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🌱 Rent Too High? + Reworking Fur Ban + Jon Benet Ramsey 25th
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Good morning Boulder! Here's what you need to know to get this day started off right.
Friday's weather: Cooler with clouds and sun. High: 41 Low: 21.
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Here are the top five stories in Boulder today:
- Is the rent too high, or is there something else at play? One way to look at the affordable housing crisis in America is to understand that Federal housing vouchers, also known as Section 8, isn't enough enough to cover the rent in the US anymore. (Weekly)
- Boulder reworking the language of the Humane Clothing Act. The recently passed ballot issue that bans the manufacture and sale of fur products in the city is being revised by the City of Boulder. (Yahoo)
- Brewers Association takes action on anti-discrimination efforts: The Boulder-based craft-brewing association is turning its attention to developing anti-discrimination policies and making customers and workers feel more welcome. (Business Journal)
- Boulder County picks food and beverage companies take part in pollution reduction program. The initiative seeks to set a new set of standards that will reduce the environmental impacts of food and beverage packaging. (BOCO)
- The Jon Benet Ramesy murder marks its 25th anniversary. A quarter-century later, there's yet to be a conviction of the person who murdered her. The question of who took her life looms large today, as it did when it happened in 1996. (Westword)
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Today in Boulder:
- Boulder Bookies: Online: Boulder Public Library. (1 p.m.)
- A Baroque Christmas: Händel's "Messiah." (7:30 p.m.)
- High School Sports In And Near Boulder: The Weekend Ahead. (Boulder Patch)
From my notebook:
- Check out the squall rolling in Wednesday morning! Taken from an airplane by Katie Adams and shared by the Denver & Front Range Weather FB page. Strongest wind recorded: Red Mountain Pass: 112mph Lamar: 107mph Broomfield. (Instagram)
- Wednesday's high winds hit 91. The peak gust was 91mph which was recorded at NCAR's Mesa Lab. (Instagram)
- Dairy Comedy in the BOE - Holiday Edition. Dairy Center. (Saturday, Dec 18)
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