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Raucous Caucus in Nine Days! RSVP now
Boulder Progressives
KEYWORD SCORE: 103.25. aaron brockett, benita duran, boulder, boulder progressives, boulderprogressives.org, election, housing, jill adler grano, progressive, ryan schuchard, transit, raucous caucus
[image: Raucous Caucus in Nine Days! RSVP now] The seats are filling up fast, and the pressure is building. We told you the Raucous Caucus was returning to kick off Boulder’s first even-year election season with a bang. We only have about 30 tickets remaining, so reserve yours now! RSVP Now! Limited to 100 seats Who is participating so far? We’re excited to welcome a dynamic mix of familiar faces, community leaders, and seasoned advocates to the stage on June 6th: - *Aaron Brockett* - *Tina Marquis* - *Tara Winer* - *Ryan Schuchard* - *Jill Adler Grano* - *Benita Duran* - *Rachel Isaacson* Eve
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Where Diana DeGette, Melat Kiros and Wanda James stand on the issues in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District primary
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 85.94. affordable housing, black, budget, cars, colorado, development, election, electric vehicle, enforcement, homelessness, housing, immigration enforcement, low-income, moratorium, petition, police, rent control, renter, students, traffic, transit, transportation, zoning
Three Democrats are running against each other in the Democratic primary for Colorado’s 1st Congressional District on June 30: incumbent U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, former lawyer and Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros and University of Colorado Regent Wanda James. *Diana DeGette* has served as the U.S. representative for Colorado’s 1st Congressional District since 1997. She holds a law degree. She is 68, married and has two children. She lives in Denver. *Melat Kiros* is a lawyer who was fired from her law firm after writing an article defending pro-Palestinian student protestors. She is running as
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Boulder considers slowing minimum wage increase for tipped workers
KGNU News
KEYWORD SCORE: 85.01. boulder, city of boulder, colorado, kgnu news, morning magazine
- [image: cover] *play_arrow* Boulder considers slowing minimum wage increase for tipped workers KGNU News By Don Davis Boulder’s debate over wages for tipped restaurant and bar workers is heating up as city leaders consider changes to the tip offset. Critics say slowing the wage increase could make it even harder for servers to survive in one of Colorado’s most expensive communities. The City of Boulder is accepting feedback on the tipped wage issue on its website through June 2. This story aired on the Morning Magazine, KGNU’s weekday morning show featuring in-depth discussions on local news
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Voter guide for the University of Colorado Board of Regents primary
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 80.47. affordable housing, boulder, boulder city council, boulder county, boulder progressives, budget, city council, colorado, commission, development, edie hooton, election, gunbarrel, housing, mayor, police, police oversight panel, progressive, students, sustainability
This year, three seats on the University of Colorado Board of Regents are up for grabs. The primary race for District 2 is expected to be a competitive one: the Democratic incumbent, Callie Rennison, is not running for reelection. The other two open seats on the board are for Colorado’s 6th and 7th Congressional Districts. Those districts strongly lean Democratic, and the Democratic candidates are running unopposed in the primary. No Republican candidates are running in those races. The partisan Board of Regents includes one statewide at-large member and one member from each of Colorado’s eigh
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Foraging, rhubarb cake, and more: Radio Nibbles
KGNU News
KEYWORD SCORE: 79.42. boulder, colorado, kgnu news, morning magazine, the skip
- [image: cover] *play_arrow* Foraging, rhubarb cake, and more: Radio Nibbles KGNU News On this week’s edition of Radio Nibbles, host John Lehndorff discusses foraging for wild foods! Legendary Boulder herbalist Brigitte Mars leads an Urban Herb Walk in Boulder on May 30. Registration: brigittemars.com/classes. Mars will also lead an herb walk at the Botanica Festival in Lafayette. Jenni Hlawatsch of The Singing Cook teaches Preserving the Season: Making Homemade Jams & Curds at Botanica A Festival of Plants botanicafestival.com, June 27-28 at Lafayette’s Three Leaf Farm. Kids 5-12 can learn t
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Boulder considers slowing minimum wage increase for tipped workers
KGNU News
KEYWORD SCORE: 73.73. boulder, city of boulder, colorado, kgnu news, morning magazine
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 Boulder considers slowing minimum wage increase for tipped workers KGNU News By Don DavisBoulder’s debate over wages for tipped restaurant and bar workers is heating up as city leaders consider changes to the tip offset.Critics say slowing the wage increase could make it even harder for servers to survive in one of Colorado’s most expensive communities.The City of Boulder is accepting feedback on the tipped wage issue on its website through June 2.This story aired on the Morning Magazin
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LPMN State Download ������ At the Capitol, Sharing the MN Story | Spring 2026
Local Progress
KEYWORD SCORE: 69.77. affordable housing, black, city council, development, eviction, housing, housing crisis, progressive, public education, rental assistance, renter, small business, students, tenant, transportation
[image: LPMN State Download Graphic] Feeling grateful that spring has sprung, but even more for the unceasing courage of Minnesotans and LP members sharing their stories and supporting one another. As we prepare for the 2026 National Convening in Baltimore, I get more and more excited about feeling the boost from our courageous, caring network, and I’m hoping you all can come to get that boost as well. [image: What We've Been Up To] *[image: ������] Bringing Demands to the State * Throughout the 2025 LPMN Chapter Priority Setting process, we identified that too many entities and associations were
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Where Manny Rutinel and Shannon Bird stand on the issues in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District primary
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 69.63. buses, cars, child care, city council, colorado, commuter rail, development, electric vehicle, enforcement, housing, infrastructure, latino, low-income, moratorium, single family, sustainable, traffic, transit, transportation, transportation system
Two candidates are running against each other in the Democratic primary in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District on June 30: state Rep. Manny Rutinel and former state Rep. Shannon Bird. Former U.S. Marine Evan Munsing dropped out of the race on Wednesday, May 27 . The winner of the primary will face off against Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans in November. *Manny Rutinel *is a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. He served as an economist for the United States Army Corps of Engineers and has a law degree. He is 31 and lives in Commerce City. *Shannon Bird* is a former member of the
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Foraging, rhubarb cake, and more: Radio Nibbles
KGNU News
KEYWORD SCORE: 64.72. boulder, colorado, kgnu news, morning magazine, the skip
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 Foraging, rhubarb cake, and more: Radio Nibbles KGNU News On this week’s edition of Radio Nibbles, host John Lehndorff discusses foraging for wild foods!Legendary Boulder herbalist Brigitte Mars leads an Urban Herb Walk in Boulder on May 30. Registration: brigittemars.com/classes. Mars will also lead an herb walk at the Botanica Festival in Lafayette.Jenni Hlawatsch of The Singing Cook teaches Preserving the Season: Making Homemade Jams & Curds at Botanica A Festival of Plants botanicaf
