🚘 Is Denver ready for driverless ride-shares?

🚗 Waymo Arrives in Denver

The Google-owned ride-sharing service famous for driverless electric vehicles is launching in Denver this week. The service, which claims to have lower crash rates than vehicles with drivers, is soft-launching with humans behind the wheel for now. [CBS Colorado]

🏥 Getting a COVID Shot Just Got Complicated

A new federal vaccine policy means CVS and Walgreens pharmacies in Colorado will limit who can get the jab. Prescriptions will now be required for people ages 5-64 unless they have a qualifying underlying health condition. [Axios Denver]

• Is someone gonna do something? During an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit over the weekend (more on that below), Gov. Polis repeatedly emphasized plans to “fix” the new policy as soon as possible.

🧑‍💻 Gov. Polis’ Turn Facing the Reddit Mob

Just a few days after Mayor Mike Johnston logged on to the r/Denver subreddit for an hour-long “Ask Me Anything” session, Gov. Jared Polis offered an impromptu AMA of his own Saturday morning. Comparatively, the governor answered many more questions than the mayor did, most of which concerned his support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The governor also responded to questions about the Front Range passenger rail, tariffs, and the 2026 gubernatorial race to replace him. [Reddit]

• Pro-tip: Sort the comments by “controversial” to see where things got spicy.
• Polis in his natural environment: The governor was quick on the keyboard and candid in his answers — but that’s not surprising for Colorado’s most “online” politician.

🚻 Why Trump Cares About an East High School Bathroom

The Department of Education has been investigating East High School’s new gender-neutral bathrooms since January, and now the Office of Civil Rights is arguing that they violate Title IX, threatening unspecified “enforcement action” if Denver Public Schools doesn’t convert them back into separate girls’ and boys’ bathrooms. Superintendent Alex Marrero has addressed the issue, but did not make clear how DPS plans to respond to the feds’ demands. [City Cast Denver 🎧]