some breaking Colorado transit news for the night owls: the Regional Transportation District board voted tonight to move ahead with $20 million in service cuts by no later than May while rejecting a proposal to explore fare increases.

Required Colorado brag post because family visiting from the Western Slope came bearing two flats of Palisade peaches from C+R Farms. I see my future and it is BRIGHT. 🍑

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston — who co-sponsored bill to allow undocumented students to qualify for in-state tuition — vows to help fight DOJ's lawsuit. “There’s no way Colorado is going to go back to that time,” he tells @katielang.bsky.social of students w/out legal status who couldn't afford college

DOJ sues Colorado over in-state college tuition for undocumented students

The lawsuit takes aim at a 2013 state law that allows undocumented students living in Colorado to pay in-state tuition rates, which are significantly cheaper than out-of-state tuition rates.

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A Geo Group employee at the Aurora immigration detention center is facing attempted murder and assault charges after police say he shot a woman protesting outside the facility. From @sethklamann.bsky.social and me: www.denverpost.com/2026/07/16/s... via @denverpost.com

Geo Group employee at Aurora immigration detention center shot woman after protest, police say

Aurora Police Department officers arrested Brandon Booth, 42, on suspicion of attempted murder, assault, attempted assault, felony menacing and a weapons charge.

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RTD's finance committee ultimately voted to recommend NO service cuts to the full board. One RTD director proposed asking staffers for 3 new service cut scenarios to save $20 million bc the first round caused controversy. “If we were to take the list that we were given, it’s not going to pass."

Katie Langford@katielang.bsky.social · 3w ago

I wrote my first transportation story in a while today and I'm currently in hour 3 of an RTD finance committee meeting, so it feels like a good time to announce I'm now covering the RTD beat at The Denver Post. Transit nerds, hit me with your tips! www.denverpost.com/2026/07/14/1...

I wrote my first transportation story in a while today and I'm currently in hour 3 of an RTD finance committee meeting, so it feels like a good time to announce I'm now covering the RTD beat at The Denver Post. Transit nerds, hit me with your tips! www.denverpost.com/2026/07/14/1...

RTD may eliminate Denver’s free 16th Street shuttle, light-rail lines as it weighs up to $62 million in cuts

In all but one scenario, RTD would cut the 16th Street FreeRide — which had 2.3 million riders last year — to save an estimated $9.5 million.

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Views from inside the burn area of the Aspen Acres fire in southern Colorado today. @denverpost.com #aspenacresfire #fireyear2026

Op/ed from 2 members of Gov. Jared Polis’s Clemency Board: "Tina Peters was recommended for denial. Our board voted no. Twice. Unanimously. The governor granted her clemency anyway."

To release Tina Peters, Polis ignored our board’s unanimous recommendation for denial (Opinion)

The problem is not Tina Peters’ case in isolation. It is what Gov. Polis’s decision reveals: that the system bends for some and holds firm against everyone else.

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Gov. Jared Polis again rejected a bill that would make it easier for Colorado workers to unionize. “In the middle of an affordability crisis, vetoing a bill like this is failing to meet the moment,” bill sponsor Rep. Javier Mabrey said tonight. via @denverpost.com www.denverpost.com/2026/05/29/p...

Gov. Jared Polis again vetoes Colorado union-organizing bill

House Bill 1005 would have repealed a section of Colorado law that requires labor unions to pass two elections before they can fully negotiate with employers.

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Important note. This year, Polis asked the legislature — which was in the midst of cutting $1.5 billion — for tens of millions to build a new prison. He’s also refused to release 11 inmates who’ve completed their release programs and are only waiting on Polis to free them. bsky.app/profile/burn...

Alex Burness@burness.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Will just reiterate that in the many years I covered Polis closely, he never showed particular interest in the topic of over-sentencing, nor in criminal justice reform generally. This decision would read a lot differently if Polis had any sort of record as an advocate for clemency.

New: A wave of elected officials, primarily from Polis’ party, castigated the governor for reducing Peters’ sentence. The county clerks association said that the move would define Polis’ legacy. With @coltrain.bsky.social: www.denverpost.com/2026/05/15/t...

‘Gov. Polis’ legacy’? Colorado officials blast Tina Peters sentence reduction, resulting in release soon

Elected officials from across Colorado largely ripped into Gov. Jared Polis’ Friday decision to dramatically accelerate the release of Tina Peters, accusing him of caving to President Donald Trump.

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Attorney General Phil Weiser called the commutation “an insult,” “mind-boggling” and “a threat to the rule of law.” Secretary of State Jena Griswold called Polis’ decision “an affront to democracy” and accused Polis of “selling out our state justice system to cave to a vengeful president.”

Gov. Jared Polis reduces Tina Peters’ sentence, says she will be released June 1

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I love local National Weather Service offices with my whole entire heart. There are SO FEW gov't agencies where you call and an expert picks up and answers questions with no runaround. And is genuinely happy to communicate with the public. NWS forecasters you are national treasures, now and 4ever.

What have the #Avs players been up to this week while they wait the Wild or Stars? Swim lessons, gymnastics, date nights, bonus family time. Also, watching some hockey … including key scouting insights from Scarlett Wedgewood. www.denverpost.com/2026/04/30/a...

