Good morning, Colorado.
My sisters, mother and I are in the middle of planning a baby shower for my sister-in-law. During the brainstorming process, I suggested a game where we use AI to combine different people’s faces to generate a baby and the guests have to guess who the two people were.
After a beat of silence, I was swiftly removed from all game planning and told to just focus on the invitations. Honestly, it was the right decision. Sometimes we need to stick to our strengths.
Speaking of which, our journalists here at The Colorado Sun are great at reporting, so let’s see what they have for us today.
Presentation Editor
THE NEWS
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Colorado had money to stop an extra 1,500 evictions in 2023. The Polis administration told renters not to apply.
53,000
The record number of eviction filings in 2023
State housing officials told lawmakers they didn’t need $8 million in rental assistance funding that was approved by the state last year at the same time that landlords closed on a record number of evictions. That funding could have kept nearly 1,500 families in their homes. Why did it go unused? There are a couple reasons, but here’s a big one: The state spent most of the year telling renters not to apply. See more of Brian Eason’s reporting.
CULTURE
Denver Art Museum workers will vote on a union in March. Here are the details.
The labor movement in Colorado is starting to feel like a twist on an old Oprah quote: “You get a union! You get a union! You get a union!” Among the latest push is the workers at Denver Art Museum, who in March will be voting to approve the union or not. So who is in it? Why now? And why is everyone unionizing now? Parker Yamasaki has some answers.
AGRICULTURE
Kate Greenberg, Colorado’s Agriculture Commissioner, is building a new generation of farmers while helping ranchers fend off wolves
Wolves have been introduced in Colorado. What now? You’ve probably heard that asked a couple of times by now, but it’s not the only question floating around for ranchers and farmers. What’s going on with a beat-up federal Farm Bill, the shift to green energy or the need for young farmers? Tracy Ross sat down for a Q&A with Colorado’s agriculture commissioner to hear what she has to say on all of those questions and more.
MORE NEWS
Section by Danika Worthington | Presentation Editor
THE COLORADO REPORT
Section by Kevin Jeffers | Product Team
SunLit
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Out West Books offers some upcoming titles to spice up spring
Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from bookstores across Colorado. This week, the staff from Out West Books in Grand Junction recommends:
Read what the bookstore staff had to say about each. Pick up a copy and support your local bookstores at the same time.
Section by Kevin Simpson | Writer
Thanks for joining us today. We’ll catch you back here tomorrow.
— Danika & the whole staff of The Sun
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