Colorado Matters

The recent Stapleton and Lamborn ballot signature dust ups show the state’s verification system works, Secretary of State Wayne Williams s. Then, what President Trump may mean for the future of renewable energy in Colorado. A new study finds Colorado’s middle class is squeezed and stressed. And the legend of Rattlesnake Kate McHale gives the Lumineers’ Neyla Pekarek the inspiration and name for a new solo album.

Stan Dempsey, head of the Colorado Mining Association, recently declared the so-called “War On Coal” to be over. Was there ever a war, or just market forces? One of the leading thinkers on artificial intelligence, Heather Roff, will speak this week at CU Boulder — after we speak with her. And, products that are made in Colorado, from beer cans to chemicals to satellites, could be caught up in the big international trade battles now underway.

Denver Post editorial page editor Chuck Plunkett talks about the paper’s future after waging wat in print and online against its corporate owners Alden Global Capital. But first, David Flaherty of Colorado-based Magellan Strategies outlines the way political campaigns profile voters and use of social media. The Colorado Department of Agriculture, talks about Colorado losers and winners in Trump’s trade battles. And, your gun questions answered.

Two people died when a house exploded in the northern Colorado town of Firestone a year ago. CPR’s Grace Hood and Ben Markus talks about what’s changed since then. Last week, the Denver City Council said it would not investigate claims of sexual harassment against Mayor Michael Hancock. What happens next? Stewart Vanderwilt talks about taking the reins at CPR. And author Emily Dufton talks about the history marijuana policy in her new book, “Grass Roots: The Rise And Fall And Rise of Marijuana in America.”

While a surplus has eased tensions among state lawmakers jockeying for budget priorities, it also has them scrambling for the extra dollars. Does an EPA rollback on car emissions mean “America First,” or bad air and hit to wallet for Coloradans? The annual Denver Auto Show just kicked off. Stories told by war veterans inspired Jeff Campbell to write his latest play, “Honorable Disorder.” The Lumineers’ Stelth Ulvang somehow finds time to write and record his own music.

Sheldon Steinhauser, who lives in Denver, was part of the march from Selma to Montgomery in 1968. He looks back 50 years on the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Colorado Parks and Wildlife doesn’t have the money to pay for land it leases. As we head into wildfire season, we revisit an interview s journalist Michael Kodas, author of “Megafire.”

A study from CU Anschutz says police, fire and other workers are more likely to die from suicide than line-of-duty incidents. What’s being done to help? Researchers at the University of Colorado see a new business opportunity in technology they developed to detect methane leaks. We get a look inside the strapped-for-cash Saguache County Jail. And snowboarder Amy Purdy, of Silverthorne, won a silver in snowboard cross at the Paralympics last month in South Korea, so we’re revisiting an earlier conversation with her.

Immigrant Rene Lima-Martin’s robbery conviction led to a 20-year legal odyssey before his release last week. Hundreds of residents who bought homes through Denver’s affordable housing program recently learned they will have to sell. A Fort Collins photographer chronicles severe storms in a new book. A Denver artist tucks her tiny paintings inside mint tins.