Hello Free People of the Rocky Mountain Region!
This is your weekly news roundup for July 8th, 2024.
Nearly every week I take a look at headlines, news stories and articles from across Colorado.
Links from Video:
Colorado family’s firework business rockets across Wyoming border: https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-family-firework-business-elliott-wyoming-border-4th-july/
Opinion: Protesters came to our homes, with antisemitic chants to “globalize the intifada”: https://www.denverpost.com/2024/06/30/cu-regents-homes-protests-israel-gaza-antisemitism-bds/
Conservationists call lion hunting ban contrary to science-based wildlife management: https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/2024/07/08/conservationists-lion-hunting-ban-science-based-wildlife-management/
Denver bought hotel to house homeless but 15 months later it hasn’t opened: https://denvergazette.com/news/denver-stay-inn-homeless-shelter/article_9a27c7be-37e9-11ef-a7cc-871918543ec5.html
Colorado lobbyists were paid nearly $70 million in the last year. These 5 bills show their influence on policy.: https://www.denverpost.com/2024/07/07/colorado-legislature-lobbying-democrats-environment-oil-gas-housing-chemicals/
Sheriffs can’t detain ICE inmates: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/sheriffs-cant-detain-ice-inmates/article_e49e8670-3960-11ef-9442-7b1aa80b2f37.html
Lawsuit targets Denver’s restrictions on use of natural gas in buildings: https://www.denverpost.com/2024/07/06/denver-lawsuit-building-codes-natural-gas/
Judge rules that metro district can condemn swath of Palizzi Farm in Brighton: https://www.denverpost.com/2024/07/03/palizzi-farm-eminent-domain-bromley-farms/
Gaines: Are your ‘damn roads’ fixed yet? Have they turned a single shovel?: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2024/07/gaines-are-your-damn-roads-fixed-yet-have-they-turned-a-single-shovel/
CU Boulder finds 59% of older adults stay home more since COVID-19: https://www.dailycamera.com/2024/06/27/cu-boulder-finds-59-of-older-adults-stay-home-more-since-covid-19/
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