Colorado Today

June 11, 2025: State notified feds before Boulder attack, Denver homelessness claims, fruit crops damaged

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Republican Congressman Gabe Evans suggested that Colorado’s immigration laws are to blame for not preventing the firebomb attack in Boulder, but new information shows the feds failed to act. Then, Denver claims a historic drop in unsheltered homelessness. We fact check the claim. Plus, a severe hail storm hit parts of Colorado’s fruit-producing region.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Jo Erickson and Mateo Schimpf. The executive producer is Rachel Estabrook. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

Email us at [email protected].

Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members.

Read more on the stories in today’s show:

  • CPR’s Allison Sherry reports on what the state and feds knew before the Boulder attack.
  • Denverite’s Kyle Harris fact checks Denver’s claims on homelessness.
  • CPR’s Stina Sieg and Tome Hesse talked with fruit farmers hit by a hail storm.
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