Good morning. I’m hoping you will join us next month at our annual SunFest, where people who care about what’s going on in Colorado get together to learn about policy, wildlife, food and more. I’ll be hosting a panel discussion on immigration, and it’s looking like a pretty lively one.
I’ve scheduled the sheriff of Teller County, one of few places in Colorado where deputies hold people for ICE, and — at the same table —a longtime friend of immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra, who once took sanctuary in a church and was taken by ICE last month in a Target parking lot. I’ll be asking the panel, is there anything you can agree on, as a starting place?
The event is May 16 on the University of Denver campus. Get your tickets here and please bring your questions about immigration to my panel conversation. See you there!
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
As viewed through a fisheye lens, the rotunda where portraits of presidents are displayed — except for Donald Trump — is shown on March 25 in Denver after his portrait was removed from the State Capitol following complaints from the president. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado taxpayers may foot the bill twice if Democratic lawmakers manage to pass a resolution directing the legislature to sue the state in an attempt to invalidate the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, Jesse Paul reports. That’s because not only will taxpayers likely be responsible for paying the lawyers hired by the legislature to bring the case, but they’ll also be on the hook for the costs incurred by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office to defend against the legal challenge to TABOR, a constitutional amendment voters approved in 1992.
WATER
The Animas River winds through southwest Colorado near Silverton in 2020. Southwestern Water Conservation District and its partners were awarded a federal grant to address local water issues Jan. 17. Now that money is tied up in a federal funding freeze. (Hugh Carey, The Colorado Sun)
Water and environmental groups in southwestern Colorado have not heard from the federal government since their $25.6 million grant got caught up in a widespread federal funding freeze, officials say. The uncertainty has impacted a slew of environmental projects across the Upper Colorado River Basin, writes Shannon Mullane.
HEALTH
Norah Gutknecht, 7, who has a rare genetic condition that causes her digestive tract not to function, wears a backpack with a nutrition bag that is connected to a port in her chest. (Provided by Gutknecht family)
One by one, infusion pharmacies that deliver lifesaving nutrition bags to children with intestinal disease have closed, leaving them with no backup plan, Jennifer Brown reports. In fact, there’s only one such pharmacy that remains in the state.
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COLORADO SUNDAY
Krautburgers served from Lauer-Kraut Kraut Burger on Friday in Brighton. (Jeremy Sparig, Special to The Colorado Sun)
Restaurants in Brighton and Greeley offer tastes that are increasingly hard to find, and have taken a long journey to Colorado. More than just a quirk of northern Colorado cuisine, krautburgers are a time capsule — filled with beef, onions and cabbage, but also the weight of hundreds of years of history and thousands of miles of emigration. Here’s all you need to know about krautburgers, courtesy of Gabe Toth from our Colorado Sunday feature.
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