Good morning, Colorado.
I start today off with an unfortunate little anecdote: I stepped in dog poop in the hallway right outside my apartment door the other night while taking my own dog out before bed. (She is innocent. It belonged to some other pup.) I’ll spare you all the gory details, but the moment ruined both my hiking shoes and the rest of my day. You know how I could have avoided this calamity? If I owned a home and didn’t live in an apartment building where my neighbors are sometimes feral.
That’s one of many reasons I’ll be attending The Sun’s “Take Me Home” event Wednesday so I can learn the first steps to jump into the home-buying game, which completely befuddles me. The free event, moderated by our very own Danika Worthington, will begin at 4:30 p.m. at Rooftop1630 in downtown Denver and will cover all things young folks (like me, thank you) need to know to make the move from renter to homeowner. It’ll be a casual evening with the chance for you to directly ask a Realtor and some other housing experts your questions about how to purchase your first home. I’ll be right there alongside you, asking what some might consider the most basic of questions. Basic but not dumb.
So throw this fun and informative event on your calendar and we’ll navigate the daunting path to homeownership together. Who knows? Maybe we’ll become neighbors living that sweet suburban life. Just please clean up after your dog if they wander over to my yard.
And now, let’s get to today’s news, shall we?
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THE NEWS
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
Colorado Democrats agree they need to do something about TABOR. But they disagree on what.
Even as Democrats have held control of both Colorado chambers and the governor’s office, they can’t seem to get on the same page to amend the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. Politics reporter Jesse Paul does a deep dive into the Dems’ divide over the conservative government spending cap put in place in 1992.
HEALTH
Measles in Colorado: Child who visited Children’s ER, several retail locations in Aurora is hospitalized
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Confirmed measles cases in Colorado this year
The toddler under the age of 5 visited the hospital, and also made several visits to Walgreens, Sam’s Club and Natural Grocers stores in Aurora before being diagnosed with measles and hospitalized. As John Ingold reports, the unvaccinated child had recently traveled with family to “multiple international locations with increased measles cases.”
BUSINESS
Mushroom startups prepare to brave Colorado’s new psilocybin healing industry
State regulators worked to keep the barriers to entry low, yet new healing businesses face challenges in a highly restricted market. As freelance reporter Gabe Allen found out, cultivators and healing centers still face dual challenges from an inherently limited customer base and costly overhead expenses.
ENERGY
A Q&A on federal challenges to Colorado’s clean energy track
The Trump administration is taking aim at clean energy and those changes could affect what Colorado is trying to do to clean the air. Colorado’s clean energy czar Will Toor talked with reporter Michael Booth about the D.C. threats to electric vehicle mandates and subsidies and the future of solar and wind generation versus coal.
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What’s Happening
May 29 – June 4
“Hold On To Your Butts.” Kate Kissingford, founder of UpstART Theater in Ouray, first saw the Jurassic Park parody, “Hold On To Your Butts,” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She was struck by the comedy, the cleverness and the technical skill required to “bring the dinosaurs to life,” she said. But the thing that moved her most?
“It was a room full of people in complete joy,” Kissingford said.
So she got to work bringing it back across the pond, to Ouray from Scotland.
Kissingford and her husband, John, have run UpstART for nine seasons, working with the local theater community while tempting out-of-town artists with the promise of mountain views and a supportive, “low stakes” arts environment.
“We are a complete anomaly in the theater world in that we have this beautiful collaboration with the Wright Opera House, so John and I look for scripts, and then just decide what we’re doing,” she said. “We don’t have to answer to a creative board. People can just come do art.”
That also means extremely limited runs, since they don’t ask production crews to spend more than three weeks away from their lives, Kissingford said. “Hold On To Your Butts” will have four shows across three days: June 6, 7 and 8.
The family-friendly comedy is a break from their typical programming, which Kissingford said trends more toward “challenging, cutting edge, the ‘this is a thinker’ type” plays, while this show is about “pure, unadulterated fun.”
$25; June 6-8; Wright Opera House, 472 Main St., Ouray
Section by Parker Yamasaki | Reporter
Sure hope to see you at the homeownership event Wednesday! Have a great rest of your day and remember to watch where you step. We’ll see you back here tomorrow.
— Erica & the whole staff of The Sun
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