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Child care is out of reach for many parents, and its history in the U.S. helps explain why
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 62.69. apartment, black, boulder, child care, colorado, denver and boulder, denver international airport, development, election, employment, infrastructure, landmark, pandemic, public education
Nearly 90% of a child’s brain develops by age 5, so accessing child care is critical for children. But it’s out of reach for many families, forcing parents out of the workforce. Why is child care so expensive? And why does the U.S. lack a public system for its youngest children? For our new series, “Raising Colorado: The untold costs of a broken child care system,” CPR education reporter Jenny Brundin spoke with Denver-based author Elliot Haspell, who explores these questions in his book, “Raising a Nation: 10 Reasons Every American Has a Stake in Child Care For All.” Jenny also asked him abou
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Boulder residents sue police chief over alleged ‘mass surveillance’ by Flock cameras
Boulder Reporting Lab
KEYWORD SCORE: 59.77. bicycle, bike, black, boulder, boulder county, boulder police department, cars, city manager, city of boulder, colorado, enforcement, judy amabile, lawsuit, police
[image: A Flock camera on Canyon Boulevard. Credit: Brooke Stephenson] Two Boulder residents filed a class action lawsuit challenging the Boulder Police Department’s use of Flock automatic license plate reader cameras on May 27, alleging they amount to “mass, suspicionless, warrantless surveillance.” One of the plaintiffs named in the suit is Will Freeman, a Boulder resident and founder of DeFlock, a website dedicated to advocating against the use of AI-powered cameras. Automatic license plate reader cameras record each time a car passes, capturing identifying information like bike racks, car
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How U.S. Cities Lost the Economic Development Plot
Next City
KEYWORD SCORE: 59.00. bicycle, budget, cars, development, diversity, economic justice, electric vehicle, employment, housing, infrastructure, land use, mayor, pandemic, petition, small business
*This essay was originally published by *Common Edge*, a nonprofit dedicated to reconnecting architecture and design with the public that it’s meant to serve. * In the 1950s, Robert Moses bulldozed a swath of the South Bronx to build the Cross Bronx Expressway, displacing an estimated 60,000 residents and gutting one of the most economically diverse urban neighborhoods in the country. The logic of the time was efficiency: move cars faster. By the time the expressway was completed, the same idea was imposed upon the entire city: rationalize land use and separate urban functions into legible zon
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2 Boulder residents sue over city’s use of Flock cameras, citing widespread privacy violations
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 58.27. bicycle, bike, boulder, cars, colorado, enforcement, lawsuit, police, u.s. 36
[image: A solar-powered security camera is mounted on a pole in a parking lot outside a Home Depot store, with cars parked nearby under a blue sky with scattered clouds.] Two Boulder residents are challenging the city’s use of 31 Flock Safety surveillance cameras, saying the technology violates Coloradans’ rights by cataloging their movements without warrants. A lawsuit filed in Boulder District Court on Wednesday night argues the system gives Boulder police broad access to records tracking the movements of people driving and biking through the city — a level of surveillance the plaintiffs say
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Civic Action Calendar: Week of May 28
KGNU News
KEYWORD SCORE: 54.93. boulder, boulder public library, colorado, election, kgnu news, morning magazine, progressive
Listeners: Top listeners: KGNU Broadcast Live On-Air 8:30 am - 9:30 am 9:30 am - 12:00 pm 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Civic Action Calendar for May 28th 2026 KGNU News On the weekly Civic Action Calendar, we’ll share information about actions and events hosted by community-based organizations across the Front Range.Attendees will gather outside the office and bring personal receipts to show how expensive energy, gas, health care, and grocery costs have gotten. That’s at 10701 Melody Dr. in Northglenn. More info at mobilize.US/indivisible.The group says they aim to stand up for kindness toward all peopl
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Boulder’s Chautauqua raced to winterize its historic auditorium for Sundance. A stop-work order followed.
Boulder Reporting Lab
KEYWORD SCORE: 54.80. boulder, colorado, demolition, development, landmark
[image: The Chautauqua auditorium undergoes construction May 2026. Credit: Brooke Stephenson] For 127 years, the Colorado Chautauqua auditorium has largely gone dark each winter, its open-air design built for summer concerts beneath the Flatirons, not January snowstorms. Now, crews are working around the clock to transform the historic venue into a year-round theater before Sundance arrives in Boulder next January, compressing what organizers say would normally be a three-year project into just 13 months. That accelerated timeline drew scrutiny from the city this spring after Chautauqua began
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Banking Like the Planet Depends On It
Next City
KEYWORD SCORE: 54.67. average home, development, economic justice, housing, residential solar, shelter, small business, sustainability, sustainable
[image: The Bottom Line] Nicholas Hartnett, owner of Pure Power Solar, carries a panel as he and Brian Hoeppner, right, install a solar array on a roof in Frankfort, Kentucky, on July 17, 2023. (Photo by Michael Conroy / AP) America’s fastest-growing new bank doesn’t specialize in AI or crypto-currency or some exotic investment strategy with little real world value. It specializes in environmental sustainability. Based in St. Petersburg, Florida, Climate First Bank was chartered in 2021 with a mission to finance environmental sustainability. Five years later, it’s already pushing $1.8 billion
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Colorado Attorney General: Democrat Michael Dougherty
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 53.89. boulder, boulder county, colorado, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, pearl street, pearl street mall, petition
Michael Dougherty’s campaign has focused on his experience. He has been a prosecutor for decades, first in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to now running the Boulder District Attorney’s Office. He grew up in New York City, but said a love for the outdoors brought him and his family to Colorado, where he worked for then-State Attorney General John Suthers. Dougherty ran the DNA Review Project office. Since 2018, when he was first elected Boulder District Attorney, Dougherty has prosecuted the 2021 King Soopers mass shooting and the 2025 firebombing of peaceful demonstrators on the Pear
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Colorado appeals court weighs challenge to CU South flood mitigation financing
Boulder Reporting Lab
KEYWORD SCORE: 52.66. boulder, boulder city council, boulder county, city council, colorado, cu south, cu south, floodplain, lawsuit, save south boulder, south boulder, u.s. 36
The Colorado Court of Appeals this week heard oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging the financing of the South Boulder Creek flood mitigation project at CU South. The lawsuit, brought by Save South Boulder in April 2025, alleges that Boulder’s stormwater utility fees require voter approval under the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. It also contests the Boulder City Council’s approval of an ordinance allowing the city to issue $66 million in bonds to help fund the project. The Boulder County District Court last year sided with the city and the plaintiffs appealed. During the May 27 hearing, the three
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Colorado schools avoid budget squeeze while voters decide future of education funding
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 48.36. ballot measure, budget, colorado, commission, housing, public education, students, tabor, transportation
