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I'm not here to complain about gas prices or the reasons for them. I'm just genuinely interested on what caused Colorado to jump way ahead of the nation average? Blend change? We've historically been a few cents cheaper than the national average (Blue Line)

https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts

Be Carefull, Brown bear spotted just past Austin Bluffs Pkwy & Union. Seen him @ 6:03am

The censure was approved with almost 90% of the vote.

As part of the censure, the party will bar Polis from being a featured speaker or honored guest at official Democratic functions. But its real value was symbolic — a party distancing itself from its governor ahead of the 2026 election, and taking a public stand against leniency for an election denier who was convicted of multiple felonies.

Honest question how do we stop this? And who allows this? And as a community what do we do to stop this blatant abuse of power?

Pikes Peak summit is closed to cars, max elevation is 11k feet for cars. Is it still worth going up to 11k? Or just pay for the train instead? Or don’t go because of weather, since cloud may obscure the view and try again on the next visit?

Thanks in advance

Update, thanks all for the feedback. We will drive to Glen Cove tomorrow and see what we can see.

The House passed the Farm Bill 4/30 (224-200) and there's a section called the Save Our Bacon Act that nullifies ~500 state agriculture laws — including ones Coloradans passed by direct vote. Whatever you think about HB22-1343 specifically, the principle is: federal megafarm lobbyists wrote a bill to override state laws coast-to-coast, including in CO.

Sen. Bennet sits on Senate Ag and is in the room writing the Senate version of markup this month. Call 719-328-1100 — 60 seconds — "please strip the Save Our Bacon Act language from the Senate Farm Bill markup." Federalism cuts both ways.

I apologize in advance, I'm not much of a Reddit person and this is my first time here really.

But I know I can't be the only one waking up every day immediately drowning in anxiety, hopelessness and fear due to the state of this country.

I know I don't want to feel like this anymore, but it feels like everyone is experiencing the bystander effect - everyone is waiting for someone else to do something.

I want to do something, I want to help and I don't want to be part of the silent majority anymore.

I don't know what that something would be, just curious if anyone else feels this same way and wants to start doing something.

Fairly new to the area. Just looking for a place I can park for the purposes of having a good scream and cry and not scare anyone or get the cops called on me.
Thank you in advance for any tips!

I’m craving a pulled pork sandwich with slaw. Where am I going to get the best one?

The graduates of Palmer High School rejected being segregated by a last minute board approved change to the decades of precedent for graduation ceremonies. Normally those graduating with honors or distinction get something to mark them on their cap or gown, but the board and Superintendent Gaal decided they should be ordered not alphabetically as is the norm but by GPA and those with a 3.75 or higher should wear a golden robe (different at each school) to separate them from their classmates. The STUDENTS in protest snuck in brown robes in solidarity with their peers. There were two speeches firing shots at this unpopular change. Many students also refused to shake hands with Gaal.

Tangentially related, a group of concerned parents, teachers, students and citizens protested against the school board's increasingly right shifting policies and the blatant conflicts of interest and hypocrisy of this administration. The board put out the following:

>"The Board of Education is deeply concerned by the continued spread of false and misleading claims about the direction of Colorado Springs School District 11. Disagreement is expected in public education, and community members have every right to express their views. However, deliberately distorting the work of the district, presenting false claims as fact, and creating unnecessary fear in our community is irresponsible and harmful."

If you care about public education being for the public, all of the public. If you don't want Brad Miller to drag D11 into a SCOTUS case to enable religious charter schools to siphon money from your tax dollars, then please join us, in "creating fear, spread false and misleading claims" be "irresponsible and harmful", join us, or support us in fighting for public education that supports all the public. Or at the very least, be informed and make sure the school board is working for you.

Hi everyone, does anyone have a recommendation for a recycling place that takes Aluminum cans? My daughter has collected quite a few and wants to recycle them.

You gotta relax my dude. Speeding and weaving through traffic, honking at people, flipping people off, slamming your brakes in a turn lane, waving out the window to try to start a confrontation. that’s no way to live, you’re gonna hurt someone for no good reason.

Driving aggressively has no winner. The risk goes up of injuring yourself or others, property damage, and expensive and time wasting repairs. Put your driving in perspective a little bit.

This behavior is short sighted and immature. Actions of a teenager who doesn’t have a fully developed brain.

I am looking for somewhere to go on Sunday morning to watch the final day of Premier League matches. I had gone to a British pub a couple years ago near Woodman and 25, but that doesn’t seem to be there anymore.

I’ll also have my kid with me so it can’t be a bar that has an age restriction. Also, I saw the Brit Pub down by Weidner field that is probably an option, but are there any others?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

A friend of mine recently lost her mother and I want to take her somewhere for the weekend. She lived with her and needs to get out of the house. Somewhere quiet to just relax for a few days. Preferably very close. Thanks!