releases are provided to Yellow Scene Magazine. In an effort to keep our community informed, we publish some press releases in whole.* *May 7, 2026* *Marya Washburn, CDOT Policy and Programs Communications Manager* *720-378-4587 | marya.w...@state.co.us* *Kiernan Maletsky. RTD Director of Long-Range Planning* *719-440-8370 | kiernan....@rtd-denver.com* *CTE and RTD Announce Milestone $9.3 Million in Funding to Increase Frequency of Certain Bus Routes* *Agreement marks first funding through SB24-230 transit formula grant program.* *Statewide* — The Colorado Clean Transit Enterpr Share via:
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 54.14. black, boulder, budget, clean energy, colorado, commission, development, diversity, petition, public utilities commission, transit
[image: Rows of power poles appear to be shrinking into the horizon] Facing rising utility bills, clean energy mandates and new demands for power, especially from data centers, a chorus of utilities and business groups is united saying the Colorado Public Utilities Commission needs an overhaul. In part, the push appears to be prompted by some controversial commission decisions. On Saturday, Republican lawmakers tried unsuccessfully to amend the bill dealing with the routine reauthorization of the commission to expand the three-person panel to five members. “We’re simply not getting a good repr
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Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 44.05. black, colorado, development, housing, mayor, public works, students, transportation, zoning
[image: A woman wearing black rimmed glasses stands on red scaffolding under a doorway reading "Piazza Leonardo" to the lower right of the fram, a man wearing a suit looks up at her.] *PUEBLO — *Whether they were setting up new offices, painting archways and murals in a soon-to-open museum or celebrating in Tuscany, a handful of Puebloans have been busily preparing in recent days for what they expect to be a renaissance on the city’s riverwalk. Wait, what? Celebrating in Tuscany? Italy? Indeed. Representatives of the Leonardo da Vinci Museum of North America, which will open June 12 on the Pue
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Colorado Newsline
KEYWORD SCORE: 38.59. budget, colorado, coronavirus, enforcement, human services, immigration enforcement, infrastructure, lawsuit
[image: (Illustration by Alex Cochran)] (Illustration by Alex Cochran) *Editor’s note: This is the second article in The 50 vs. The One, an occasional series examining the current fraught moment and what evolving — and often deteriorating — state-federal ties mean for the country. Read the first article **here**.* President Donald Trump is wielding power in unprecedented ways to bring states to heel, marking a dark new chapter in the relationship between the federal government and the states. Since taking office last year, Trump has punished Democratic-led states that anger him by withholding
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SCOTUS Blog
KEYWORD SCORE: 37.59. black, civil rights, election, naacp, proportional representation, voting rights
*Cases and Controversies is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court’s rulings, opinions, and procedures on the law, on other institutions, and on our constitutional democracy more generally.* In *Louisiana v. Callais,* the Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Samuel Alito, eviscerated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. There is so much incisive commentary about this devastating opinion that I hesitate to attempt to add to it. You likely already know that the opinion effectively overrules the provision of the VRA designed to ensure that
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Yellow Scene Magazine
KEYWORD SCORE: 37.00. co-op, colorado, development, housing, infrastructure, land use, small business, sustainable, transportation
*This piece is part of Yellow Scene Magazine’s Opinion section. The views expressed here are those of the author and do not represent a reported news position. At Yellow Scene, opinion pieces speak freely, challenge assumptions, and say the quiet parts out loud.* *Protecting our Public Lands* *Alex Kelloff for Congress | Colorado’s 3rd District* Western and Southern Colorado (CD3) contains some of our country’s most prestigious public lands. The scenic landscapes provide some of the greatest opportunities for recreation, including hiking, rafting, biking, fishing, hunting, skiing, and much mor
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Colorado Newsline
KEYWORD SCORE: 36.66. boulder, colorado, inequality, judy amabile, low-income, sales tax
Colorado state Sen. Judy Amabile, a Boulder Democrat, listens to opening day proceedings on the first day of the 2025 session of the Colorado Legislature on Jan. 8, 2025, at the Colorado Capitol. (Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline) A pair of bills to raise more state tax revenue and direct it to low-income families in Colorado died in committee on Monday afternoon, two days before the end of the legislative session. Sponsors of House Bill 26-1221 and House Bill 26-1222 asked the committee to postpone them indefinitely, a procedural move that kills the legislation. Those two bills would have und
