Good morning, Colorado.
There’s been one thing on everyone’s mind this weekend: The assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday.
Trump, whose ear was hit by a bullet, said he was doing “fine” after the shooting. At least one attendee was killed and two spectators were critically injured. The Secret Service said it killed the suspected shooter.
You can read more about the attack from The Associated Press. Now, let’s turn to statewide news to see what’s been happening here in Colorado.
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THE NEWS
ENVIRONMENT
Recycling can feel pointless. Here are Colorado companies changing that.
15.8%
Colorado’s diversion rate, or how much of household and commercial waste going to landfills was recycled or composted in 2022
We all like the idea of recycling. But with few companies recycling consumer waste — and Colorado stuck at a low diversion rate — it can’t help but feel, well, futile. But don’t despair. Tamara Chuang found companies that are making new stuff out of, well, old stuff all right here in Colorado.
CRIME & COURTS
Masturbating inmates pepper-sprayed, restrained, forced to wear yellow cards at Colorado federal prison, report says
Inmates caught masturbating inside a federal prison in Florence were pepper-sprayed and placed in restraints, then required to wear jumpsuits without pockets and yellow cards on lanyards around their necks, according to a whistleblower case. The disciplinary program has since been discontinued. Jennifer Brown and Olivia Prentzel take a look at the case.
POLITICS
How Colorado’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention are feeling about Joe Biden
On Thursday, we polled nearly 20 of Colorado’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention next month. None said they planned on not backing Joe Biden. But some said they didn’t think Biden was the best option, and others declined to comment. Jesse Paul and Sandra Fish have more.
MORE NEWS
COLORADO SUNDAY
How Colorado’s ham radio operators are ready for an emergency — just don’t call them amateurs
There was nothing amateur about the recent gathering in the remote corner of South Park, where a nationwide rally of licensed ham radio operators tinkered with towering computer equipment and showed off software that could remotely control hundreds of fixed and mobile radio relay sites across the Rocky Mountains. They are training for the day they are called into service, whether it be a tornado, flood, hailstorm or wildfire. Jason Blevins has more on the 19,629 licensed amateur radio operators across the state who are trained and ready to keep communications flowing.
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