Nearly 3,800 workers will walk off the job at the JBS beef plant in Greeley Monday morning in the first U.S. meatpacking strike since 1985 — and the first at this Weld County facility since 1980. JBS says UFCW Local 7 refused to put a contract offer to a membership vote. The union says healthcare premium increases consumed more than two-thirds of wage gains at plants that accepted it. The Greeley facility processes roughly 8% of the national daily kill rate.
Colorado’s prison system cleared Tina Peters of any wrongdoing after a January altercation. The Department of Corrections disciplinary board ruled March 12 that Peters acted in self-defense when a 29-year-old inmate attacked her. Two days before that ruling, all 66 Democrats in the state legislature signed a letter urging Governor Polis to deny clemency — citing the same incident as evidence against her.
Attorney General Phil Weiser filed his 59th lawsuit against the Trump administration Friday. Colorado leads one of those cases and co-leads six more. The other 52-plus are coalition filings driven by California, New York, or other states.
Secretary of State Jena Griswold sent an official letter to incoming DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin demanding written assurance that ICE agents will not appear at polling locations — after already citing two federal officials who said exactly that. Griswold is running for attorney general.
Brittany Pettersen raised $1.1 million in 2025. Her own congressional district sent her $39,754 — 3.5% of her total. Massachusetts sent $294,688.
Marlon Reis told a rancher whose family lost close to two dozen livestock to wolves that he didn’t care — then deactivated his social media when the backlash arrived.
In CD-5, Rep. Jeff Crank and Democrat Jessica Killin became the first two candidates statewide to qualify for the June 30 primary ballot by petition.
Colorado’s state constitution gives the legislature default authority to regulate anything it chooses. This session, House Democrats used that authority to pass three unfunded mandates on county governments in a single week.
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