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May 9, 2023: Legislative session’s last-minute fireworks; Rising young poet to compete nationally
As the legislative session wraps up, a look at what state lawmakers accomplished and how it will affect average Coloradans. Legislation on guns and property tax prevailed, but a major land use bill failed. Then, foreign consolutes in Colorado. And, racist themes in a popular opera. Also, girls in computer science and a high school poet competes in Washington, DC.