The Colorado House has passed a $36 billion budget for next year, but no Republicans are supporting it. Utah’s new law banning transgender girls from competing in girls school sports has led to speculation about losing out on economic opportunities.

It is now a crime to openly carry firearms near polling places in Colorado. And Ironwood Mill near Dolores is violating state regulations for waste disposal.

Colorado’s top water agency is pausing investigations into “demand management,” a program that would pay people to use less water and send it to Lake Powell for storage. And the Colorado Senate has approved a bill that would force hospitals to allow visitors during future public health emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox vetoed a bill last week that bans transgender girls from competing in girls sports, but state lawmakers voted to override that veto on Friday.

Colorado lawmakers have overwhelmingly rejected a bill aiming to protect workers who use marijuana off the clock. And a highly contagious strain of avian flu has been discovered in wild birds in Colorado.

Colorado lawmakers are unveiling a bipartisan bill they say will help prevent deaths from fentanyl. And the Ute Mountain Ute tribe has moved down on its COVID-19 risk scale.

Colorado Democrats are sending Governor Jared Polis a bill that aims to protect unrestricted access to abortions. And troubles continue for Mind Springs Health, which provides behavioral health services in ten counties on the west slope.

A report released Monday says Lake Powell has lost four percent of its storage capacity since 1986. And federal funding for a central sewer system in Rico was approved by Congress, although there are concerns the town won’t meet the deadline to use them.

Colorado lawmakers have passed a bill to ban people from openly carrying guns near polling places. And the League of Women Voters of Utah, Mormon Women for Ethical Government and others are suing the state of Utah over the new Congressional map.

A Telluride was killed by an avalanche while snowboarding in the backcountry this week.