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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Visitors to Colorado historic sites urged to report “negative” information about America, per order

University of Denver graduate student Sami Zepponi, right, points out the remains of an entryway garden near a barracks to a group touring the Amache National Historic Site in May. (Mike Sweeney, Special to The Colorado Sun)

At Colorado historic sites memorializing Japanese Americans incarcerated in World War II and Native Americans slain by U.S. troops in the Sand Creek Massacre, new signs went up Friday that ask visitors to report “negative historical information” about Americans tied to the sites, in order to focus on the “greatness” and “progress of the American people,” and that has triggered concerns about sanitizing the truth, Kevin Simpson reports.

What the Colorado legislature did — and didn’t — do this year to address the housing crisis

It was a mixed bag when it came to addressing Colorado’s housing crisis during this year’s legislative session, with lawmakers expanding protections for renters, imposing new rules on landlords and passing laws to boost multifamily housing construction and affordability — although not as much as some would like. Brian Eason has more on this most-important topic amid widespread economic uncertainty.

Rare Colorado cactus blooms off the endangered list with help from Denver Botanic Gardens

Sclerocactus glaucus (Colorado hookless cactus) near DeBeque in 2017. (Brooke Palmer, via Denver Botanic Gardens)

A rare cactus found in Colorado’s arid backcountry of the Upper Gunnison and Upper Colorado river basins had long been threatened by energy development and unscrupulous poachers. But the perennial Colorado hookless cactus — named for its unusually straight spines — has officially been pulled from the endangered species list. Michael Booth has all the prickly details.

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Colorado Springs voters reject controversial Karman Line annexation in early returns. Colorado Springs voters rejected a controversial plan to annex more than 1,800 acres for a large-scale housing and commercial project near Schriever Space Force Base southeast of the city. As of 9 p.m. Tuesday, 63,813 ballots had been counted opposing the annexation, with 14,239 supporting the proposal, according to city election officials. Utah student detained after ICE gained secret access to Colorado deputy’s Signal chat, sheriff’s office says. Caroline Dias Goncalves, 19, was pulled over June 5 and given a warning on I-70 near Loma. A few miles farther east, she was picked up by ICE and has been held in immigration detention center in Aurora since.

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THE COLORADO REPORT

Nearly 3,000 Nintendo stolen in semitruck heist, Arapahoe County sheriff says. The theft of thousands of Nintendo Switch 2 consoles was discovered at a Colorado truck stop earlier this month, a loss of more than $1.4 million.— The Denver Post ? Town of Vail breaks ground on massive locals-only housing project on north side of I-70. The project will deliver 268 new rental homes in what is now the largest town-owned capital project in the town’s history.— Vail Daily These 4 Colorado 14ers will receive special attention from trail crews this summer. Crews will be working to maintain the trails that lead hikers to the summits of some of Colorado’s most popular 14,000-foot peaks this summer.— Summit Daily The aisle-prowling Albertsons CEO taking on Kroger. Susan Morris, 56, started at Albertsons as a high-school student in Colorado. She studied social science at Colorado State University but stuck with the supermarket chain, working her way up from a sales manager to running the company’s Denver locations. — Wall Street Journal

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COLUMNS

The MyPillow defamation verdict fits neatly into MAGA media’s vile conspiracy to blame Tim Walz for violence. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, was confronted by Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith over his tweets, including one saying “Nightmare on Waltz Street.”— Mike Littwin

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SunLit

BOOKS

Poor Richard’s Books offers two engaging nonfiction titles

Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from bookstores across Colorado. This week, the staff from Poor Richard’s Books in Colorado Springs recommends:

“Raising Hare” by Chloe Dalton, COVID lockdown with an unexpected furry friend “All Boys Aren’t Blue” by George M. Johnson, a YA memoir of the author’s search for identity

Read what the bookstore staff had to say about each. Pick up a copy and support your local bookstores at the same time.

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