Good morning and happy green beer hangover day, aka March 18.
Whether you are recovering from connecting to your (real or imagined) Irish roots yesterday or just a sore back from shoveling snow all weekend, we understand if your morning coffee isn’t quite working as well today.
Because everyone is moving a little slower, we’ve got a newsletter that is packed so full of news you may need to pour yourself a second cup. Try not to spit it on your screen when you read that by just about every measure, Colorado property taxes are considered among the lowest in the country.
We’ve got that and so much more to get to, so let’s pop some Alka-Seltzer and get fizzing, shall we?
CTO & Newsletter Wrangler
HIGH COST OF COLORADO
Studies show Colorado property taxes are “extremely low.” So why do they feel so high?
Colorado politics have been in a frenzy about rising property taxes for years now. There’s just one little detail that is difficult to square with the panic: Study after study shows that Colorado’s property taxes are not only not high, they’re close to the lowest in the country. In this latest edition of The Sun’s High Cost of Colorado series, Brian Eason puts Colorado’s taxes into context — and explains why they might feel so high.
THE NEWS
HEALTH
Colorado eating disorder patients say they’ve been subjected to nude weigh-ins, forced to eat non-vegan foods
From humiliating weigh-ins to being forced to eat foods they are ethically opposed to eating, a group of Coloradans are using their experiences to ask the state to regulate eating disorder clinics to ensure they provide trauma-informed care. Jennifer Brown digs into what the changes would require and why patients felt compelled to organize.
OUTDOORS
Too much snow? The epic Colorado ski day at Eldora that wasn’t.
More is not always better. Yes, even when it comes to snow. Writer Chryss Cada made it to Eldora on Friday to take advantage of more than 4 feet of snow, and ended up finding a crew struggling to get lifts running long enough for a couple of afternoon runs — and some devoted and undeterred powder hounds who tried to squeeze all the fun out of the day that they could.
ECONOMY
How Colorado women went from earning 78.1 cents for every $1 paid to a man, to 87 cents — in two years*
Sometimes a little asterisk does a lot of work. If you noticed one in this headline, here’s the other shoe, ready to drop: *That pay parity plunged during the height of the pandemic for Colorado women and it’s taken two years to recover. Tamara Chuang breaks down that recovery and more in this week’s edition of “What’s Working.”
Section by Eric Lubbers | CTO & Newsletter Wrangler
COLORADO SUNDAY
Inside Buc-ee’s, the big, beloved convenience store opening its first Colorado location
I was in awe the first time I stumbled upon a Buc-ee’s when I was on a solo road trip in Florida about five years ago. It is, indeed, much more than a gas station. In this week’s Colorado Sunday, Parker Yamasaki captures the awe behind the beloved — and extravagant — Texas-based convenience store that is opening its first location in Colorado, from the barbecue brisket to its iconic beaver mascot.
Section by Olivia Prentzel | Reporter
THE COLORADO REPORT
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Section by Olivia Prentzel | Reporter
THE OPINION PAGE
COLUMNS
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There, now I hope this dose of your daily recommended news has you feeling hale and hearty and ready to tackle your Monday. Have a good one and we’ll see you back here tomorrow!
— Eric and the whole staff of The Sun
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