Today is Nov. 30, 2023, and here’s what you need to know:

President Joe Biden on Wednesday used the backdrop of the world’s largest facility for wind tower manufacturing to sharpen his criticism of Republicans, even as he touted his administration’s economic agenda and work on renewable energy. 

CS Wind, the company that Biden visited, is on the home turf of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Republican from Silt who has described the president’s climate policies as “a massive failure.”

Biden, who spoke for more than 30 minutes at the Pueblo plant, said the company’s expansion validates an environmental agenda his political opponents want to undo. 

Several organizations that provide services to homeless people in Aurora face cuts in the city’s proposed budget for next year following a dip in the local government’s revenues. 

The recommendations appear to reflect a shift in the city’s priorities. Some of the funding would instead go to behavioral and recovery programs, as well as domestic violence services. 

A city official described the priority as essential “life-saving” services. 

The development came as a shock to some of the groups that deal with homelessness, which expressed disappointment in the decision but remained optimistic other funding sources would become available to cover the shortfall.

The groups, such as the Family Tree and Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, rely on funds from donors and cities like Aurora to maintain services to homeless people.

A federal judge earlier this month ordered Centura Health to stop its pattern of withholding increases in pay and benefits for the group of nurses who formed a labor union at its hospital in Longmont.

The National Labor Relations Board accused Centura, now known as CommonSpirit, of violating federal law and interfering with workers’ right to organize. On at least four occasions, Centura awarded systemwide pay increases and instituted various employee benefit programs but explicitly excluded the nurses at Longmont United Hospital who narrowly voted in favor of unionizing in 2021.

In a Nov. 16 order, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang declined to require Centura to provide the Longmont nurses with the same compensation the company had delivered to its other employees, believing she did not have the authority to do so. However, she told Centura it cannot continue to bar the Longmont workers from receiving future, company-wide pay raises by using the bargaining process as an excuse.

A man convicted of murdering his housemate when he shot a gun through his basement ceiling will receive a new trial, as Colorado’s second-highest court determined a Fremont County judge gave jurors an instruction that violated the defendant’s constitutional rights.

Thomas Randall Addington is serving a 38-year prison sentence after jurors convicted him of murdering Amanda Yellico. Although Addington had permitted Yellico to stay with him at his Florence home, he was angry that she would not leave and yelled at her to get out.

From his basement, he fired 15 shots with a semiautomatic rifle into the ceiling. A bullet fragment struck Yellico upstairs, causing her death. Addington was unaware of what happened until police arrived later.

Denver’s security officials will shut down a major street near the Colorado Convention Center starting on Thursday in anticipation of big events, notably a four-day conference by a Jewish nonprofit that contributes heavily to Israel. 

The closure will last through Sunday evening, the police said. 

Specifically, the police said it will close a section of 14th Street between Stout Street and Welton Street from 6 a.m. Thursday until 8 p.m. Sunday.

The Denver Police Department didn’t specifically cite the Jewish National Fund-USA conference, which begins Thursday at the Colorado Convention Center. Gov. Jared Polis is scheduled to make opening remarks at the conference.

But Denver officials police earlier said they are tightening security measures as Denver prepares to host the conference, which is likely to attract pro-Palestinian protests.