BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Determined to be No. 1 on any front in this wild new world of marketing in college sports, Colorado introduced a branded sideline bathroom for Deion Sanders in its opening game against Georgia Tech. Friday night’s sponsor: Depend undergarment. This is not simply some silly bathroom joke. The Colorado coach was recently diagnosed with bladder cancer …
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Democrats are nixing about $150M in tax breaks to address Colorado’s $750M budget hole. They could be doing more.
As Democratic state lawmakers last week briefed their colleagues on measures ending or cinching tax loopholes and breaks as part of an effort to plug a roughly $750 million hole in the state budget, they kept repeating a variation of the same line: We could be doing more. “This is not good tax policy,” state Rep. Emily Sirota, D-Denver, told …
Read More »How to view the Perseids meteor shower — with up to 150 shooting stars per hour — in Colorado’s mountains
The Milky Way reflects on the Dillon Reservoir in Summit County. The Perseid meteor shower is expected to light up the sky with hundreds of shooting stars this August.Colton Sturgeon/Courtesy photo Colorado’s night skies will be filled with hundreds of shooting stars this month as one of the best meteor showers of the year rains down on the Rocky Mountains. …
Read More »Colorado’s Deion Sanders had bladder removed after cancer diagnosis
Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders announced Monday he was diagnosed with bladder cancer earlier this year. Sanders held a news conference to reveal the news as Colorado embarks on fall camp ahead of the 2025 season. Dr. Janet Kukreja, Sanders’ doctor at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, said Sanders had his bladder removed after a malignant tumor was …
Read More »Colorado’s AG sues deputy, saying he illegally shared information with immigration agents
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Democratic attorney general on Tuesday sued a sheriff’s deputy for allegedly helping federal immigration agents find and arrest a college student who had an expired visa. Attorney General Phil Weiser also disclosed that his office is investigating whether other law enforcement officers on a regional drug task force the deputy worked on have been sharing information …
Read More »Andrea Gibson, Colorado’s poet laureate and a national voice on LGBTQ issues, has died
Andrea Gibson, a poet known for their ability to drill into the details of a moment and to draw those experiences out in captivating spoken word performances, died Monday. Gibson’s poetry was rooted in real life, and spoke to issues that they thought affected everyday Coloradans, including queer rights, political division, environmental issues, gun reform and the health care system. …
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