Good morning! It’s still mostly dark out as I write this, a sure sign that we are indeed deep into autumn. I’ve always been a morning person, but there’s something special about being up before dawn and slowly watching the world come to life outside my office window.
Another sign of fall is the fact that Election Day is rapidly approaching, and with it an increase in campaign messaging — both legit and sketchy. We’ve got stories about one such questionable message — plus a whole lot more about the complicated and consequential ballot in Colorado — in today’s newsletter, so let’s pour another cup of coffee and dive in, shall we?
ELECTION 2024
A text message falsely suggesting that the president of the state’s largest teachers union supports Amendment 80 — which would permanently add a right to school choice to the state’s constitution — was sent to voters across Colorado. Erica Breunlin and Jesse Paul report on the origins of the mysterious message.
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BUSINESS
The Colorado attorney general’s trial to block the merger of the state’s two largest grocery store chains is coming to a close this week. Tamara Chuang, who has been keeping tabs on the ins and outs of the trial, put together a by-the-numbers breakdown of what’s at stake, what the companies have to say for themselves and more.
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ENVIRONMENT
Right after hearing a dismal report on the summer ozone season, members of the state Air Quality Control Commission took a field trip through north Denver, where some of the most concentrated air pollution in the state is located. Michael Booth has more on what residents told the commision and some of the sights — and smells — the commissioners encountered.
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COLORADO SUNDAY
”Sure, this could be the mythological cave. Or it could be a hole full of mud. Cave digging is never a certainty.”
— Wes Devenyns, spelunker
Outside Leadville, Colorado cavers are following a hunch that a pioneer journalist’s fantastical series of caverns, that he called the Cyclopean Cave, could be right below their feet. For the past few years, they’ve been digging out a hole in the ground and are pretty sure they could be onto one of Colorado’s greatest cave discoveries in recent memory, Jason Blevins reports.
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