[image: Young school kids walk in a single-file line through a school hallway] Colorado’s spending plan for K-12 schools was among the first bills lawmakers introduced during this year’s session and among the last pieces of legislation they passed, bookending an especially grueling 120 days that included moments of concern over potential school funding cuts. Despite having to fill a roughly $1.5 billion state budget hole, however, the General Assembly avoided taking an ax to K-12 education. In fact, lawmakers increased education spending to nearly $10.2 billion as Colorado continues to ramp up
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City Seeks Feedback from Older Adults and Family Caregivers at Upcoming Community Conversations
Boulder Colorado Release
KEYWORD SCORE: 44.75. boulder, boulder county, city of boulder, colorado, housing, human services, transportation
City Seeks Feedback from Older Adults and Family Caregivers at Upcoming Community Conversations image (35).jpg morsecasillasl… Thu, 05/28/2026 - 09:56 May 28, 2026 Feedback will help shape the city’s Age-Inclusive Community Strategic Plan and inform Boulder County’s planning process that takes place every four years. The City of Boulder is seeking input from adults 60 and over and family caregivers at Community Conversations in June to discuss what works well for older adults and what service and resource gaps need to be addressed. Conversations will be held in person and online and will be av
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Utahns protest data center near Salt Lake City; Gasoline spill raises concerns about local safety in southwest CO; Polis signs four wildlife & ecosystem protection bills
KGNU News
KEYWORD SCORE: 44.32. colorado, colorado department of transportation, commission, morning magazine, transportation
Headlines Thursday, May 28, 2026 Utahns protest data center near Salt Lake City Hundreds of people rallied at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City last Saturday to protest a proposed data center in Box Elder County that would be one of the largest facilities of its kind in the world. Shannon Barton, a community organizer spoke at the “Dump Data Centers” rally. Barton is with the group Box Elder Accountability Referendum, or BEAR, which is leading an effort to stop the project. “It was a beautiful moment of people coming together, Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Forward Party, everybo
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Boulder residents sue police department over Flock camera surveillance
Denver 7 Front Range News
KEYWORD SCORE: 44.09. boulder, boulder pd, boulder police department, city of boulder, civil rights, colorado, enforcement, lawsuit, police, public sector
A first-of-its-kind lawsuit in Colorado accuses the Boulder Police Department of illegal mass surveillance through Flock Safety cameras. The class-action suit alleges Chief Stephen Redfearn deployed 31 license plate reader (LPR) cameras across the city with no privacy safeguards in place. *WATCH*: *Denver7's Claire Lavezorrio speaks with one of the Boulder residents behind the suit and the civil rights lawyer taking up the case* Boulder residents sue police department over Flock camera surveillance It also claims the cameras illegally surveil people without a warrant or probable cause a violat
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Construction begins on downtown Wellington facelift
BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 44.09. boulder, colorado, development, downtown boulder, infrastructure, landmark, redevelop, traffic
Preliminary work began Tuesday in downtown Wellington on a project to remake the Cleveland Avenue... WELLINGTON — Preliminary work began Tuesday in downtown Wellington on a project to remake the Cleveland Avenue corridor.In the first phase of construction, crews from project coordinator Coulson Excavating, based in Loveland, are locating and working on waterlines on First, Third, Fifth and Sixth streets. The preliminary work is expected to take about a week and isn’t expected to require the closure of any roads. However, town officials are advising motorists and cyclists to exercise caution wh
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California Climate Funding Fight Pits Transit and Housing Advocates Against Oil Industry Giveaways
Streetsblog Net
KEYWORD SCORE: 42.75. affordable housing, budget, clean energy, covid-19, housing, infrastructure, pandemic, petition, service cuts, sustainable, transit, transit-oriented, transportation
A looming overhaul of California’s cap-and-trade program is raising alarm among transit advocates, affordable housing organizations, and environmental justice groups, who warn the state could weaken a key climate funding source at a moment when cities already face transit funding crises and worsening housing pressures. At the center of the debate is a proposal to reshape the state’s carbon market, commonly known as “cap-and-trade” but rebranded as “cap-and-invest” by Governor Gavin Newsom. The program would be retooled in ways critics say would expand free pollution permits for oil companies a
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The Meaning of Mamdani
Governing
KEYWORD SCORE: 41.78. budget, buses, city council, city government, commission, economic justice, election, housing, housing crisis, mayor, sales tax, shelter, tenant, transit, transportation
This article is part of Governing’s Inside Politics newsletter. Sign up to subscribe. A year and a half ago, Zohran Kwame Mamdani launched a longshot campaign for New York City mayor, a little-known state assemblyman with a socialist vision for the financial capital of the world. Today he’s almost universally known, and in his first five months in office he has become a standard against which other big-city mayors are measured. The comparisons began well before he took office. Last summer, before either one of them became mayor, Katie Wilson was referred to as “the Mamdani of Seattle.” Omar Fa
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The Week Observed: May 22, 2026
City Observatory
KEYWORD SCORE: 38.94. cars, housing, land use, students, traffic, transportation, transportation system, walkable
What City Observatory Did This Week What the Investment Grade Analysis (IGA) says: High tolls will mean a massively over-supersized $15 billion bridge and highway will be largely empty, and meanwhile I-205 traffic will be jammed to capacity. Charging tolls ranging from $2-$4.60 will cause 50,000 vehicles to stop using I-5, and many of these will divert to I-205. The environmental effects of these diverted trips and added I-205 congestion aren’t included in the IBR’s final enviornmental impact statement, which is likely a violation of federal law. If anything the investment grade analysis overs
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Fifty for 150: The 2021 Marshall Fire was the most destructive in Colorado history
Colorado Newsline
KEYWORD SCORE: 38.09. boulder, boulder county, colorado, marshall fire, open space
Homes are burned in the Marshall Fire in the Rock Creek neighborhood of Superior, as seen on Dec. 31, 2021. (Courtesy of Bill Wright) On the morning of Dec. 30, 2021, a low-pressure zone developed just east of the mountains of Boulder, causing unusually high winds. On its own, the winds might have been a mere inconvenience, but the tinderbox environment they encountered created combustible conditions. *This story is part of Colorado at 150. Each Fifty for 150 story focuses on an event that helped define Colorado over 150 years of statehood. Newsline is publishing one Fifty for 150 story every
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Nutrien wins grant for U.S.-Israeli ag project
BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 37.84. boulder, colorado, development, housing, progressive
Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc.’s Loveland facility is sharing part of $7.5 million in grants from the... LOVELAND — Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc.’s Loveland facility is sharing part of $7.5 million in grants from the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation for a project in collaboration with an Israeli company.Greeneye, based in Tel Aviv, will work with Nutrien to develop and validate a targeted spraying system for agricultural retailers that is driven by artificial intelligence.The BIRD Foundation early this month announced a total of seven new projects between com
