McDonald’s E.coli outbreak linked to Colorado death

We’re thrilled to share some exciting news with you this morning. The Sun has been awarded a $1.4 million grant from the nonprofit American Journalism Project. You can read our full announcement here.

This is not only a tremendous vote of confidence in The Sun from a respected national funder, it’s confirmation of the trust you have placed in The Sun as readers, members and donors over the past six years. We built this nonprofit for you, Colorado, and with your continued help we’re now aiming to expand our news coverage around the state because there are so many important stories that deserve to be told.

We’re grateful for the support so many of you have given us, and we’re thankful for AJP’s help, too. Today’s grant doesn’t get us over the finish line. However, it does pour rocket fuel into our engines for this amazing journey we have charted together. And if you’re not already a member or donor, today would be a great day to climb aboard!

Thanks, Colorado.

Larry Ryckman

Publisher

THE NEWS

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Democratic supermajority or more “balance”: What’s at stake in Colorado’s state legislative elections

Democrats need just one more seat to gain a supermajority in the state Senate. But, they have to defend their supermajority in the House, where several incumbents are facing close races — including some in Republican strongholds like Colorado Springs. Brian Eason has more.

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• Trisha Calvarese, Lauren Boebert’s Democratic opponent, has been paying herself a salary from her campaign. There’s nothing illegal about the payments, but it’s risky for candidates to pay themselves or their loved ones a salary because of the criticism it can draw, Jesse Paul reports.
• The Colorado legislative races where the most state-level super PAC cash is being spent. More than $8 million had been spent through Tuesday by state-level super PACs, which can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money on legislative contests, Jesse Paul reports.
• The Unaffiliated ☀️ What’s really at stake in this year’s Colorado legislative races. Plus: The Colorado GOP still isn’t spending to help Republican candidates. Campfin tidbits to-go. 🔑

HEALTH

Coloradans can now compare hospital prices for specific procedures, insurance plans

Have surgery coming up? A new website — ColoradoHospitalPrices.com — lets you look up various procedures at a hospital and see a list of prices based on insurance carriers. The goal is to help people find the hospital with the lowest price. John Ingold has more.

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• One person dead, 25 others sick in Colorado from E.coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder. A total of 49 people across 10 states are infected with E. coli, according to the CDC. The highest number of cases are in Colorado, Olivia Prentzel reports.

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THE COLORADO REPORT

• Artist Ed Dwight repairs vandalized MLK Jr. memorial in service to “all of Denver.” The Denver-based sculptor helped aid the arrest of the thieves who sold off metal panels from the sculpture for scraps, and is now celebrating its repair.
  — The Denver Post 🔑
• Residents creating cooperative to save their mobile home park. Residents in Milner Park, outside Steamboat Springs, are hoping to become the latest Colorado mobile home residents to take control of their housing.
  — 9News
• They fled Ukraine when Russia invaded. Now they run a bike shop in Boulder. The story of Ievgen Potykun and Hanna Boiarska, who fled Kyiv two years ago and eventually made their way to Boulder, where they own and operate Freedom Folding Bikes.
  — CPR News
• Watch passenger steer bus to safety after driver collapses behind the wheel. Two passengers are seen on video steering a bus to safety in Colorado Springs after the driver suffered a medical emergency and collapsed while behind the wheel.
  — USA Today

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THE OPINION PAGE

COLUMNS

• The 8th CD race between Caraveo and Evans is a microcosm of our 50-50 divide.  The stakes are enormous, with control of the U.S. House on the line, and you’ve seen the nonstop negative campaign ads to prove it.
  — Mike Littwin

COMMUNITY

• As a first-time voter, I feel empowered knowing I can make a difference in Colorado and the country.  Every young adult must embrace the opportunity to help shape the country through the power of voting
  — Ayah Al-Masyabi, Aurora student journalist and alum of our Rise & Shine Journalism Workshop

The Colorado Sun is a nonpartisan news organization, and the opinions of columnists and editorial writers do not reflect the opinions of the newsroom. Read our ethics policy for more on The Sun’s opinion policy and submit columns, suggest writers or provide feedback at opinion@coloradosun.com.

SunLit

BOOKS

The Bookies Bookstore suggests entertaining titles filled with fantasy

Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from bookstores across Colorado. This week, the staff from The Bookies Bookstore in Denver recommends:

• “Spark of the Everflame” by Penn Cole, a fantasy of navigating unwritten rules of love, power and politics
• “A Pirate’s Life for Tea” by Rebecca Thorne, a love/adventure story about capturing a river pirate
• “Predestined” by Rachel Byrne, a mystery built around teens at a very strange summer camp

Read what the bookstore staff had to say about each. Pick up a copy and support your local bookstores at the same time.

RECOMMENDATIONS

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A major element of the AJP grant we’re announcing today is that we will be adding some help on the business side of our operation. So, if you or someone you know is looking for a great place to work and wants to have an impact on our state, please reach out! The first job postings are here. Thanks again!

— Larry & the whole staff of The Sun

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