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Denver 7 News
KEYWORD SCORE: 31.86. bicycle, cars, colorado, development, employment, homelessness, housing, infrastructure, mayor, police, refugee, shelter, unhoused
Its a weekday afternoon on East Colfax Avenue in Aurora, and community members like Raynalia Crawford are taking matters into their own hands. Denver7 met Crawford as she was on her way to hand out burritos to people experiencing homelessness. She told Denver7 she wants to see more community engagement in the area. "We just need the people able to come out and not be afraid, to come to this area because of the location," Crawford said. Support and resources for Auroras unhoused community was one of the key topics at Aurora Mayor Mike Coffmans annual State of the City address Tuesday, outlining
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KGNU News
KEYWORD SCORE: 31.85. boulder, colorado, lgbtq
Listeners: Top listeners: KGNU Broadcast Live On-Air 9:30 am - 12:00 pm 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm With Karen Raforth, Glenda Russell, Ph.D., psychologist, activist, writer, community historian; blogger for Tools for Troubled Times and Scott Skinner-Thompson, J.D., CU Boulder Law professor, Dean’s Scholar, and Affiliate Faculty LGBTQ Studies Program.Their conversation centers on a decision (Chiles v. Salazar) and an accepted case (St Mary v. Roy) of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). In our era of sound bites, we often miss the details, understanding and implications of
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SCOTUS Blog
KEYWORD SCORE: 29.45. black, election, lawsuit, mayor, petition, racial discrimination, voting rights
It was a busy Monday at the court, to say the least. Keep reading to catch up on all the action. At the Court The court on Monday cleared the way for Alabama to use its 2023 congressional map, which had been blocked by a federal district court for discriminating against Black voters. Specifically, the Supreme Court vacated a lower court ruling barring Alabama from using the map and asked the court to reconsider the dispute in light of *Louisiana v. Callais*. Find Amy’s analysis of the decision in the On Site section below. Last week, in response to requests from Danco Laboratories and GenBioPr
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Denverite
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.89. camping ban, city council, enforcement, homelessness, inequality, mayor, police, racism, shelter, unhoused
Tensions are rising between the city of Denver and Mutual Aid Monday, the long-running weekly gathering that gives out food and other services to hundreds of people each week. Mutual Aid Monday has met outside the City and County Building for nearly six years. In recent weeks, the city has asked organizers to find a new location, perhaps near the jail, they told Denverite. The activists fear they are being pushed out of the only space they have used for half a decade. They worry that if they move to another location, longtime participants in their weekly meal will no longer be able to find the
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Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.69. affordable housing, apartment, colorado, development, housing, zoning, zoning code
Affordable housing advocates and city officials say there’s a shortage in the Pikes Peak region, with estimates showing Colorado Springs is tens of thousands of housing units short of meeting current needs. The eye-popping number came late last year when Chief Housing and Homeless Response Officer Amy Cox delivered key highlights from a 310-page housing needs assessment. “The city’s 27,000-unit housing shortage has been decades in the making, and this dates back to the great recession and years of under building,” Cox said. Ad: In a 10-year period from 2006 to 2016, state data shows around 80,
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9 News Denver
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.66. black, infrastructure, landmark, lawsuit, traffic, transportation
The Dali crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, killing six construction workers who had been filling potholes. BALTIMORE — The Singapore-based operator of the ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse and killing six people, has been indicted along with a key employee, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.The indictment names Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., based in Singapore, and Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd., based in Chennai, India. Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, 47, an Indian national who was technical superintendent for the Dali conta
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Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.56. affordable housing, apartment, colorado, development, housing, zoning, zoning code