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Radio Book Club: How to Commit a Post Colonial Murder
KGNU News
KEYWORD SCORE: 37.11. boulder
Listeners: Top listeners: KGNU Broadcast Live On-Air 8:30 am - 9:30 am 9:30 am - 12:00 pm 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Radio Book Club: How to Commit a Post Colonial Murder Maeve Conran The May 2026 installment of the Radio Book Club, a collaboration between KGNU and the Boulder Bookstore, is How to Commit a Post Colonial Murder, by author Nina McConigley.The book is set in 1986 in rural Wyoming and tells the story of two sisters Georgie Ayyar and Agatha Krishna as they plot to murder their uncle to end a cycle of abuse. The book is darkly funny and explores themes of identity, immigration, sisterhood a
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Gross Dam injunction heads back to court after talks stall
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 36.17. boulder, boulder county, colorado, sierra club, south boulder
The dispute over whether Denver Water can ever fill its expanded Gross Reservoir in Boulder County will head back to U.S. appellate court in July, after settlement talks between the frustrated water agency and environmental opponents failed to reach a mitigation deal. Denver Water is asking the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to nullify rulings by a U.S. District Court judge against the $600 million Gross Dam project. Federal judge Christine Arguello first ruled in October 2024 that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unlawfully issued permits the expansion that had been planned by Denver Water for
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5th Congressional District: Democrat Jessica Killin
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 36.06. colorado, development, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, infrastructure, sustainable
Jessica Killin said she has lived her version of the American Dream, and she wants people in the 5th Congressional District to have the opportunity to do the same. “This is the community that raised me, and I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to now give back to the community that raised me,” she said when explaining her decision to run. Killin is a 4th-generation Coloradan who graduated from Falcon High School. She was able to afford college through an ROTC scholarship and served in the U.S. Army for eight years, leaving with the rank of captain. She went to law school, worked at USAA, a
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Greeley Chamber graduates Leadership Weld County class
BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 35.81. boulder, colorado, development, employment, shelter, small business, transportation
The Greeley Area Chamber of Commerce has announced 33 graduates of its 2026 class of Leadership... GREELEY — The Greeley Area Chamber of Commerce has announced 33 graduates of its 2026 class of Leadership Weld County, a nine-month immersive leadership development program.“This class has demonstrated exactly the kind of curiosity, commitment and community-mindedness that defines Leadership Weld County. Watching them grow over these nine months gives me tremendous confidence in the future of our region,” Macy Kovarik, Leadership Weld County program director, said in a written statement.Graduates
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Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate: Democrat Phil Weiser
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 35.33. campaign finance, colorado, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, lawsuit, michael bennet, missing middle, petition, phil weiser, refugee, tenant
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is capping off eight years as the state’s top prosecutor. He worked on a range of issues during his time in elected office, from suing opioid manufacturers and social media companies to trying to tackle consumer fraud. Weiser was previously the dean of the University of Colorado Law School and served as the deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust division in the Obama administration. He was also an adviser to the National Economic Council. In recent years, a major focus of Weiser’s office has been to push back against
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Lunar Outpost secures $220M NASA contract
BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 35.30. boulder, colorado, development, transportation
Lunar Outpost, a Golden-based aerospace company, has secured a $220 million contract from NASA to... GOLDEN — Lunar Outpost, a Golden-based aerospace company, has secured a $220 million contract from NASA to provide transportation vehicles for the moon.Lunar Outpost’s Pegasus vehicle will provide surface mobility for astronauts operating at the moon’s South Pole. It will support various missions, including preparation of science operations, resource prospecting and surface site preparation, laying the groundwork for a permanent human presence on the moon by 2030.“We’ve spent the better part of
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After Hours at the Radio Book Club: Nina McConigley
KGNU News
KEYWORD SCORE: 34.43. boulder
Listeners: Top listeners: KGNU Broadcast Live On-Air 8:30 am - 9:30 am 9:30 am - 12:00 pm 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm After Hours at the Radio Book Club: Nina McConigley Maeve Conran In this edition of Afterhours at the Radio Book Club, author Nina McConigley talks more about growing up as an immigrant in 1980s Wyoming, and navigating an Indian, Irish, American identity.Listen to our broadcast interview with Nina McConigley where she talks more about her new novel How to Commit a Post Colonial Murder.Subscribe to our Radio Book Club Series on iTunes to get new editions and web-only content. Also on Spo
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8th Congressional District: Democrat Shannon Bird
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 34.17. boulder, budget, city council, co-op, colorado, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement
Shannon Bird is a lawyer and former state representative. “I have lived a life that I think a lot of people can connect with in this district,” she said. “People understand that to get wherever you want to go, you have to work harder than anybody else to get there, and that’s the thread that I’m finding in this community that unifies all of us.” Raised by a single mother and her grandmother, Bird was the first person in her family to attend college. She moved to Colorado to study economics at CU Boulder and then went on to get a law degree from the University of Denver. The first office she ra
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Fifty for 150: Fearsome East Troublesome Fire caps off 2020’s historic wildfire outbreak
Colorado Newsline
KEYWORD SCORE: 34.08. black, boulder, boulder county, colorado, covid-19, election, marshall fire, pandemic, social justice
[image: East Troublesome Fire] The East Troublesome Fire officials is seen on Oct. 22, 2020. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) In the fall of 2020, as Colorado was reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, historic social justice protests and the run-up to a high-stakes presidential election, it suffered yet another blow in the form of an unprecedented outbreak of wildfires fueled by a warming climate. *This story is part of* *Colorado at 150**. Each Fifty for 150 story focuses on an event that helped define Colorado over 150 years of statehood. Newsline is publishing one Fifty for 1
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2nd Congressional District: Republican Kelley Dennison
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 33.36. colorado, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, joe neguse, land use, petition, single-family, small business
