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Last night, February 8, Denver’s Buell Theater was ground zero for the opposition to President Donald Trump, as a raucous, sold-out house reacted with politically charged enthusiasm during a tour stop by Pod Save America, arguably the hottest podcast in America.

Immigrant rights groups around Denver are scrambling to reach out to Temporary Protected Status communities in the Centennial State and provide information about the changes coming out of Washington, D.C — and what to do if they find themselves subject to immigration enforcement.

Yesterday, U.S. House minority leader Nancy Pelosi spoke for eight consecutive hours on the chamber’s floor about the need for immigration reform, with a particular focus on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, an endangered program that grants temporary but renewable legal status to those born outside the United States and brought here without documentation as children. Among the DACA recipients she lauded was Denver’s Marco Dorado, whose inspirational story was first told in this space circa March 2017. See the video below.

Fair Districts Colorado, a coalition of civic organizations and former state elected officials, is pushing for a ballot initiative that would upend redistricting and, it says, put an end to gerrymandering. A group resisting the plans has called for more transparency and less partisan influence, going so far as to take the plan to court and file a counter initiative. But now that the court battle is over and the petition is set to circulate, the fight may be close to over. Here’s what to expect.

In recent days, as we’ve reported, the Fremont County coroner’s office identified human remains found on the Arkansas River in July 2017 as Eric Ashby, a rafter who vanished while searching for New Mexico author Forrest Fenn’s $2 million treasure the previous month. Ashby is the namesake of Eric’s Law, a piece of legislation that would require individuals to tell authorities when they witness someone in life-threatening situations, as four people believed to have been with him at the time he went missing apparently didn’t do. But while bill sponsor Representative Jim Wilson, whose district includes Fremont County, sees the need for such a law as obvious, he acknowledges that the idea has received some serious pushback despite the tragic circumstances of Ashby’s death.