Good morning, Colorado.
I was about two-thirds of the way up Wetterhorn Peak, a fourteener near Lake City, last weekend when I found myself in a sea of yellow flowers. Hundreds of alpine sunflowers, also known as the Old-Man-of-the-Mountain, dotted the rolling green slopes below the rugged peaks above. I’ve seen the bright yellow beauties in the alpine tundra before, but never so many all at once. When I got back home, I learned that they are a monocarpic plant, meaning that they only produce flowers and seeds once in their lifetime. Then, they die.
To witness their fleeting beauty, in such an extravagant way, is a gift that I am carrying with me this week. If you’re a wildflower fan, now is the time to get outside.
Some species in the sunflower family have flowers that face toward the sun, but the Old-Man-of-the-Mountain always faces east, which makes the plant a useful guide for hikers on a cloudy day. (Olivia Prentzel, The Colorado Sun)Once you’re done admiring these blooms, I hope you join us in catching up with today’s news.
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THE NEWS
ENVIRONMENT
Want to buy an electric vehicle in Colorado? Do it now, before tax credits expire.
A long line of 2024 R1S electric utility vehicles sits at a Rivian service center Nov. 26 in east Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)With a federal tax credit set to expire earlier than anticipated and a state credit only lasting through the end of the year, the Colorado Energy Office is shouting out “buy now” advice to anyone who will listen. Michael Booth has some key facts and tips about the current EV market.
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HOUSING
Colorado’s housing crisis won’t be fixed by zoning alone. A new report shows why.
Nick Lemmer and Isaque Martinez build the wall of a modular home inside Lemmer’s workshop near Durango on Feb. 12, 2024. (Nina Riggio/Special to the Colorado Sun)“When you see the size of the problem, and you see all the solutions that are required, there’s kind of only one answer, which is, wow, you really got to get everybody in the room together to tackle this, or we’re going to fall farther and farther behind.”
— Ryan McCullough, a partner at McKinsey & Company
Why are homes so expensive in Colorado? Turns out it’s not just because of zoning codes. High interest rates, pricey construction materials, land and water are just some of the other factors to blame. Brian Eason dissects a recent report that captures why affordable housing is tough to build in Colorado and highlights a new housing consortium designed to tackle the string of barriers preventing the state from developing more affordable homes.
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COLORADANS
Andrea Gibson, Colorado’s poet laureate and a national voice on LGBTQ issues, has died
Poet Andrea Gibson, one of the subjects of the documentary film, “Come See Me in the Good Light,” poses at the premiere of the film during the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25 in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)“I don’t write poetry that I think is hard to understand. What I think the spoken word movement has done for poetry is that it created poems that you don’t need a Ph.D. to understand, that you don’t need a high school diploma to understand.”
— Andrea Gibson told The Sun in 2023
Colorado Poet Laureate Andrea Gibson, whose words touched everything from queer rights to political division to gun reform, died Monday at age 49. Gibson, who lived in Boulder, fought ovarian cancer since 2021. Parker Yamasaki writes about the legacy of the award-winning poet, who wanted to make poetry an accessible art to all.
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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
Jessica Killin, Doug Emhoff’s former chief of staff, is running to flip Colorado Springs’ congressional district
“I think so many of our politics have gotten so extreme on both the left and the right. I’m focused on actual real, pragmatic solutions and listening to people and engaging with people where they are.”
— Jessica Killin, a Democrat running to represent Colorado’s 5th Congressional District in the 2026 election
Jessica Killin, the former chief of staff to second gentleman Doug Emhoff and an Army veteran, has announced her bid for Colorado’s 5th Congressional District in Colorado Springs next year. Killin, who grew up in Colorado Springs, wants to break through the Republican stronghold and defeat U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank to become the first Democrat to represent the district, Jesse Paul reports.
