The fund has created a fierce backlash since it was announced last week.

The layoffs happened against the backdrop of a yearslong effort to spin off Pinnacol from state affiliation. But supporters of a proposed ballot measure have dropped the bid.

Democrats Shannon Bird and Manny Rutinel, who are vying to retake a Colorado swing district that Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans won in 2024, appeared at a forum Thursday night in Greeley.

Tina Peters will walk out of a Colorado prison Monday, ending roughly 20 months of incarceration as her legal team renews its effort to overturn the seven criminal convictions that sent her there.

A gamer himself, Gov. Jared Polis wrote that a rejected fee would’ve affected content that “represents digital storytelling and artistic expression, and I do not support such a fee.”

The total includes at least 22 people who had survived an initial strike.

Current law forbids anyone who is still living from being featured on U.S. currency.