Boulder

Boulder County Commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to restrict data centers to 50 kilowatts. This ends the county’s data center moratorium and restricts large-scale data centers to operate there.

An Egyptian man has pleaded guilty to federal hate crime and other charges for a deadly firebombing attack on demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, last year. Mohamed Soliman is already serving life in prison after pleading guilty to state charges last spring.

Boulder's tech and county leaders are on opposite sides of a proposed tax hike on Colorado's highest earners. Amendment 87 would replace Colorado's flat income tax with a graduated system, potentially raising billions for public services while fueling concerns about the state's business climate.

Two issues are at the top of the list for voters and many of the Boulder City Council candidates as the Nov. 3 election draws closer: housing affordability and the environment.

As Boulder County families continue to face high childcare costs and limited options for daycare, voters will soon decide whether to increase property taxes to account for both challenges.

Voters will decide whether to add two new commissioners to their government in November.

Six candidates running to become Boulder’s next mayor faced tough questions about housing, city spending, homelessness, public safety and their qualifications for office during a debate hosted by Boulder Reporting Lab and KGNU on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The roughly 90-minute debate, gave candidates a chance to make their case to voters, challenge one another’s positions and explain how they would lead the city over the next two years.

The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are looking into the mailings, some of which included an unidentified powdery white substance.

In 2018, Boulder County slapped giant energy companies ExxonMobil and Suncor with a lawsuit arguing they, along with a trade group, knew decades ago that fossil fuels would hurt the environment. This past Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court opened its October term by hearing oral arguments in Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County (Docket No. 25-170)

After more than eight years in lower courts, Boulder’s case against two oil giants will kick off the Supreme Court’s new term.