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Good morning and happy Monday.
I stayed out way too late last night catching up with a long-time journalist friend, but the deep conversation over a bottle of red was well worth being tired today. For one thing, she helped me get over a different weekend interaction in which a friend of a friend who I was meeting for the first time called journalists “scummier than lawyers.” This was, of course, before she asked what I do for a living.
So that was awkward, but not a big deal really since I’ve heard way worse from my email inbox. It made me want to hug all the people out there who value, understand and support journalism. That includes you reading this newsletter and caring about what’s going on in your community and state.
Today, our hard-working journalists bring you news about a Cañon City swimming pool project, the final days of the state legislature and how Trump policies could end up helping coal exports. Enjoy these interesting reads and then tell your friends please.
NEWS
One contingent of President Trump’s flurry of executive orders has been an all-out effort to revive the U.S. coal industry. But as Michael Booth reports, there are economic realities standing in the way of any imagined return for coal in Colorado.
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
Time is ticking for lawmakers under the golden dome, and Jesse Paul has laid out the biggest issues still on the table, from a big union bill to the lawsuit that could challenge TABOR and more.
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
Cañon City — the only municipality in Colorado with more than 7,000 residents and no pool — has plenty of money to build a new aquatic center thanks to voters in November. But those same voters rejected the tax that would provide funds to operate the center, leaving the project in limbo — and making the traditionally low-turnout vote for the area’s parks board more important than ever, Sue McMillin writes.
IMMIGRATION
The Colorado House passed Senate Bill 276 — which would further limit local cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement — despite Gov. Jared Polis’ continued doubts about the measure.
MORE NEWS
COLORADO SUNDAY
San Miguel County’s sheriff since the 1970s is handing over the badge next month, having witnessed a wholesale transformation of the ski town he calls home. Jason Blevins has the story.
THE COLORADO REPORT
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