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Colorado Municipalities File Climate-Change Lawsuit Against O&G Companies

Local Colorado governments have had enough of fracking and have filed a lawsuit against two of the world's largest corporations: Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy, the latter of which has a refinery in Commerce City. The lawsuit alleges that the corporations should pay up for the impacts of climate change on their local communities, and they're demanding to have their case heard in front of a jury.
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Denver Dabbles in Affordable Housing-Focused Zoning, Thanks to…?

The changes would require that developers that want to build above a certain height in the area pay five times the city's affordable housing fee per square footage, build a certain number of affordable housing units if it's a residential building, or implement in any commercial development services that go toward the community, like daycare or space for artists.
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The Worst, Most Hypocritical Gubernatorial Campaign Ads So Far

Campaign ads for the hottest political race of the season are taking over television screens and are even popping up over your favorite YouTube videos. From Vic Mitchell's paranoid ramblings of Colorado becoming California and Polis' #epicfail on his anti-gun ad, we've cherry-picked the worst and the funniest ads in the run up to the primary election for Colorado governor.
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Kratom Salmonella Outbreak Warning, One Coloradan Sickened

Shortly after we published a post about Lakewood entrepreneur Faith Day facing down the Food and Drug Administration over a kratom investigation, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in conjunction with the FDA, released a health warning about a "multi-state outbreak of Salmonella infections" related to the popular but controversial herbal pain reliever, with one person from Colorado said to among those affected. And even though Day and the feds have very different views about kratom, some of the concerns voiced by the CDC echo ones she shared with us.
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Why Corey “Save Your Heart” Clemons Was Shot Dead in Front of His Mom

Mere months after getting a tattoo on the left side of his chest that read, "Save Your Heart for Someone Who Leaves You Breathless," Corey Clemons's heart stopped. In the immediate aftermath of his fatal shooting in Aurora two years ago, few details were released, and that remained the case even after Lloyd Rickey Henderson was arrested and charged with the crime days later. But now, in the wake of Henderson's conviction and sentencing, we know that the gunman felled Clemons in front of his mother after using a bullet to intervene in a clash between her son and her live-in boyfriend that both parties would have otherwise survived.