Good morning, Sun readers.
The spring-green blades of daffodils poked through the old mulch in my front yard over the weekend, my favorite sign that warm days are ahead. It took us years, like 10, to remember to plant daffodil bulbs, and so for a long time, even though I was happy to see the tulips and daffodils blooming around the neighborhood, I was also annoyed that I had missed the boat another year.
But not anymore — now I can watch my very own little green shoots grow into the yellow blooms that, to me, manifest the whole feeling of spring.
I hope you have some time today to look for signs of spring, after you read about what’s going on around Colorado.
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
The Joint Budget Committee meets Jan. 6 at the Colorado Capitol complex in Denver. (Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun)
On Friday morning, Joint Budget Committee Chair Jeff Bridges, a Greenwood Village Democrat, finally conceded defeat: There was too much left to do, and not enough time to do it. Brian Eason reports on what the six-member, bipartisan panel responsible for closing the $1.2 billion budget gap has been fighting over — and why they won’t be delivering the budget until next week.
WATER
Though the South Platte River, flowing under the Rainbow Arch Bridge on March 21, runs at the edge of town, Fort Morgan has never owned its water supply. (Jeremy Sparig, Special to The Colorado Sun)
For the first time as a city, Fort Morgan will actually own its water supply instead of leasing from whomever had water to spare. That’s just one of the positive outcomes from the massive settlement that will create the Northern Integrated Supply Project and change how water is managed along the Cache la Poudre River basin, Jerd Smith reports.
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, flanked by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, speaks Friday in downtown Denver. Sanders said it was his largest-ever rally with an estimated attendance of more than 30,000 people. Sanders is traveling across the U.S. on a “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. (Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun)
With around 10,000 people showing up in Greeley and another 30,000-plus in Denver later in the day, the duo’s “Fight the Oligarchy” tour became a space for Coloradans frustrated with spending cuts and chaos brought on by the Trump administration. The Colorado Capitol News Alliance has more from both stops.
CULTURE
The Telluride Bluegrass Festival turned 51 in 2024. (Jay Strausser / Planet Bluegrass)
How much bluegrass can one town handle? Freelancer Gavin McGough reports on the pushback after the town of Telluride approved a second Planet Bluegrass concert series — with an estimated crowd of 8,000 on each night — for the same weekend as the Telluride Mountain Run.
MORE NEWS
Jeanette Vizguerra raises her fist in solidarity with hundreds of marchers in Denver on June 24, 2018. (Credit Image: © Tyler Tomasello/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com)
COLORADO SUNDAY
Despite its name and its location along the Colorado River a few miles from the state line, residents of the community of Westwater have been hauling water to their homes from a nearby artesian well for decades. Now, just two years after Westwater got connected to the electrical grid, residents are turning on the taps in their homes. Shannon Mullane digs into the project.
THE COLORADO REPORT
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Buzzer beater ends Colorado State’s quest for a second upset. After Colorado State pulled off the most convincing upset of the first round of the NCAA Tournament, they were just one Hail Mary shot by Maryland’s Derik Queen away from another.
— ESPN.com
Trump criticizes his portrait in Colorado’s Capitol: “Nobody likes a bad picture.” The president claimed that the portrait, painted by artist Sarah Boardman and hanging in the Capitol’s Gallery of Presidents, “was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before” and compared his portrait unfavorably to one of Barack Obama by the same artist.
— The New York Times
Homeless families living in cars ask Denver for shelter. Then they wait. Families, even those with children as young as 6 years old, say they’re not admitted to most of the city’s homeless shelters, which serve individuals. They feel invisible — unseen because they’re in cars, not camped out in obvious spots in downtown Denver.
— Denverite
Xcel Energy taking on $1 billion in debt. The day after announcing the Colorado arm of the Minnesota-based parent company would be selling a billion dollars worth of bonds to investors, Xcel submitted another SEC filing disclosing it was going to borrow an additional $1.1 billion.
— Denver Business Journal
Amazon building a “last mile” facility near the Eagle County airport. The Gypsum town council says the facility will be a boon for the area, while other residents, like real estate agent Scooter Slaughter, wonder “Where’s everybody going to live that’s going to work there?”
— Vail Daily
COLUMNS
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Now that you’ve caught up on politics and water news, go get your daily dose of spring. The forecast is full of sun.
— Jennifer and the whole staff of The Sun
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