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Good morning, Colorado!

This time next week, I’ll be greeting you an hour later thanks to daylight saving time on Sunday, when we move our clocks an hour forward. Losing an hour of sleep is never a fun adjustment, but in brighter news, that means we’ve got less than a week until our first 7 p.m. sunset of the year.

This morning’s newsletter is stacked with news, and there’s no time to waste. Let’s get reading.

Len Harris, left, and Liza Nielsen in front of one of hundreds of Starbucks stores that have successfully unionized nationwide. Nielsen still works at this location at 2800 Rock Creek Cir. in Superior, but Harris was fired from her job. Starbucks Workers United says that since they began their campaign, Starbucks has been accused of illegally harassing, intimidating and firing employees who have helped organize union efforts. (Photo By Kathryn Scott)

From Starbucks to Trader Joe’s to Meow Wolf, workers across the state are trying to form unions, but the process is far from a breeze. Federal agencies don’t track when unions reach a first contract, but Tamara Chuang and Parker Yamasaki took a deep dive into the data to see how many workers have filed petitions, which locals have reached a contract and the many challenges along the way.

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The new solar arrays sit near the Holy Cross Energy headquarters Feb. 18 in Glenwood Springs. (Hugh Carey, The Colorado Sun)

A Glenwood Springs electric co-op leaped into the upper echelons of green co-ops late last year, when wind and solar installations switched on and put it on track to produce more than 90% renewable energy by late this year. Now all the company needs is a little marketing razzle-dazzle to help its consumers control its use, Michael Booth reports.

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Evan Green, left, and Eddie Taylor, speak during a presentation at Movement RiNo on Feb. 23. Green and Taylor were two of the seven team members to summit Everest on May 12, 2022, making history as part of the first all-Black Everest expedition. (Chloe Anderson, Special to the Colorado Sun)

Two years have passed since the Full Circle Everest team made history when seven members of the all-Black expedition made it to the summit of the 29,032-foot Himalayan peak. Chloe Anderson caught up with two of the team members, Eddie Taylor and Evan Green, to talk about the impact they’ve had on the community after reaching the highest point in the world.

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Aerial view of the Piedra River as it winds its way through the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in 2012. Seven rivers in total cross through the boundaries of the Southern Ute Reservation in southwest Colorado. (Jeremy Wade Shockley, The Southern Ute Drum)

Native American tribes have been left out of key agreements that manage the Colorado River over the past century, but now they are steps away from having a seat at the table, Shannon Mullane reports. The Upper Colorado River Commission marked that big step with a vote Monday to back a proposed agreement that would make regular meetings with tribes mandatory.

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Author and University of Colorado professor Nathan Schneider takes an academic’s look at both the landscape and guardrails (if any) of online communities, but also explores the similarities to governance writ large — and why the relationship matters.

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