April 5, 2021: Guns & Colorado Law; Memorial Poem; State’s First Muslim Lawmaker

By Ryan Warner

April 5, 2021

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49min 57sec

210329-BOULDER-SHOOTING-MEMORIAL-FLOWERS-SIGNS — Flowers and messages, some spiritual and some political, at the makeshift memorial outside King Soopers on Boulder’s Table Mesa Drive, a week after a gunman opened fire in the store March 22, 2021, killing 10 people.

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Episode | 49:57

April 5, 2021: Guns & Colorado Law; Memorial Poem; State’s First Muslim Lawmaker

Segment 1 | 9:55
Answering Questions About Guns And Gun Laws In Colorado
Segment 2 | 11:57
From Health Care To Immigration Services, Rep. Iman Jodeh Talks About Priorities And About Being Colorado’s First Muslim Lawmaker
Segment 3 | 4:12
The Memorial Outside The Boulder King Soopers Grew As People Mourned Together. Soon, It’ll Be Preserved In A Museum
Segment 4 | 2:33
Poem About Tulips Honors Suzanne Fountain After Boulder Shooting
Segment 5 | 4:40
Voters To Decide If Grand Junction Can Have Marijuana Dispensaries

CPR investigative reporter Ben Markus answers questions about gun laws in Colorado. Then, Rep. Iman Jodeh on her priorities and on being the state's first Muslim lawmaker. Plus, preserving the memorial in Boulder and a special poem. Also, voting on marijuana in Grand Junction. And the other time masks and social distancing were part of life in Colorado.

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April 5, 2021: Guns & Colorado Law; Memorial Poem; State’s First Muslim Lawmaker

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April 5, 2021: Guns & Colorado Law; Memorial Poem; State’s First Muslim Lawmaker

Answering Questions About Guns And Gun Laws In Colorado

From Health Care To Immigration Services, Rep. Iman Jodeh Talks About Priorities And About Being Colorado’s First Muslim Lawmaker

The Memorial Outside The Boulder King Soopers Grew As People Mourned Together. Soon, It’ll Be Preserved In A Museum

Poem About Tulips Honors Suzanne Fountain After Boulder Shooting

Voters To Decide If Grand Junction Can Have Marijuana Dispensaries

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Here’s when you might get to see the inside of the Cadet Chapel at the U.S. Air Force Academy

Colorado’s oil and gas industry drops ballot measure to defend gas stoves and furnaces — for now

Prosecutors rest case in trial of former sheriff’s deputy charged in Christian Glass death

CU Boulder hires Justin Schwartz as new chancellor

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