What Avalanche players have been up to while awaiting Wild or Stars in Stanley Cup Playoffs’ next round

“Just doing a couple things that we’ve haven’t been able to do the past couple of weeks,” Avs center Brock Nelson said.

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A hard spring freeze hit Colorado’s North Fork Valley this month, wiping out almost all of Delta County’s fruit crops — but leaving Palisade peaches (and apples, cherries, apricots & plums) in neighboring Mesa County largely unscathed. www.denverpost.com/2026/04/30/c...

Deep freeze wipes out some peach crops on Colorado’s Western Slope, Palisade mostly unscathed

The trees will survive to grow another season, but several farms in the North Fork Valley are left without fruit to sell this year.

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Latest update: The plane carrying the El Gamal family is set to land at Denver International Airport tonight, according to flight records. www.denverpost.com/2026/04/25/e...

ICE re-arrests family of Boulder firebombing suspect hours after arrival in Colorado, attorney says

A federal judge in Texas ordered the release of the El Gamal family this week and the family landed in Colorado on Saturday morning, where they were again arrested by ICE agents.

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The former Adams/Broomfield CASA director is on leave from Colorado Dept of Human Services after the state AG announced she pocketed nearly $100k in donations at the nonprofit. She left CASA in June, was hired as a deputy commissioner in Nov. www.denverpost.com/2026/04/24/c... via @denverpost.com

Former CASA director accused of pocketing donations on leave from Colorado Behavioral Health Administration

CASA of Adams and Broomfield Counties’ former executive director is on leave from the Colorado Department of Human Services after the state attorney general announced she pocketed nonprofit donations ...

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Check out photos from the Avs' Game 3 victory last night in L.A. The Avalanche now lead the first-round series 3-0 and will go for a sweep Sunday in Game 4.

PHOTOS: Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 4-2 in Game 3 of NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs first-round series

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NEW: A Colorado DA has charged a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer with assault and criminal mischief after he allegedly pushed a woman to the ground and took her phone during a protest outside an ICE facility in Durango last year // Story by @katielang.bsky.social

U.S. border protection officer charged with assault after southern Colorado ICE protest

A federal agent is facing assault and criminal mischief charges in southern Colorado after he pushed a woman to the ground and took her phone during a protest outside a Durango ICE facility in October...

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At various points in her career, journalist April Morganroth reinvented herself to start fresh in a new state, leaving behind a wake of professional and personal misconduct.

A Colorado newspaper fired a journalist for making up quotes. She changed her name, got back in the game — and now she’s facing prison.

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We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

In the few years I got to work with Fred Brown through SPJ, I knew him as a genuine, kind & selfless person who dedicated himself to supporting journalism and championing ethics. He will be dearly missed. // obit by @elliottwenzler.bsky.social via @denverpost.com www.denverpost.com/2026/04/02/f...

Longtime Denver Post political journalist Fred Brown, an ethics and open government advocate, dies at 85

“When it came to journalism ethics, Fred was true north on the compass,” said Doug Bell, the immediate past president of the SPJ’s local chapter. “He literally wrote the book on it.”

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Fred Brown, who died Wednesday at 85, is remembered as “an institution” at The Denver Post, working at the paper from 1963 through 2002. He covered Colorado politics for decades, including as a reporter at the state Capitol.

Longtime Denver Post political journalist Fred Brown, an ethics and open government advocate, dies at 85

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Here at the Denver No Kings protest at the state Capitol @denverpost.com

The Friday news dump was A LOT today: Costilla sheriff failed to investigate human remains found in the southern Colorado mountains, allowed a deputy to collect the person’s skull in a used paper grocery bag, left evidence behind and never followed up on the case. www.denverpost.com/2026/03/27/c...

Southern Colorado sheriff, deputies indicted for mishandling human remains, assaulting man in crisis

The district attorney’s office began investigating the claims against the Costilla County Sheriff’s Office in August after a man called the DA’s office about finding possible human remains on his prop...

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Former Tattered Cover CEO Kwame Spearman exits newly opened Denver Book Society after backlash over 2023 immigration comments www.denverpost.com/2026/03/21/k... via @denverpost.com

Kwame Spearman exits Denver Book Society after community backlash

Former Tattered cover chief executive Kwame Spearman left the newly-opened Denver Book Society this week amid community backlash over his comments on immigration enforcement during the 2023 mayoral ca...

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A snowboarder is suing a Vail Resorts-owned outdoor gear store and two apparel makers after his eyeball popped out when he crashed at Keystone Resort. www.denverpost.com/2026/02/26/v... via @denverpost.com

Snowboarder whose eye popped out in Keystone crash sues Vail Resorts-owned apparel store

A California man is suing a Westminster outdoor gear store owned by Vail Resorts and more than a dozen companies connected to apparel makers Oakley and Salomon after his eye popped out of its socke…

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Fire crews working on mopping up a grass fire that sparked near Pinnacle HS in Thornton, update on the fire tentatively set for 2:30 pm from city hall @denverpost.com www.denverpost.com/2026/02/25/w...

Hiya Colorado friends, I'm looking to talk with folks who have done business w/ a funeral home in the past few years about their experience in light of the recent scandals we've seen for a @denverpost.com story. DMs open.

Here at La Alma Park where a big crowd is gathering for an ICE Out protest in support of Minnesota. @denverpost.com