Colorado Matters

Denver developer Kyle Zeppelin says he is not a typical urban developer, “an industry that’s gotten a little bit tainted.” We’ve asked teachers and others to tell us about how they’re innovating in their classrooms, and more than 40 of them weighed in. Lyons printmaker Bud Shark’s work appears at New York’s Museum of Modern Art and the Met. His archive’s moving to CU-Boulder. And the U.S. Navy’s newest attack submarine, the USS Colorado, will go into service Saturday.

A lawmaker — expelled for sexual harassment. It sounds a lot like recent events in Colorado. In fact, the same thing happened in Arizona. An investigator in the case talks about hunting for the truth in such a political workplace. Satellites are so critical that the military has a new unit to protect them from enemy attack. And, the Museum of Contemporary Art – Denver has a new lending library. Not books — art!

As the movement against sexual harassment moves into newsrooms, Dianna May is helping lead the new initiative called Press Forward. Daniel Raimi wrote a book on fracking after he couldn’t find one to recommend to others. Boulder Valley students with dyslexia get more resources. And, corned beef and cabbage may not be as Irish as you think on St. Patrick’s Day.

Should students protest gun violence by walking out of class, and what do the protesters hope to gain? Two Front Range teenagers talk about it. Then, the mystery if a polio-like illness In Colorado may have been solved. We meet one family that recovered. A Colorado filmmaker takes about documenting the life and work of the late war photographer Chris Hondros.

Sen. Gardner spoke at length about ideas to end gun violence, insisted the North Korea nuclear talks be based on concrete and verifiable steps, and restated his opposition to steel and aluminum tariffs. Then Rep. Lamborn raises eyebrows over pot research rules, Philip Anschutz talks about his new book “Where The West Begins,” and we hear about why scientists believe we’re one step closer to understanding the Big Bang.

The folks who ran Colorado’s legislature used to cram opponents’ bills into their desks, never to be seen again. We talk to the former lawmaker who got that stopped, only to be replaced by dreaded “kill committees.” Then, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats have a new album. Plus, a bobsledder brings home silver. And, the story of a Colorado ski pioneer.

The NOlympic committee is seeking a ballot initiative to ask voters if they want to host the Winter Olympics. Mona Kline talks about surviving the Grover Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego. We followed up with your questions after a story about letting judges temporarily take guns away from people who appear to be a threat. And the annual crane festival is back this weekend at the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge.

Tuesday night marked caucus night in Colorado and marked the kickoff for Election 2018 as well as the first indications we have for race to be the next governor.