Boulder is for People reading for 6/22

[Eric Budd]

Matt Benjamin and Tina Marquis: Our Boulder community deserves better. So do our city staff.

Boulder Reporting Lab

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KEYWORD SCORE: 86.70. boulder, boulder city council, budget, city council, city staff, colorado, land use, matt benjamin, public hearing, small business, south boulder, transportation

*This commentary is by Matt Benjamin and Tina Marquis, members of the Boulder City Council.* Those of us who serve on Boulder City Council don’t always agree. On land use, transportation and budgets, Tina and I have voted differently more than once. But we agree on this without reservation: The people who work for this city deserve to be treated with dignity. And right now, too many of them aren’t. We are living through an extraordinarily difficult moment. The direction our federal government has taken has generated fear, grief and fury that is entirely understandable. That anger is real. And

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These are challenging times for Colorado’s renewable energy laboratory

Denver Westword

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KEYWORD SCORE: 79.31. ballot measure, boulder, budget, cars, clean energy, colorado, development, election, electric car, electric vehicle, energy efficiency, infrastructure, landmark, marshall fire, sustainable, transit, working group

[image: big federal facility golden] Why its mission is now more important than ever. The post These are challenging times for Colorado’s renewable energy laboratory appeared first on Denver Westword. Sun’s out, fun’s out: Over 100 things to do in Colorado this summerNRELAudio By CarbonatixIt’s troubling to read reports of attacks by the Trump administration on our highly respected institutions. Colorado has been a particular target. The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and research projects at the University of Colorado Boulder

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Boulder moves to annex wildfire-vulnerable neighborhood southwest of Wonderland Lake

Boulder Reporting Lab

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KEYWORD SCORE: 59.39. boulder, boulder city council, city council, infrastructure, open space, petition

[image: Spring Valley Estates neighborhood and the open space to the west. Credit: Brooke Stephenson] A wildfire-vulnerable neighborhood on Boulder’s western edge moved one step closer to joining the city Tuesday, as Boulder City Council unanimously advanced a proposal to annex 43 acres encompassing 36 homes southwest of Wonderland Lake. The main goal of the annexation is fire protection. The neighborhood relies on well water, which residents and city officials say doesn’t provide the pressure or volume needed to effectively fight wildfires in an area that has been evacuated multiple times in

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Boulder asks Colorado Supreme Court to review ruling on police body camera fees

Boulder Reporting Lab

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KEYWORD SCORE: 47.00. boulder, boulder county, boulder police department, city of boulder, civil rights, colorado, colorado supreme court, development, enforcement, lawsuit, petition, police

[image: A Boulder police vehicle. Credit: Boulder Police Department] The City of Boulder is petitioning the Colorado Supreme Court to review a Colorado Court of Appeals ruling that found the city cannot charge fees for body camera footage related to a complaint of officer misconduct under a 2020 police accountability law. Supporters of the appeals court decision called it a major win for police transparency and accountability across Colorado. But the city said in a June 18 petition to the Supreme Court that it would impose “enormous ongoing costs” on law enforcement agencies. The petition mark

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DeGette spars with challengers Kiros, James in final Colorado 1st District candidate forum

Colorado Newsline

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KEYWORD SCORE: 35.77. campaign finance, colorado, commission, election, inequality, joe neguse, petition, progressive, questionnaire, renter, students

From left, incumbent U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette and her Democratic primary challengers, University of Colorado Regent Wanda James and first-time candidate Melat Kiros, participate in a candidate forum hosted by Colorado Politics at the Denver Press Club on June 19, 2026. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) Longtime U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette on Friday night urged Denver Democrats to send her back to Washington, D.C., for a 16th term in Congress next year, as she looks to hold off a primary challenge from Melat Kiros, a democratic socialist and first-time candidate born four months after DeGe

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We visited Colorado’s only active volcano

Colorado Public Radio

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KEYWORD SCORE: 33.80. black, boulder, colorado

While ancient volcanic activity has shaped much of Colorado’s geology over thousands of years, few may be aware that there’s still one active volcano in the state. Outside of the small town of Dotsero, on the Western Slope, there’s a smattering of large, black boulders in a field on the south side of I-70. They’re volcanic rocks, left behind by the last large lava flow, some 4,200 years ago. Tegan Wendland/CPR News A volcanic boulder leftover from the eruption of Dotsero Crater in Eagle County. May 1, 2026. Just up the mountains on the other side of the highway, along a rough, rocky gravel roa

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How States Can Plan Now for an Aging Nation

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 33.56. budget, covid-19, development, housing, infrastructure, transportation