Kelley Dennison, a 27-year-old Larimer County massage therapist, thinks young people could be the cure for what ails American democracy in 2026. But only if her generation, Gen Z, makes the choice to opt into the conversation. “We need to take an active stance instead of being hopeless,” Dennison said. “I think that’s a major problem in my generation, and we need to step up.” That conviction inspired the young Republican to run for the congressional seat now comfortably occupied by Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse. Environmental conservation and 2nd Amendment rights are among her top priorities. “I
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Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate: Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 32.83. colorado, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, infrastructure, michael bennet, progressive, public health, public sector
Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet has served in the U.S. Senate since 2009. He was appointed to the seat by then-Gov. Bill Ritter to fill a vacancy when Bennet was the superintendent of Denver Public Schools, an experience he has talked about often while pushing for legislation. Bennet serves on four Senate committees and is the ranking Democrat on the Finance Committee and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. When asked why he wants to take his fight from the U.S. Senate to the State House and leave Colorado with a less senior senator, he said he believes the battle for the cou
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Shannon Bird and Manny Rutinel try to differentiate in first major debate, but show they are aligned on most major issues
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 32.72. affordable housing, ballot measure, budget, child care, colorado, election, hispanic, housing, latino, police, transit, zoning
*GREELEY — *The two Democrats vying for the chance to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District tried to find ways to attack each other at their first major debate Thursday but ended up agreeing on many major issues. Former state Rep. Shannon Bird of Westminster and state Rep. Manny Rutinel of Commerce City said they want to tax high-income earners and corporations to subsidize things like childcare and healthcare. The both said they want to keep the Suncor Energy oil refinery in Commerce City, the state’s major petroleum refinery, operating, though with s
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New outbreak in pine beetles on Front Range causes dramatic increase in damage between 2024 and 2025
Denver 7 News
KEYWORD SCORE: 32.33. boulder, colorado, open space
Pine beetle damage expanded along Colorado's Front Range by an exponential amount between 2024 and 2025 amid a new outbreak, according to a newly released report from Colorado State Forest Service. The 2025 Report on the Health of Colorado's Forests revealed that mountain pine beetles, which have plagued the Front Range for years, expanded nearly 150% between 2024 and last year. Notably, the report found that a new outbreak of these beetles, which are native, is currently spreading in ponderosa pine forests that are already at high risk of wildfires. Thanks to a second consecutive year of abov
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US Senate: Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 31.95. colorado, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, land use, mayor, michael bennet, progressive
Democrat John Hickenlooper — Denver’s former mayor, Colorado’s former governor, and a former presidential candidate — is running for a second term in his current job as a U.S. senator. His pitch: If Democrats can take back Congress, he can finally make progress on the issues Coloradans are clamoring about, including what he calls “the affordability emergency.” “I think this is a moment in time where everyone’s got to rise up, and everyone’s got to come together and unite,” he said in an interview. As partisan trenches have deepened in Washington, D.C., Hickenlooper has talked about bipartisan
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5th Congressional District: Democrat Joe Reagan
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 31.59. affordable housing, colorado, development, diversity, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, infrastructure, small business
Joe Reagan is hoping the second time’s the charm. The U.S. Army veteran narrowly lost the Democratic primary for the 5th Congressional District in 2024. After leaving the military with the rank of captain, Reagan worked in small business before shifting to the nonprofit sector, working for groups like Easterseals and Wreaths Across America. He said serving his community is why he’s in this race. “That’s what we need in Congress today, someone that’s willing to stand up and look at what is not the Democratic solution or the Republican solution, but what is the solution that’s going to work for
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America Keeps Building Stadiums Like Transit Doesn’t Matter
Streetsblog Net
KEYWORD SCORE: 30.41. bike, bus service, cars, development, infrastructure, mixed-use, redevelop, traffic, transit, transit-oriented, transportation, transportation system, walkable
Washington, D.C. is preparing to make the same mistake too many American cities keep making: building a billion-dollar destination without building the transportation system to match it. The proposed redevelopment of the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium site — the once and potentially future home of the Washington Commanders football team — is being sold as “*transit-first*.” And that phrase sounds ambitious — until you look at the numbers. The plan anticipates that roughly 40,000 people — the overwhelming majority of attendees — will arrive by Metro, bus, walking, biking, or other non-car options. O
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Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate: Republican State Rep. Scott Bottoms
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 30.38. budget, colorado, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, police, traffic, transgender
State Rep. Scott Bottoms is a pastor from Colorado Springs who has passed only one law as a prime sponsor in the two terms he’s spent at the legislature. He said that’s because he speaks his mind. “I do not spin things in a political way, and I’ve never done that. And that drives Democrats in this House crazy,” Bottoms said. Bottoms continues to claim, without presenting public evidence, that Democrats in the Capitol are involved in pedophilia and human trafficking. “No, I don’t back away from it at all,” Bottoms said. “In fact, I have been working with the FBI out of the state. I’m now workin
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US Senate: Democratic State Sen. Julie Gonzales
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 28.50. child care, colorado, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, progressive, transportation, voting rights
Longtime community organizer and progressive Democratic state Sen. Julie Gonzales said she’s running a campaign against corporate power. She said that means taking on President Donald Trump and also the billionaire-backed “do-nothing Democrats” who have been leading her party for decades. For Gonzales, that includes defeating incumbent Sen. John Hickenlooper and ousting Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as the head of the U.S. Senate Democratic Caucus. She is endorsed by the progressive, grassroots group Indivisible. Gonzales said she’s battle-tested and ready to fight tooth and nail for working p
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Colorado Attorney General: Democrat David Seligman
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 28.44. colorado, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, lawsuit, renter
David Seligman is using his newcomer status with government bureaucracies as an asset on the campaign trail for attorney general. “I’m the only person in this race who has dedicated their career to representing people, human beings, taking on the big bold fights on their behalf,” said Seligman at a recent debate. “Right now we need a lawyer in this office who understands deeply how the law is so often rigged against working people.” Seligman, 43, currently runs Towards Justice, an advocacy law firm that has filed a number of national class-action lawsuits against large companies on behalf of t
