- Since recreational cannabis started in 2014, sales had never declined on a year-over-year basis — until July 2021. Now the industry has logged 17 straight months of decline.
- A federal grand jury and securities regulators have charged that cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried attempted to influence the regulation of his industry by strategically making campaign contributions using other people’s money. Some of that cash found its way to Colorado campaigns.
- The lawsuit says ballot rejections disproportionately impact diverse communities, disabled people and the youngest and oldest voters, and that actual fraud is very rare.
- The Club Q shooting in which five died and 19 were injured has brought renewed attention to an incident involving the suspected gunman, Anderson Aldrich, in the summer of 2021.
- The search for answers, including a motive, in the Colorado Springs shooting will take time, authorities say.
- The Associated Press had not yet called the race, but opponents of the measure conceded that it had passed.
- The cause and manner of death in the autopsy were amended after a grand jury investigation.
- CPR News has filed a lawsuit seeking the release of the autopsy report after the Adams County Coroner denied a public records request from Colorado Public Radio.
- Rick Reigenborn's history, his seeming desire for attention and his lack of management experience when he got the job four years ago are giving his opponents plenty of fodder.
- The mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, have set off another cycle of national debate over gun laws. But laws vary widely from state to state.
- A COLab investigation found that Colorado has among the highest rates of mental illness in the country, yet it has one of the lowest rates when it comes to access to care.
- When Crisis Access of Colorado won a bid to reform the state’s mental health services, its leader planned to bring the “A-Team” to serve the state’s poor and mentally ill. Instead, mental health lobbyists used political connections to pressure state leaders out of its contract.
- It's all due to a gross imbalance of supply and demand.
- The number of drill rigs opening new wells in Colorado jumped from eight in March 2021 to 14 at the end of this month.
- Investigators found that there was significant interest among nursing home residents to transfer back to their communities, but many were unaware of services available to do so.
- More than 5,000 wildfires start each year in Colorado. The cause of most of the state’s large, human-started fires is unknown.