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Democratic state senator launches bid to become Colorado’s top election official. Sen. Jessie Danielson of Wheat Ridge is the second Democrat to jump into the 2026 contest for secretary of state. Jesse Paul has more.ECONOMY
Jared Polis’ plan to mitigate the economic impact of Trump’s next tariffs? Track the data.
Gov. Jared Polis speaks to reporters as he signs bills into law at the governor’s mansion in downtown Denver on June 3. (Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun)“It’s hard to even decide what to do with your supply chain when you don’t know what the price is going to be.”
— Karen Gerwitz, president and CEO of World Trade Center Denver
On-again, off-again tariffs under President Donald Trump have rattled Colorado businesses and with tariffs now slated to begin Aug. 1, Gov. Jared Polis is directing Colorado’s labor, agriculture and trade departments to collect and assess data that will break down the impacts to Coloradans. Tamara Chuang reports on the difficulty of tracking the trade policies that have been in flux for much of the year.
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EDUCATION
Colorado, 23 other states sue for release of nearly $7 billion in education grants withheld by Trump administration
A classroom door is decorated with stickers bearing student names at Alice Terry Elementary School on Feb. 20 in Sheridan. (Jeremy Sparig, Special to The Colorado Sun)Colorado has teamed up with 23 other states and Washington, D.C., to sue the Trump administration over its withholding of $6.8 billion in grant funding that districts across the country have been counting on for programs that care for and educate kids after school and train teachers, among other priorities. Attorneys general leading the lawsuit say freezing the funds is unlawful after Congress — which has power over budget decisions — already approved them. Erica Breunlin has more.
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Section by Erica Breunlin | Education Reporter
THE COLORADO REPORT
Denver just tightened its rules for neglected and derelict buildings. The city had 285 rundown buildings, 40 of them designated as historic, as of April.— Denverite Appeals court: Mine exempt from some stormwater permitting. A state appeals court panel ruled the North Fork Valley’s West Elk coal mine is exempt from some stormwater discharge permitting requirements.— The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel ? City of Cañon City seeks operator for Royal Gorge Bridge and Park. The city is seeking a new contractor for a long-term lease to operate and enhance the world-renowned Royal Gorge Bridge and Park. — Canon City Daily Record “We’re still here”: Ute tribes reclaim narrative in new museum installation. A new Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum exhibit highlights the tribe’s language, traditions and resilience.— Colorado Public Radio Ex-Boulder County NAACP member asks judge to keep lawsuit against city alive. Darren O’Connor, a former member of the embattled Boulder County branch of the NAACP, blames Boulder officials for violating his free speech rights.— Boulder Daily Camera ?? = source has article meter or paywall
Section by Lance Benzel | Team Editor
THE OPINION PAGE
COMMUNITY
Tri-State joining a regional transmission organization sounds wonky to Coloradans, but it’s a big power move. Energy companies working together in the Southwest Power Pool will mean greater reliability, lower costs for Tri-State’s cooperative members.— Duane Highley, CEO of Tri-State Generation and Transmission AssociationThe Colorado Sun is a nonpartisan news organization, and the opinions of columnists and editorial writers do not reflect the opinions of the newsroom. Read our ethics policy for more on The Sun’s opinion policy and submit columns, suggest writers or provide feedback at [email protected].
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BOOKS
“The Afterlife Project”: A plan to salvage humanity
To the genre of post-apocalyptic fiction that in recent years has found footing in hot-button topics like climate change and pandemics, author Tim Weed has added time travel with his expansive novel, “The Afterlife Project.” In his excerpt, Weed introduces a team desperately pursuing subjects for a gambit to overcome a pandemic’s catastrophic effect on human fertility.
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Interview with the author. Weed, who grew up in the Denver area, saw his idea for the novel take off thanks to a conversation he had with an astrophysicist on a National Geographic expedition for which he served as a traveling lecturer. Listen to a Daily Sun-Up podcast with Tim Weed.Section by Kevin Simpson | Writer
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