🛒 Is a King Soopers strike coming?

🪧 Is Another King Soopers Strike Imminent?

Thousands of local King Soopers employees will have the chance to vote to strike at the end of this month. The grocery chain’s contract with the workers’ union (UFCW Local 7) expired on Friday after new terms could not be reached. [CO Sun]

💸 A New Tax Could Be Coming to Baker

A group of local business owners are hoping to establish a General Improvement District (GID) in Baker. The designation — which would need to be voter-approved — would create a special tax district within the neighborhood to fund community security, maintenance, and marketing.

• Next steps: GID advocates will need to collect at least 200 signatures of support from residents who would be impacted. Then, Denver City Council would decide if the matter should go to the November ballot. [BusinessDen 🔒]

⚖️ Coloradans Brace for Trump-Era Immigration Changes

President Trump’s inauguration has Denverites preparing for the potential impacts of his new immigration policies. Mayor Johnston is promising to keep families together, and DPS has doubled down on its “No ICE on campus” strategy — but some leaders in other parts of the state aren’t drawing such hard lines… [City Cast Denver 🎧]

• Related reading:
  👉 Colorado joins effort to challenge Trump on ending birthright citizenship [AP via the Sentinel]
  
  👉 Douglas County commissioners unanimously support Trump’s immigration plans, deportations [Denver Post 🔒]
  
  👉 Colorado lawyers line up to fight Trump’s deportation plans [CO Sun]
  
  👉 In D.C., Mayor Johnston says he’s waiting to see what Trump really does on immigration [Denverite]
  
  👉 What Immigrant Communities Should Know About Their Rights [Borderless]