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8th Congressional District: Democrat Manny Rutinel
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 27.70. affordable housing, cars, colorado, election, enforcement, hispanic, housing, immigration enforcement, renter, voting rights
Manny Rutinel is a trained economist and lawyer who has served in the State House since 2023. The son of a single, immigrant mom from the Dominican Republic, Rutinel said he knows the struggles of working families because he lived it. “I know that we need leaders in Congress that understand the stakes and are willing to fight back against this Trump administration,” Rutinel said, explaining his run for Congress. On the campaign trail, he has talked about working at McDonald’s through high school in Florida. After graduating from college, he earned a master’s degree in applied economics from Jo
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Colorado governor candidates pledge to improve state’s business climate
Colorado Newsline
KEYWORD SCORE: 27.34. bike, cdot, colorado, landmark, low-income, michael bennet, phil weiser, progressive, sustainability, union formation
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democratic candidate for governor, participates in a forum hosted by Colorado business groups in Glendale on Thursday. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) Two Democrats and two Republicans pitched their campaigns for Colorado governor to a roomful of business leaders in Glendale on Wednesday, offering different visions for the state but finding plenty to agree about — with the business community and with each other. Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet told the forum, organized by groups including Colorado Concern and the Downtown Denver Partnership, that he
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Trump order limiting voting by mail will stand for now, federal judge rules
Colorado Newsline
KEYWORD SCORE: 27.31. colorado, commission, election, lawsuit, naacp, voting rights
[image: A mail ballot drop box is seen at a polling station on Nov. 4, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. D.C. District Court Judge Carl Nichols on May 28, 2026, declined to block, for now, an executive order by President Donald Trump on mail-in voting. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)] A mail ballot drop box is seen at a polling station on Nov. 4, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. D.C. District Court Judge Carl Nichols on May 28, 2026, declined to block, for now, an executive order by President Donald Trump on mail-in voting. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) A federal judge on Thursday declined to blo
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Alabama redistricting dispute returns to the Supreme Court
SCOTUS Blog
KEYWORD SCORE: 27.09. colorado, commission, election, lawsuit, mayor, petition, police
Good morning, and welcome to what’s expected to be another opinion day at the Supreme Court. We will be live blogging beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT. At the Court On Wednesday, Alabama again asked the Supreme Court to allow it to use the congressional map it adopted in 2023 in the 2026 midterm elections. For more on the latest chapter of a long-running dispute, see the On Site section below. After the possible announcement of opinions this morning, the justices will meet in a private conference to discuss cases and vote on petitions for review. Orders from today’s conference are expected on Monday
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Colorado Attorney General: Republican David Willson
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 27.08. colorado, covid-19, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, lawsuit, tabor, transgender
David Willson boasts of his experience representing Tina Peters in a recount lawsuit, which a judge threw out, as experience in election-related litigation and disputes over election administration. Willson, a Republican originally from New York, said on his campaign website that he would prioritize election integrity as attorney general. “What do I stand for: election integrity, investigating election fraud, fighting tyranny, upholding the rule of law, fighting the woke agenda, ridding our schools of the crap like porn and transgender agendas, protecting parents’ rights to raise their kids th
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3rd Congressional District: Democrat Dwayne Romero
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 26.97. city council, colorado, commission, development, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, low-income, small business
Aspen business owner and Army veteran Dwayne Romero said his run for Congress is the latest chapter in a life of public service. “For me, it is natural to be thinking about applying those skills, abilities, leadership successes and connections and goodwill to the next level, which is obviously to serve in Congress,” Romero said. Romero served as an Army officer for seven years after graduating from the United States Military Academy. He’s president and CEO of The Romero Group, a Basalt-based real estate management company with employees from Parachute to Aspen. His time in public service inclu
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Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate: Unity Party’s Jeff Peckman
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 26.83. apartment, colorado, election, electric vehicle, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, students
Jeff Peckman is singularly devoted to the principle of coherence, a philosophy he said can solve the world’s problems. He is vying to run for Colorado governor on the Unity Party ticket to bring that philosophy to the state government. Coherence, he explained, is harmony when all internal mechanisms of a system — from brainwaves and electrical currents to state agencies — are aligned toward the same goal. “Coherence, wherever it’s applied, will improve the performance of that system and be able to achieve things that would not be achieved otherwise,” Peckman said. Peckman calls himself a “solu
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Colorado Attorney General: Republican Michael Allen
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 26.19. budget, civil rights, colorado, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, lawsuit, phil weiser, lgbtq
Michael Allen believes crime and affordability have cramped the lifestyle for Coloradans in recent years. Allen, the El Paso County district attorney, is running for attorney general because he said the state needs a change. On the campaign trail, he talks a lot about how expensive everything is and how higher crime is partly responsible for driving those costs — particularly in the insurance market. Allen also touts his track record in prosecuting more fentanyl death cases than any other district attorney in the state. He talks about the successful prosecution of the convicted shooter who kil
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3rd Congressional District: Democrat Alex Kelloff
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.69. affordable housing, budget, colorado, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, infrastructure, small business, transit
Pitkin County businessman Alex Kelloff said a few months of President Donald Trump’s second term were enough to persuade him to run for office. Kelloff, whose professional ventures include co-founding Armada Skis, is making his first foray into politics with his bid for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. He points to his family’s 130-year history in Colorado as among the reasons he may be able to flip the Republican-leaning area. Affordability and a stable hand in government are among his top priorities. “People are deeply concerned. One, about the direction of the country, and of course,
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Colorado’s primaries are June 30. Here’s what you need to know about the candidates and how to vote.