Affordable housing advocates and city officials say there’s a shortage in the Pikes Peak region, with estimates showing Colorado Springs is tens of thousands of housing units short of meeting current needs. The eye-popping number came late last year when Chief Housing and Homeless Response Officer Amy Cox delivered key highlights from a 310-page housing needs assessment. “The city’s 27,000-unit housing shortage has been decades in the making, and this dates back to the great recession and years of under building,” Cox said. Ad: In a 10-year period from 2006 to 2016, state data shows around 80,
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Governing
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.45. budget, city government, development, infrastructure, scooter, transportation
In just the last few weeks, a number of cities — communities as diverse as Philadelphia; Atlanta; South Bend, Ind.; and Beaumont, College Station and Georgetown, Texas — have announced meaningful changes in the management and provision of a crucial public resource. These changes include hiring new officials, infusing additional capital, changing how that capital is raised and committing to expanding availability. In doing so, these cities follow in the footsteps of Denver, Ithaca, N.Y., and others by taking significant steps toward improving public life. This resource? The often overlooked sid
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Boulder Colorado Release
KEYWORD SCORE: 24.09. boulder, bus stop, buses, city of boulder, colorado, colorado department of transportation, denver regional, drcog, express bus, sustainable, traffic, transit, transportation
Boulder Begins Building Transit Efficiency Improvements at 2 Intersections on Broadway Express bus looking south on Broadway.jpg ozaslana@bould… Mon, 05/11/2026 - 13:21 May 11, 2026 *Project supports safer, more accessible travel on high-traffic street with 12,000 daily bus riders* The City of Boulder has begun constructing intersection improvements and a segment of dedicated bus lane on Broadway, or CO 93, at Regent Drive. The Broadway Transit Improvements Project will reduce delays, significantly improve bus travel time and reliability, and install complementary safety and accessibility impr
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Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 22.91. air quality, ballot measure, colorado, lawsuit, transportation
This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at coloradosun.com . By Taylor Dolven, Colorado Sun State Democratic lawmakers abandoned their effort to blunt the potential impact of a proposed ballot initiative that would amend the state constitution to give Coloradans a “right to natural gas.” Colorado House Speaker Julie McCluskie, D-Dillon, Assistant Majority Leader Jennifer Bacon, D-Denver, and Sen. Lisa Cutter, D-Littleton, had pledged Friday to introduce a bill that would ensure the amendment doesn’t threaten public safety or local air quality. T Share via:
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 22.31. black, colorado, enforcement, housing, javier mabrey, lawsuit, phil weiser, small business, working group
[image: The Unaffiliated — All politics, no agenda.] ------------------------------ Two years of intense debate in Colorado over how artificial intelligence should be regulated ended with little fanfare early Tuesday when the legislature passed a compromise measure watering down — and once again delaying — the state’s first-in-the-nation law imposing rules on the technology. Instead of requiring companies, governments and other groups that create and use artificial intelligence to disclose how their AI systems help make decisions on things like hiring, loans and housing, they would just have t
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Colorado Newsline
KEYWORD SCORE: 22.20. colorado, enforcement, petition, students
[image: Migrants, many fleeing violence in Haiti, cross the Rio Grande at Del Rio, Texas, in 2021 to buy supplies in Mexico while waiting to claim asylum in the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court is likely to weigh in on a Trump administration policy that allows detention without bond for millions of migrants who illegally crossed a border. (Photo by Jordan Vonderhaar/The Texas Tribune)] Migrants, many fleeing violence in Haiti, cross the Rio Grande at Del Rio, Texas, in 2021 to buy supplies in Mexico while waiting to claim asylum in the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court is likely to we
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Denver Westword
KEYWORD SCORE: 21.77. black, cars, city council, colorado, development, mayor, open space, petition
[image: wellshire inn building with old cars] "Its history not only helps to tell golf’s story, but also reflects the growth and optimism of our young and growing city.” The post How Denver Scored One of the Country’s Great Public Golf Courses, 100-Year-Old-Wellshire appeared first on Denver Westword. Hot Times Ahead: A Dozen Free Things to Do in Denver This WeekDenver Public LibraryAudio By CarbonatixWalter Hagen arrived at Wellshire Country Club in October 1928 to compete in Golf’s World Series, a barnstorming tour that pitted the reigning Champion Golfer of the Year against the most recent
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