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Protesters gather outside ICE in Aurora after immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra reportedly taken into custody
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Protesters gather outside ICE in Aurora after immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra reportedly taken into custody

By Jennifer McRae | CBS Colorado Protesters gathered outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Aurora early Tuesday morning on reports that immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra was taken into custody. Vizguerra was reportedly taken into custody by federal agents on Monday morning.  Vizguerra has been considered a voice for the immigrant community for more than two decades. Vizguerra came to the United States, without proper documentation to stay, from Mexico City in 1997. Demonstrators outside the ICE facility told CBS News Colorado that Vizguerra was taken into custody by federal agents outside her place of employment on Monday morning. Vizguerra's family has claimed that she was taken into ICE custody. CBS News Colorado is awaiting confirmation from ICE abou...
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Strip clubs Diamond Cabaret and Rick’s Cabaret sue Denver Labor over wage theft investigation
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Strip clubs Diamond Cabaret and Rick’s Cabaret sue Denver Labor over wage theft investigation

By Christa Swanson | CBS Colorado Two Denver strip clubs accused of widespread wage theft are suing Denver Labor after they were ordered to pay back millions to their employees. Diamond Cabaret Denver and Rick's Cabaret Denver have filed a lawsuit to stop Denver Labor from enforcing its order demanding the businesses pay back more than 200 employees of the strip clubs. They also requested a gag order against Denver Labor due to what they say is the "dissemination of falsehoods against the clubs." READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Ballpark Denver General Improvement District funded by residents to keep community safe, clean
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Ballpark Denver General Improvement District funded by residents to keep community safe, clean

By Chierstin Susel | CBS Colorado The Ballpark Denver General Improvement District became the fifth improvement district in Denver when it was established through a special election back in November 2024. Nearly 90% of the district's homeowners and residents chose to tax themselves in order to make the area they live and work in safer and cleaner. Starting Monday, a team of more than a dozen ambassadors in orange and burgundy will be walking around the Ballpark District, which includes Coors Field and spans a total of 40 blocks.  READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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HB 1192 would add financial literacy to state’s high school graduation requirements
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HB 1192 would add financial literacy to state’s high school graduation requirements

By Jasmine Arenas | CBS Colorado Some Colorado lawmakers want financial literacy to be a requirement for high school graduation. Only about 25% of Colorado school districts require a personal finance course to graduate, according to the Colorado Department of Education. Denver Public Schools is one of the districts. West High School in Denver is one of the schools that has offered the course for the past five years, in English and Spanish. At Denver West High School, more than 80% of students identify as Latinx. House Bill 25-1192, which has bipartisan support from state lawmakers including Reps. Don Wilson, Lorena Garcia, and Sens. James Coleman and Barbara Kirkmeyer, would make financial literacy a graduation requirement statewide. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Hwy. 34 reopens in Weld County after potential pipe bomb investigated during traffic stop
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Hwy. 34 reopens in Weld County after potential pipe bomb investigated during traffic stop

By Jennifer McRae | CBS Colorado Highway 34 was closed in Weld County early Wednesday morning after Colorado State Patrol troopers investigated a possible pipe bomb inside a vehicle during a traffic stop. Shortly after 6 a.m. the highway reopened and the 40-year-old driver was arrested for suspicion of DUI. Just before 1 a.m., state troopers stopped a black 2023 Honda Accord for speeding in the westbound lanes of the highway at mile marker 101. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Colorado-based Lunar Outpost behind rover set to explore Moon’s south pole for first time
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Colorado-based Lunar Outpost behind rover set to explore Moon’s south pole for first time

By Karen Morfitt | CBS Colorado Following a successful launch of Intuitive Machines' lunar lander, part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, the team from Colorado-based Lunar Outpost was back to work. "About 20 seconds after that rocket SpaceX Falcon 9 cleared the launchpad, you saw people running out of the bleachers to get over to mission control and to start checking on our system," said Michael Moreno, Vice President of Strategy for Lunar Outpost. The lander is expected to reach the moon's surface on Thursday. Onboard is Lunar Outpost's exploration rover MAPP, or mobile autonomous prospecting platform. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Gov. Polis, House Speaker deal would lessen bite on school funding, but still be $50M hit
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Gov. Polis, House Speaker deal would lessen bite on school funding, but still be $50M hit

By Shaun Boyd | CBS Colorado K-12 schools in Colorado will lose $50 million instead of $150 million under a new proposal by Speaker of the House Julie McCluskie.  The proposal allows districts to continue to use an average enrollment over several years to calculate per pupil funding. Governor Polis budget request called for ending rolling averages. Still, his Budget Director Mark Ferrandino says he now supports a gradual move to a single year count and is waiting for school districts' feedback before signing off on the proposal.  READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Parker widow to lobby for stricter penalties for careless driving at Colorado State Capitol this week
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Parker widow to lobby for stricter penalties for careless driving at Colorado State Capitol this week

By Olivia Young | CBS Colorado A Parker widow turned street safety advocate is taking her fight to the Colorado State Capitol this week. On Wednesday, she plans to lobby for changes to state law, including stricter penalties for careless driving. "My husband, Chuck, went on an early morning bike ride the morning of July 4 in 2019, and he never made it home," said Teri Vogel. In the five-and-a-half years since Vogel's husband was killed in a hit-and-run, she has not stopped fighting for change. "We were determined to see a greater good come from such a preventable and senseless death," Vogel said. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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University of Colorado offering master’s in artificial intelligence program
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University of Colorado offering master’s in artificial intelligence program

By Sarah Horbacewicz | CBS Colorado As artificial intelligence learns more about us, University of Colorado Boulder students will be learning about AI in one of the first dedicated master's degree programs in the field set to start this fall. Teaching a course about something that's changing just about as fast as you can create assignments isn't exactly easy, but a handful of schools across the country are doing just that. And the courses, along with AI itself, all stem from network engineering, a field that's exploding across the country and filling classrooms at the university. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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