350 Colorado discusses the letter they just submitted to the Boulder County Commissioners requesting a ballot initiative this November calling for a countywide fracking ban. Then, a report on a Denver district judge’s recent decision to give seven conservation groups intervener status into lawsuits challenging new statewide air quality protections. We close the show with a new TRENDS Diary looking at artistry amidst the pandemic.

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The Morning Magazine features local news headlines, stories and features and broadcasts on KGNU Monday through Friday 8.04-8.30am.

A CU Professor at the forefront of research on COVID-19’s spread indoors discusses his concerns about indoor spaces like classrooms. Then on Radio Nibbles, we hear from one of the owners of the newly opened Tierra y Fuego Taqueria in Boulder.

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The Morning Magazine features local news headlines, stories and features and broadcasts on KGNU Monday through Friday 8.04-8.30am.

We cover a lawsuit discussed at Boulder city council last night over possible ballot measures that would increase housing occupancy in Boulder. Then, two regular Wednesday morning features, Make Them Hear You and Naturally.

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The Morning Magazine features local news headlines, stories and features and broadcasts on KGNU Monday through Friday 8.04-8.30am.

We hear from one of the presenters at an upcoming Women Powering Change event. Then, a Boulder-based activist who’s written a memoir discusses the many years she’s worked for global human rights followed by an installment in the Ned Speaks oral history project.

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The Morning Magazine features local news headlines, stories and features and broadcasts on KGNU Monday through Friday 8.04-8.30am.

We hear about an event happening in Boulder on July 18 for World Listening Day. Also, grieving in the time of COVID-19 and TRENDS Diary.

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The Morning Magazine features local news headlines, stories and features and broadcasts on KGNU Monday through Friday 8.04-8.30am.

We hear from Physicians for Social Responsibility, Colorado chapter, on an upcoming symposium on the health impacts of fracking. We also get a report on how the BLM is struggling to fill positions at its new headquarters in Grand Junction. John Lehndorff joins us for the latest food news on Radio Nibbles.

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The Morning Magazine features local news headlines, stories and features and broadcasts on KGNU Monday through Friday 8.04-8.30am.

CU Boulder is one of several universities planning to bring students back to campus in just a few weeks – but how is the institution planning to keep them healthy in the midst of a pandemic? Then a report on composting food waste and efforts in Boulder County to make it more accessible.

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The Morning Magazine features local news headlines, stories and features and broadcasts on KGNU Monday through Friday 8.04-8.30am.

With the news yesterday that the football team from Washington has changed its name, we’ll take a look at Colorado’s own history and present reality with racist sports mascots.

Then, we’ll hear about Denver artist Raverro Stinnett who is struggling with a brain injury after a beating by private security guards in Denver’s Union station in 2018 while he was waiting for his train.

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The Morning Magazine features local news headlines, stories and features and broadcasts on KGNU Monday through Friday 8.04-8.30am.

We hear how two groups working to put measures on Boulder’s November ballot through direct Democracy were told last week they missed the date for submitting signatures, despite the groups relying on written instructions from the city attorney’s office. We also hear from a vigil in Aurora on Saturday in honor of Elijah McClain and a rally in Longmont on Sunday demanding justice for Vanessa Guillén.

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The Morning Magazine features local news headlines, stories and features and broadcasts on KGNU Monday through Friday 8.04-8.30am.

We hear about the debate over face coverings as Governor Polis encourages public use of masks and some local authorities push back on those ordinances. Then, one of the thousands of international students shaken by the Trump administration’s announcement that they will have to leave the U.S. if not enrolled in in-person college classes shares their thoughts. We close the show with a new, bilingual edition of TRENDS Diary.

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The Morning Magazine features local news headlines, stories and features and broadcasts on KGNU Monday through Friday 8.04-8.30am.