Hacker News with Generative AI: Colorado

Colorado passes bill punting to local governments on restaurant server pay (coloradosun.com)
A contentious bill pitting many restaurant owners against workers over how much tipped employees should earn was approved by the Colorado legislature Tuesday, with the restaurant industry feeling like it had achieved a small victory.

Politics, Labor, Restaurants, Colorado

5 points by mooreds 6 days ago | 0 comments

Homeless in Colorado may sleep in their cars if they have a job (nytimes.com)
On the side of a highway leading to some of the most coveted slopes in the world, in a parking lot covered in snow, a form of affordable housing has emerged.

Homelessness, Housing, Colorado, Social Issues, Economy

25 points by harambae 13 days ago | 7 comments

Nuclear power is officially a clean energy source in Colorado (coloradosun.com)
Nuclear power — an innovative source of fossil-free power potential, or a radioactive risk that threatens public health and the environment, depending on whom you ask — is back on the table in Colorado.

Nuclear Power, Energy, Colorado, Environment

35 points by mooreds 24 days ago | 30 comments

Colorado's Experiment with Psychedelic Mushrooms Begins (undark.org)
Colorado regulators are issuing licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms and are planning to authorize the state’s first “healing centers,” where the mushrooms can be ingested under supervision, in late spring or early summer.

Psychedelic Drugs, Colorado, Health, Regulation

16 points by bookofjoe 29 days ago | 2 comments

Feds ask Colorado River official to resign, leaving another leadership gap (coloradosun.com)
Anne Castle expected to be asked to leave her position representing the federal government in Colorado River policy planning. She just didn’t know how long it would take to be shown the door.

Politics, Water Resources, Colorado, Government

5 points by mooreds 74 days ago | 0 comments

Wolves and America's urban-rural divide (thehustle.co)
Colorado reintroduced wolves to stimulate the environment. They’ve also disrupted a traditional industry and way of life.

Wolves, Environment, Rural Communities, Urban-Rural Divide, Colorado

32 points by kansaswriter 83 days ago | 65 comments

Longtime Aspen ski executive thinks corporate sustainability is a scam (cpr.org)
Before announcing his plan to resign come spring, Auden Schendler spent 26 years working as the vice president of corporate sustainability for Aspen One, which operates the world-famous ski resorts around the posh community on Colorado’s Western Slope.

Sustainability, Business, Skiing, Colorado

43 points by mooreds 104 days ago | 80 comments

In Colorado, a marriage of solar energy and farming (ksjd.org)
The fields surrounding Byron Kominek’s farm lay fallow. But on a sunny morning in mid-December, Kominek harvests the sun’s rays.

Renewable Energy, Agriculture, Colorado

191 points by dr_dshiv 112 days ago | 115 comments

Colorado Mountain Wave in a Cessna 206 Turbo (markmaunder.com)
I thought I’d document my experience in Colorado Mountain Wave in my 206 on a recent flight from Idaho to Centennial, CO. The details are as follows:

Aviation, Flight, Colorado, Weather, Cessna

11 points by mmaunder 132 days ago | 0 comments

Can hunters' donations help deliver high-quality meat to Colorado food pantries? (coloradotrust.org)
Hunters in Colorado sometimes wait years to obtain one of the limited number of tags, or licenses, to hunt certain animals.

Hunting, Food Security, Colorado, Wildlife Management

18 points by mooreds 140 days ago | 58 comments

Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords after accidental leak (arstechnica.com)
The Colorado Department of State said it accidentally posted a spreadsheet containing "partial passwords" for voting systems.

Cybersecurity, Elections, Colorado, Government, Data Security

230 points by rbanffy 176 days ago | 644 comments

Should elephants have the same rights as people? A Colorado court may decide (denver7.com)
Colorado's highest court will hear arguments Thursday on whether the older African female elephants should be legally able to challenge their captivity under a long-held process used by prisoners to dispute their detention.

Animal Rights, Law, Colorado, Elephants

39 points by walterbell 181 days ago | 87 comments

Two Colorado ranchers falsified a drought for their own gain (coloradosun.com)
Over the winter of 2016 into the spring of 2017, U.S. weather experts watching southeastern Colorado noticed something they’d never seen before.

Crime, Colorado, Environment, Agriculture

23 points by gmays 209 days ago | 3 comments

Farmers systematically destroying NWS sensors to claim crop insurance (coloradosun.com)
Over the winter of 2016 into the spring of 2017, U.S. weather experts watching southeastern Colorado noticed something they’d never seen before.

Agriculture, Weather, Climate Change, Insurance Fraud, Colorado

4 points by ryzvonusef 215 days ago | 2 comments

Million-dollar payouts and manhunts. Then a Colorado crop fraud got crazy (coloradosun.com)
Storm clouds roil in this time-lapse video taken over Baca County in southeastern Colorado, where rain is scarce and where for years a criminal enterprise damaged rain gauges to fool the federal government into thinking drought was even worse than it was. (Mike Sweeney, Special to The Colorado Sun)

Colorado, Agriculture, Fraud, Crime, Weather

18 points by mschuster91 229 days ago | 0 comments

Man Left Behind by Co-Workers During Office Retreat on Colorado Mountain (apnews.com)

Work, Travel, Colorado, Accidents

5 points by tlogan 239 days ago | 3 comments

Colorado: Man on office retreat 'got left behind on mountain' (bbc.com)

Colorado, Accidents, Travel, News

9 points by defrost 239 days ago | 2 comments

How A Con Man Ended Up in Solitary in Colorado's Supermax Federal Prison (westword.com)

Crime, Prisons, Colorado

16 points by bookofjoe 289 days ago | 1 comments

Public Health Officials Investigating Human Plague Case in Pueblo County (pueblo.org)