
May 19, 2025: Governor’s executive order on housing, Auraria leadership protest response, words for graduates
Governor Jared Polis puts new pressure on cities and towns that resist state law on affordable housing. Then, as a federal panel looks into alleged antisemitism at a Colorado campus, there are new details about how campus leadership responded to last year’s anti-war protest. And the send-off for Colorado’s newest graduates wouldn’t be complete without some words of wisdom.


May 16, 2025: Air traffic control disruption, massive oil spill cleanup, civil rights leader remembered
Air traffic controllers in Colorado temporarily lost communications with pilots flying into Denver International Airport.

By Bazi Kanani

May 14, 2025: Suncor contract rejected, water crisis in Manitou Springs, micro trucks approved, Lady Liberty’s glow-up
Denver has decided to switch where it will buy asphalt material for roads, rejecting the local refinery, but it may not be better for the environment.

By Bazi Kanani

May 12, 2025: A $400 million bet on Denver, evidence backlog ‘tortures’ victims, coal trains still chugging
Whether Colorado actually gets a professional women’s soccer team may hinge on how the Denver City Council votes tonight.

By Bazi Kanani

May 9, 2025: A new tactic to slow climate change, big legislative takeaways, new music festival, win a trip to Italy
A Colorado company finds an innovative way to make an industry greener — one that has a bigger climate footprint than the European Union.

By Bazi Kanani

May 7, 2025: Fast-melting snow, guardrails for AI use, Colorado music lift, public media funding fight
It feels like we’re getting plenty of rain this week, but what’s happening to the snow is causing concern.

By Bazi Kanani

May 6, 2025: Renewable energy lab layoffs, ballot theft scheme, office towers to apartments, new exhibition
Research and development for renewable energy took a hit yesterday with 114 layoffs at NREL in Golden.


May 5, 2025: ‘Climate realism’ explained, Uber threatens to leave Colorado, student loan deadline, fruit trees
Colorado lawmakers have just three days left to finalize their work, which could include controversial regulations on rideshare companies.


May 2, 2025: Boebert vs Polis on rail, fines for hiring immigrants, property values drop, kids who love Shakespeare
Colorado has a plan for high-speed passenger rail to connect its cities, but two of the state’s members of Congress are speaking out against it.

By Bazi Kanani

April 30, 2025: Severe weather, Trump pulls Denver funds, measles in vaccinated person, pickleball love stories
A hundred days into his term, we’re learning more about Trump’s plan to punish Denver with funding cuts, which have already started.


April 29, 2025: Major immigration raid, falling rents, Denver Little Saigon’s future, social media bill fails
It was an immigration enforcement raid carried out by several law enforcement agencies, with a twist.


April 28, 2025: Veto override, disability protections, Xcel’s plan to not spark a wildfire, unsung WWII heroines
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April 25, 2025: Wildfire outlook, wrongful conviction, women over 40 convene, rules for trans athletes
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April 23, 2025: Lawmakers’ final push, murder trial for teen who threw rocks, Tennis band’s swan song
With just two weeks left before the session ends, there are still a number of significant bills state lawmakers hope to get across the finish line.

By Bazi Kanani

A renewable energy project boils over near Colorado hot springs
A quirky pair of entrepreneurs want to make electricity using hot water from a mile underground.


April 21, 2025: Sudden deportations, jobs slow, new renewable energy source
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