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.41. ballot measure, boulder, boulder county, colorado, commission, election, jena griswold, michael bennet, phil weiser, special election
*Browse by topic* - *How The Colorado Sun is covering the primaries* - *How to vote* - *What to do if you’re an unaffiliated voter* - *Colorado Sun issue guides* Colorado voters will be weighing in on a long list of races — from U.S. Senate to county commissioner contests — in the state’s primaries this year, which will be held Tuesday, June 30. The Colorado Sun is here to help you figure out how to cast your ballot and provide you with information on the candidates to help you participate. *Note: *The candidates who win in the primaries will advance to the general election in November. Ballot
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State forces Fort Collins smoke shop to close
BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.41. boulder, colorado, phil weiser, police
A smoke shop in Fort Collins has been ordered to close by Sunday after an investigation found that... FORT COLLINS — A smoke shop in Fort Collins has been ordered to close by Sunday after an investigation found that it had illegally sold kratom products to a minor.Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced the decision Wednesday to shut down Smokin’ Genie, 604 S. Mason St., and coupled it with prohibiting its owner from doing business in the state for five years.“In Colorado, we are committed to effective oversight over the sale of legal kratom products,” Weiser said in a news release. “P
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Boulder’s TissueForm selected for MedTech Innovator accelerator
BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.23. boulder, colorado
Boulder-headquartered TissueForm Inc. is among the startup firms selected to participate in the... LOS ANGELES — Boulder-headquartered TissueForm Inc. is among the startup firms selected to participate in the upcoming MedTech Innovator accelerator program. The 2026 accelerator cohort of 65 companies will “participate in MTI’s flagship four-month program designed and proven to de-risk medtech innovation and accelerate the path to U.S. market success,” MedTech Innovator said in a news release.TissueForm, according to its website, is “pioneering natural implants that restore lost structure with t
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Things to do in Denver this weekend, May 29-31
Denverite
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.17. boulder, boulder county, colorado, landmark, students, transit
*By Cassidy Ritter, Special to Denverite* Festivals and music are taking over Denver this weekend. Fan Expo Denver will take over the convention center (read more about that here), and Outside Days will occur on the Auraria Campus (check out our full guide). Other local festivals include the Centennial Fine Art Festival and the 18th annual CinemaQ Film Festival. As for live music, Morgan Wallen is in town, as is Michael Franti & Spearhead. Levitt Pavilion is hosting Brazilian Day and Colombian singer-songwriter Andrés Cepeda will perform at the Paramount Theatre. There’s also the Putt Putt Bar
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Voter guide for Colorado’s Attorney General primary election
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 25.03. black, budget, colorado, commission, election, enforcement, jena griswold, lawsuit, phil weiser, police
The Attorney General’s office has almost 700 people, many of whom are lawyers, charged with enforcing consumer protection and antitrust laws, controlling the statewide Grand Jury, training and certifying the state’s law enforcement officers and enforcing environmental rules. Current State Attorney General Phil Weiser is term-limited. Four Democrats and two Republicans are vying to replace him, with the winner of each party’s primary facing off in November’s general election. The AG is the chief legal counsel to the executive branch of state government, including the governor and the state’s ag
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From the San Luis Valley to Vail, Latino labor powers every sector of Colorado’s economy
Colorado Newsline
KEYWORD SCORE: 24.59. cars, colorado, development, diversity, hispanic, latino, public education, racial discrimination, small business
A view of a farm in the San Luis Valley. (Diana Cervantes for Source NM) *This commentary was originally published by The Conversation.* In Colorado, a national debate about the role of Latinos in American society has deep roots in the state’s history, current identity — and future. I’m a professor of ethnic studies at Colorado State University. I recently published a book titled “Latino Colorado: The Struggle for Equality in the Centennial State.” In it, I explore how Latinos in Colorado have bridged Old West and New West industries to help our state grow. As a longtime resident of the state,
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Colorado Secretary of State: Libertarian Alex Astley
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 24.31. colorado, election, enforcement, jena griswold, small business
Engineer Alex Astley said he entered the race to become Colorado’s next secretary of state to make Colorado’s election system more transparent and restore trust in the electoral process. Astley is a Libertarian from Holyoke, on the Eastern Plains, where he works as an engineer for a rural electric utility. That experience, he argued, has been good preparation to head up the secretary of state’s office, which could benefit from his engineering approach to problem-solving. “I’ve got an analytical mind,” he said. “I’ve got responsibility for maintaining and building systems that are trusted to ke
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Opinion: Federal permitting reform for infrastructure projects is essential for Colorado’s economic future
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 24.14. budget, colorado, colorado department of transportation, development, infrastructure, traffic, transportation
Every day, the economic engines of communities across Colorado depend on infrastructure that is cracking under pressure. This is most visible along Interstate 270 and I-25, two vital corridors for the workers, employers, and freight operations that drive our regional economies. In Adams County, I-270 carries over 100,000 travelers and vehicles per day, with up to 17% of that traffic consisting of heavy trucks. This level of use is far beyond what the road was designed for when it was built in 1965-70. There are major concerns over stressed pavement, aging bridges and growing safety risks for p
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Colorado midwives sue state, saying regulators are making it harder for them to safely do their jobs
Colorado Sun
KEYWORD SCORE: 24.00. black, colorado, lawsuit, public health
Kalie Caler was 8 years old when she decided that she wanted to deliver babies for a living. Born and raised in Pagosa Springs, she completed midwifery school in Florida before moving home to start Mountain Roots Midwifery in 2019. As the only midwife in town, she delivered more than a dozen babies during her first year, traveling an hour or more to support clients as far away as Mancos, Durango and Crestone. She also birthed all three of her own children at home. Then, in February 2022, one of her clients went into labor and the birth didn’t go as expected. The baby boy wasn’t breathing when
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Fort Collins URA may expand redevelopment site through eminent domain
BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 23.88. boulder, colorado, development, redevelop
The Fort Collins Urban Renewal Authority will attempt to enlarge the parcel of property at 1636 N.... The Fort Collins Urban Renewal Authority will attempt to enlarge the parcel of property at 1636 N. College Ave. that it bought in July 2025 and may need to use eminent domain to do it. THIS ARTICLE IS FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Continue reading for less than $3 per week! Get a month of award-winning local business news, trends and insights Access award-winning content today! Login Processing your subscription now!If you canceled your payment, click here to close this window.If you processed a paymen
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1st Congressional District: Democrat Melat Kiros
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 23.67. colorado, election, enforcement, housing, petition, public education, refugee, the hop, transportation
