News gift: A brief holiday words-and-songs roundup
There's a lot of good reading material kicking around that internet. In the spirit of curling up and diving into a well-made thing while listening to something new, we put together a few read-listen parings for your holiday season. Enjoy!
Coloradans eye rulings around country in favor of local fracking bans
BOULDER -- Supporters of local bans on the oil-and-gas drilling process known as fracking celebrated a key high court victory in Pennsylvania last week.
Gay marriage: No, Colorado is not the next New Mexico
DENVER -- Gay rights supporters in Colorado are applauding the New Mexico Supreme Court ruling that affirmed the right of same-sex couples to marry in the state, celebrating the unanimous decision as yet another in a cascade of similar developments.
ACLU tracks Colorado courts unlawfully jailing poor people
City courts across Colorado routinely lock up people too poor to pay fines, according to investigations by the ACLU detailed in letters sent to Northglenn, Westminster, and Wheat Ridge.
An unlikely firebrand
Saturday came and went, marking the day a year ago that 20 students and six adults were gunned down at Sandy Hook. For Jane Dougherty of Littleton, this week marks an anniversary of a different kind – a year since she got her politics.
Pot regulators tracking plants play down privacy concerns
The division says public fears are understandable but unsubstantiated. "I mean we get it. We understand it is very personal private information. We’ve really done all that we can to keep the MITS database protected."
Catching sunlight, to sell it
“It’s not a question of whether we incentivize rooftop solar, but how we do it,” said Ethnie Treick, manager of Policy Analysis at Xcel. “How do we provide solar energy to the most people?”
Arapahoe shooter: An AP student who cracked jokes
“I knew him, I mean I knew him personally,” said an Arapahoe High School senior. “We had AP History together and he was always cracking jokes, annoying the teacher. He seemed like a nice enough guy.”
Krieger: Pssst, the Chargers know how to beat the Broncos
About twenty minutes after John Fox announced he had no injuries to report from Thursday night’s game — other than wounded pride, perhaps —...
Fresh-face Zenzinger appointed to Hudak Senate seat
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — In something of a surprise vote, a majority of 66 vacancy commissioners selected Arvada City Councilwoman and former campaign manager Rachel Zenzinger to replace Democratic state Senator Evie Hudak, who resigned on November 27 in the face of a recall effort launched by gun rights groups in reaction to votes she cast in the spring.