The aging of tens of millions of Americans will have broad societal implications for decades to come, but the systems needed to support an aging population are not keeping pace with demographic realities. As more older adults seek to age with dignity and purpose, the costs of care are rising faster than middle-class families can afford. In the next decade, U.S. adults 65 and older will outnumber children under 18. This will accelerate demand for healthcare, long-term care, housing, transportation and infrastructure that make daily life livable. Three-quarters of older adults say they prefer to

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In Chicago, You Can Get To The Obama Center Without Driving

Streetsblog Net

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KEYWORD SCORE: 27.75. bicycle, bike, bike parking, black, budget, bus service, scooter, sustainable, transit, transportation

*This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois.* I don’t think there’s much I can say about today’s Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening that hasn’t already been stated in the dailies, except that personally I viewed it as a great day for Chicago, and it made me feel proud to be an American for the first time in a while. Also, it bears repeating that Windy City straphangers owe the former POTUS a “Thanks Obama!” for his role in securing funding for the CTA’s Red and Purple Modernization Program, before handing over the White House keys to the Creamsicle-colored criminal. Oh, and to my late-middle

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CDOT Provides Safe Driving Reminders For Teens As Summer Break Kicks Off

Yellow Scene Magazine

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KEYWORD SCORE: 26.89. bus service, cdot, colorado, colorado department of transportation, express bus, multi-modal, traffic, transportation, transportation system

*June 9, 2026* *Tamara Rollison* *CDOT Traffic Safety Communications Manager* *720-663-9552 | tamara....@state.co.us* *DMV Media Relations* *dor_dm...@state.co.us* *Teen crash fatalities have increased by 91% in the last decade* *CDOT provides safe driving reminders for teens as summer break kicks off* *Statewide* — As teens look ahead to traveling more while school is out for the summer, the Colorado Department of Transportation reminds them that their actions behind the wheel matter. Traffic fatalities among youth aged 15 to 20 in Colorado reached a tragic record high in 2025, with 8

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As Other Cities Subsidize Bike Share, New York’s Citi Bike Keeps Raising Costs

Streetsblog Net

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KEYWORD SCORE: 26.44. bike, budget, housing, low-income, mayor, students, transit, transportation

New Yorkers pay more than 10 times as much to ride an electric Citi Bike compared to bike share in peer cities, and Mayor Mamdani should peg the cost to $3 for a 45-minute ride, advocates demanded. Citi Bike members shell out $12.15 for a 45-minute ride, according to a new analysis released by Transportation Alternatives on Tuesday, way out of whack with the rest of the country and the world. For instance, Docomo in Tokyo charges just $1.05 for the same kind of bike share trip and London’s Santander Cycles prices an e-bike journey at $1.35. Mamdani – a frequent Citi Bike rider – should cap the

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Report: The States Where Corporate Landlords Own the Most Housing

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 24.83. apartment, colorado, eviction, housing, rent control, renter, tenant

According to a Harvard analysis published in March, almost half of all renters are cost burdened. More than 20 million households spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent; more than half of these spend more than 50 percent. The great majority of rental units are in multifamily apartment buildings; almost three in four in urban communities and nearly as many in suburban areas. New research from the Private Equity Shareholder Project, a nonprofit watchdog focused on private equity and the broader private funds industry, looks at the relationship between private equity ownership of apar

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RTD Seeks Public Feedback for Proposed September 2026 Service Changes

Yellow Scene Magazine

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KEYWORD SCORE: 24.75. bus route, colorado, commuter rail, public meeting, regional transportation district, traffic, transit, transportation, transportation system

*Press releases are provided to Yellow Scene Magazine. In an effort to keep our community informed, we publish some press releases in whole.* Media contact: mediar...@rtd-denver.com, 720.326.7311 *Four virtual meeting options available starting June 22; online survey dashboard available through July 8. * *DENVER (June 10, 2026)* – *The Regional Transportation District (RTD)* is providing customers the opportunity to share feedback on the proposed September 2026 *service changes.* RTD will provide an overview of these service changes later this month on its website and, once available, cust

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Mildly blue or a blue tsunami? 9 states will decide if Dems flip control of U.S. Senate

Colorado Newsline

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.70. budget, colorado, election, progressive, special election, tenant

[image: Maine's Graham Platner is the Democratic candidate for what's considered one of the nation's most competitive battles for the U.S. Senate. Platner, who is challenging incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, is shown at a rally at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland on April 18, 2026. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star)] Maine's Graham Platner is the Democratic candidate for what's considered one of the nation's most competitive battles for the U.S. Senate. Platner, who is challenging incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, is shown at a rally at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland on April 18,

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