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Family of man shot dead after calling police for help finally get $19million payout

Christian Glass was killed while sitting in his car having a mental health crisis, he had called 911 and and told dispatchers he was terrified before he was shot five times in Silver Plume, Colorado

Daily Mirror

Editorial: Colorado River water deal gives California another reprieve. For now

The Colorado River deal announced Monday is more of a temporary reprieve than a solution to plummeting water supplies. The deep water cuts for California, Arizona and Nevada will tide over thirsty residents and farmers only until the end of 2026.

Los Angeles Times

Same pay, fewer hours: Colorado city will try a four-day workweek starting this summer

Golden, Colorado, will be embarking on an experiment this summer that could prove to be the envy of every working stiff in the state: 40 hours of pay for 32 hours of work.

The Denver Post

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Car trouble, a 911 call and police bullet to the head: What happened to Christian Glass?

Colorado authorities have reached a record $19m settlement with the family of Christian Glass, a 22-year-old shot by police when he called 911 for help on a June night last year. Court proceedings continue against two former officers charged in his death. Sheila Flynn reports

The Independent UK

Family of Christian Glass to receive $19 million in settlement over son’s 2021 police shooting death

The state of Colorado and three local law enforcement agencies agreed to a record $19 million settlement in the death of Christian Glass, a 22-year-old who was shot and killed by police in June in Silver Plume after he crashed his car and called 911 for help.

The Denver Post

Is Chevron a Buy With Latest Deal for Shale Growth?

Chevron’s all-stock deal to buy PDC Energy looks like a slam dunk. The only fly in the ointment for the oil giant is an uncooperative economy combined with a lower price per barrel of oil.

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Buying Marijuana in These States Helps Fight Substance Abuse

Helping to fight substance abuse in some states can be as easy as purchasing legal marijuana.

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Family of Christian Glass, who was shot dead by police after calling 911, receives record $19m settlement

Glass was shot and killed by police last year after he called 911 to report his car had gotten stuck in Colorado

The Independent UK

Pair of critically endangered Amur leopard cubs born at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Colorado Springs’s Cheyenne Mountain Zoo welcomed a pair of Amur leopard cubs last Wednesday, adding to the population of one of the most endangered species in the world.

The Denver Post

Family of Colorado man killed by police during mental health crisis gets $19 million settlement

The parents of a 22-year-old Colorado man killed by a sheriff’s deputy while suffering a mental health crisis will get $19 million from state and local agencies and changes to how officers are trained under a settlement

The Independent UK

Breakthrough Colorado River deal reached, bringing big water cuts for three years

LOS ANGELES — The seven states that depend on the Colorado River announced Monday that they have reached an agreement on cutting water use from the river over the next three years to prevent reservoirs from falling to critically low levels.

Los Angeles Times

Western US states reach deal on Colorado River conservation

Arizona, California and Nevada agree to cut water usage from the Colorado River by 13 percent over three years.

Al Jazeera

Colorado’s cannabis industry has fallen on hard times. What does the future hold?

The heyday of marijuana sales in Colorado — back in 2020 when recreational and medical sales topped out at a combined $226 million — is a distant memory, as the state’s dispensaries struggle through an economic downturn, with sales plummeting and small businesses foundering.

The Denver Post

A Colorado panel of medical and pharmacy experts will decide whose medicine to make affordable this summer

Starting this summer, Colorado's Prescription Drug Affordability Board will choose up to 18 high-cost drugs for review.

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Once 'paradise,' parched Colorado valley grapples with arsenic in water

As the West endures a megadrought, rising levels of arsenic — a known carcinogen — in the water supply of Colorado's San Luis Valley offer clues to what the future may hold.

Tribune News Service

When it comes to Colorado in the summer, 'geology is life'

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. We once drove through Walsenburg with a geologist named Brian Penn, passing gas stations and discount stores and fast food chains when suddenly Penn veered his Ford Ranger to the side of the road and stopped.

WEKU

Canadian wildfire smoke is prompting air quality warnings in the western U.S.

Thick plumes of smoke from blazes in the Canadian province of Alberta crossed into nearby states including Montana, Colorado, Idaho and Utah.

The Denver Post

A plan to pay farmers to use less of the Colorado River comes up dry

One way to save massive amounts of water from the drying Colorado River — state and federal officials had hoped — was to effectively buy water this year from farmers and ranchers with a $125 million conservation program.

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The Independent UK

Smoke from Canada wildfires prompts air quality alerts in Colorado, Montana

Officials in Colorado and Montana have issued air quality alerts due to smoke from dozens of wildfires in Canada that has drifted south into the United States

The Independent UK

More states are requiring patients to give consent for medical students performing pelvic exams

A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious patients

Ballotpedia

Lawsuit filed challenging proposed Colorado property tax ballot measure set for Nov. 2023 election

Advance Colorado and Englewood City Council member Steven Ward filed a lawsuit on May 15, 2023, in Denver County District Court, challenging the property tax measure recently placed on Colorado’s Nov. 2023 ballot. The lawsuit alleges that the measure violates the state’s single-subject rule, which requires ballot measures to concern…

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Independent Yemi Mobolade defeats Republican Wayne W. Williams in Colorado Springs mayoral race

Yemi Mobolade defeated Wayne W. Williams 57.5% to 42.5% in the general runoff for Colorado Springs mayor. The runoff was on May 16, 2023, while the general was held on April 4, and the filing deadline to run passed on Jan. 23.

Capital & Main

Colorado’s Big Push on Electric Vehicles Gets Boost From Federal Funds, But It’s Got a Long Way to Go

Though the state is set to spend plenty in effort to meet the goals of its emissions reduction plan, more permanent solutions seem far off.

Chicago Tribune

My worst moment: When Nancy Travis came face to face with Batman

In the Hallmark rodeo series “Ride,” Nancy Travis plays matriarch to a Colorado ranching family. Did she have much knowledge about rodeos before landing the role? “It was a world I was fascinated by, but I had no experience with it. I was sort of Instagramming ranches and ranch life…

The Texas Tribune

Texas has begun busing migrants to Denver, Gov. Greg Abbott announces

Colorado’s capital becomes the fifth Democratic-run destination for immigrants transported from the Texas-Mexico border region.

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