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POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

There’s about one month left within the state’s legislative session and high Colorado lawmakers nonetheless haven’t come out with a plan to ship promised property tax aid. Final yr, $200 million was budgeted to cowl the price of statewide property cuts, however Colorado’s funds proposal for the 2024-25 fiscal yr doesn’t have related funds put aside.

Brian Eason has extra on the powerful trade-offs and restricted choices lawmakers have as they give the impression of being to overtake Colorado’s property tax code amid the outcry over rising tax payments.

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WATER

Subsequent time you’re taking a chunk out of a juicy hamburger, present some gratitude for the Colorado River, please. Researchers simply launched essentially the most full accounting up to now of how the river’s water is used and so they discovered that alfalfa — used as feed for beef and dairy cows — sucks up extra water than all of the cities and industries within the monumental Colorado River Basin. Water reporter Shannon Mullane has extra.

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OUTDOORS

Three years have handed for the reason that 34-mile mountain biking path from the highest of Grand Mesa all the way down to the Colorado River, often known as the Palisade Plunge path, opened above Palisade and now a Palisade resident needs to commemorate what has change into the crown jewel in Mesa County’s outside recreation financial system. What if the jagged ridge above Palisade is called “Plunge Level” or “Plunge Mesa”? The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board started deliberating on attainable names this week, Jason Blevins stories.

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EDUCATION

Charges of persistent absenteeism spiked throughout Colorado and the nation throughout the pandemic. Over the last faculty yr, greater than 1 in 4 Colorado college students missed greater than 10% of faculty, in line with knowledge from the Colorado Division of Schooling. Now, a bunch of faculty districts is making progress in drawing youngsters to highschool usually, however there’s nonetheless extra work to be executed, Erica Breunlin stories.

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Grand Junction Restaurant Week. A brand new tackle a restaurant week in downtown Grand Junction swaps a enjoyable, foodie scavenger hunt for expensive prix fixe menus. Now in its eighth yr, Grand Junction Restaurant Week options 24 native eating places — no chains or franchises — that can stamp a restaurant week passport while you spend at the very least $10 of their institution.

Diners can choose up their passport at collaborating eating places from April 5-14. On the finish of the week, stamped passports will probably be entered in a raffle for downtown Grand Junction present playing cards —one stamp will get you within the raffle for a $50 present card, three stamps put you within the working for a $100 present card, and so forth at growing tiers as much as one $500 grand prize.

“Western Colorado is understood for its vineyards and orchards, and a whole lot of these substances find yourself within the native eating places,” stated Dave Goe, neighborhood engagement supervisor for Downtown Grand Junction. “So (restaurant week) is a good way for locals, and folks simply passing via, to essentially expertise Grand Junction by tasting Grand Junction.”

Whereas there are some high-quality wine and eating experiences available, like 626 on Rood, a taco platter from Taco Social gathering, a breakfast sandwich from Cafe Sol, or a pizza to-go will all get you one stamp nearer to the grand prize.

$10 per stamp; April 5-14; Downtown Grand Junction

• Boulder Arts Week. A special sort of sampling is offered on the Entrance Vary, as Boulder Arts Week kicks off its eleventh yr Friday. With greater than 120 occasions together with an upcycled night time market, cabarets, magic reveals, images workshops, dance lessons and open air poetry performances, it’s laborious to sum up every thing you would possibly encounter throughout the week. As one organizer informed The Colorado Solar, it’s “sort of like a restaurant week — see every thing that’s on the market and take a look at one thing new.” Varied costs; April 5-13; Varied areas in Boulder

• ACT Human Rights Movie Competition. This competition hosted by Colorado State College is concentrated on the intersection of human rights, social justice and filmmaking. Although the competition began yesterday, there are nonetheless loads of fascinating screenings, like “Within the Grime,” a movie about mountain biking within the Navajo Nation, adopted by a neighborhood dialog. Sliding pay scale; April 3-7; The Lyric, 1209 N. Faculty Ave., Fort Collins

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