Bunch of local stories (1/3)
Omitting the election results - still counting & most of the reporting is partisan.
https://coloradonewsline.com/2026/11/02/polis-final-budget-colorado/
and
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-gov-jared-polis-unveils-final-budget-proposal/
Summary of CO Governor Polis budget proposal - huge cuts to Medicaid, school increase, cutting reimbursements, and other topics.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/11/02/jared-polis-november-budget-proposal-2027-2028-medicaid-cuts/
Focusing more on just the Medicaid cuts. Nice chart showing the TABOR limit & how Medicaid costs have risen at 4x that rate.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/11/03/colorado-state-ai-hail-weather-warnings/
AI powered hail forecasts.
Bunch of local stories (2/3)
https://coloradosun.com/2026/11/02/southwestern-colorado-flood-damage-videos/
Pictures and videos of Southwestern Colorado flood damage.
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/family-southwest-colorado-sleepless-night-floodwaters-rise-la-plata-county/
BotG report of flooding in an area near Pagosa Springs CO.
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-deploys-wildfire-spotting-aircraft-flood-response/
CO deploys wildfire spotting aircraft to help identify problem areas in the flood zones.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/11/03/orphan-oil-and-gas-wells-colorado-record-number-funding/
More orphaned oil and gas wells in CO - outstrip the pace of sealing them.
Bunch of local stories (3/3)
https://coloradosun.com/2026/11/04/colorado-new-car-sales-dropping-ev-plummet/
EV new car sales drop as incentives end. Hybrid new car sales grow. Imagine that!
https://coloradosun.com/2026/11/04/forest-service-agrees-to-let-pitkin-county-manage-maroon-bells/
USG agrees to let Pitkin County CO to manage visitors to Maroon Bells area.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/11/04/trump-election-opinion-littwin/
Littwin opinion piece suggesting Republicans will quickly abandon Trump. Yeah, that will happen.
The issue there is, what were EV car margins? Do they have room to drop in price, or were the inputs taking up most of the sales prices as is?
IIRC companies like Rivian were still losing money on every car sold even with free money available, so there's really no room for price drops.
@mhjohnson