Melat Kiros — a former attorney, grad student and barista — is running to represent Colorado’s First Congressional District. Kiros is a democratic socialist and the first candidate to beat incumbent Diana DeGette during the Democratic Assembly since DeGette joined Congress in 1997. “It’s time for a change. It’s time for leadership that is actually committed to addressing the structural issues that have prevented working families from being able to thrive in our society,” Kiros said. She said that being a democratic socialist means that she has a fundamental belief that the government is respon
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Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate: Republican State Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 23.41. budget, colorado, commission, development, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, mayor
State Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer is a former Weld County commissioner and a passionate advocate for agriculture and oil and gas development. So passionate that she supported a vote for rural counties to explore starting their own state in 2013. More recently, she’s acted as a budget hawk on the powerful Joint Budget Committee and would carry that into the governor’s office. “I know where the waste is. I know where the mismanagement is. I don’t know where all the fraud is, but I certainly know how to go look for it,” Kirkmeyer said in an interview. “And I also know the rules and regulations that ar
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CPR News’ voter guide to the Colorado 2026 primary election
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 23.36. colorado, edie hooton, election, jena griswold, michael bennet, phil weiser
Ballots are now available to registered voters for Colorado’s 2026 primary election on Tuesday, June 30. Unaffiliated voters — as well as voters registered with the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian and Unity Parties — will be tasked with selecting a party nominee for the general election. Whether you’re a loyal party member or an unaffiliated voter, consider this election guide as your voting companion. The primary election holds great importance in Colorado. In many areas where a party holds an electoral edge, the winner of the primary election will have a significant advantage heading int
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Colorado Attorney General: Democrat Jena Griswold
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 23.23. civil rights, colorado, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, jena griswold, voting rights
Secretary of State Jena Griswold often said while campaigning for attorney general that representing the working class isn’t just a talking point. She said her poor, rural upbringing outside of Estes Park shaped her work on protecting democracy and voting rights in her current job, for which she is term-limited. “I still have $200,000 in student debt,” she told people at a recent town hall. “When I stand here and protect you guys and protect Colorado consumers, I’m talking about my mom, I’m talking about my cousins, I’m talking about people who grew up like me.” Griswold, 41, attended Whitman
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The Good Roads Our Counties Need
Governing
KEYWORD SCORE: 22.97. budget, development, housing, infrastructure, transportation, transportation system
Picture a grain elevator in rural Missouri on a harvest morning. A line of loaded semis snakes back a quarter-mile. Each loaded truck then travels county roads to reach the rail silo, the barge and the world market. The farmer’s margin — already thin — depends on that road holding under 80,000 pounds of corn. Now picture that road after a wet spring: a frost-heave crack running shoulder to centerline. The county engineer knows it needs work. It’s been an issue for years. But the budget math no longer works. This is not a story about one county road, but rather about the heart of the American e
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Yamaha grant to support state bike group
BizWest
KEYWORD SCORE: 22.45. bike, boulder, colorado
Yamaha Motor Corp. USA, through its Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative, said this week that it will... IDAHO SPRINGS — Yamaha Motor Corp. USA, through its Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative, said this week that it will provide grant funding to COMBA, the Colorado Mountain Bike Association based at Loveland’s Tri City Cycle, to “purchase construction material for an elevated trail crossing to create a safer, downhill-only route at Virginia Canyon Mountain Park” in Idaho Springs.The company did not specify the amount of the Colorado grant, but the broader Yamaha program is providing more than $237,0
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Why BUILD America 250 Would Be Uniquely Bad For Passenger Rail
Streetsblog Net
KEYWORD SCORE: 22.00. budget, infrastructure, traffic, transit, transportation
America’s next major transportation bill could potentially strip railways of more than 80 percent of their federal funding — even as its first draft appears to promise Amtrak and other rail operators *more *money on paper, a top advocacy organization warned. Last week, advocates at the National Rail Passengers Association declined to endorse the BUILD America 250 Act, which they said failed to provide “reliable funding and a clear commitment to growth” for train operators across America — despite more than doubling operations funding for Amtrak in the first fiscal year alone. That’s because th
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Making art with friends: Art events around Denver this week, May 28-June 4
Denver Westword
KEYWORD SCORE: 21.61. boulder, colorado, commission, landmark, social justice
[image: A collage featuring an elephant standing on the world] Catch new exhibitions and ongoing shows before they leave. The post Making art with friends: Art events around Denver this week, May 28-June 4 appeared first on Denver Westword. The ultimate guide to dozens of patios and rooftop decks where you should eat, drink and play this summerHugh DalyAudio By CarbonatixThis week around Denver, artists celebrate the joy of making art together through exhibitions featuring groups like LAMP, the Sculptxr Group and Plein Air Buddies.Use this list to catch up on new exhibitions to attend and catc
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Voter guide for Colorado’s gubernatorial primary election
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 21.48. budget, colorado, election, housing, michael bennet, phil weiser
Colorado will elect a new governor in November to replace outgoing Gov. Jared Polis , who is term-limited after eight years in office. On the Democratic side of the ticket, two seasoned politicians are vying to be the state’s top elected official, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Attorney General Phil Weiser . Both are running campaigns to push back against the Trump administration and are pledging to tackle the state’s challenges from affordability to housing shortages. Republicans have three candidates competing for the party’s nomination: state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer , state Rep. Scott Bottoms
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8th Congressional District: Democrat Evan Munsing (Campaign Suspended)
Colorado Public Radio
KEYWORD SCORE: 21.47. campaign finance, colorado, election, enforcement, housing, immigration enforcement, small business
*Editors note: Munsing has suspended his campaign but will still appear on the ballot.* This is Marine veteran Evan Munsing’s first run for office. “It’s pretty clear to me — and I think to most Americans at this point — that our country’s in a mess. And frankly, I don’t believe that the people who got us into this mess — the sort of career politicians who control so much of our political class — are the kind of people who’re going to get us out of this mess,” he said. “I think we need a different kind of leader. We need new blood, and we need people from outside the system to come in and fix
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Where to get Morgan Wallen tour merch before his Denver concerts
9 News Denver
KEYWORD SCORE: 21.05. bike, bike path, bus route, cars, colorado, enforcement, regional transportation district, traffic, transportation
Morgan Wallen's "Still the Problem Tour," featuring Brooks & Dunn and Ella Langley, comes to Denver for two nights at Empower Field at Mile High. To stream 9NEWS on your phone, you need the 9NEWS app.Next up in 5Example video title will go here for this videoNext up in 5Example video title will go here for this videoDENVER — Morgan Wallen is back in Colorado, two years after performing two sold-out concerts at the home of the Broncos.The country music star will perform at Empower Field at Mile High on Friday and Saturday on his "Still the Problem" summer concert tour.Country music Hall of Fame
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