Today is Jan. 2, 2024, and here’s what you need to know:

All eyes are on the Supreme Court now that former President Donald Trump has been found ineligible on two state primary election ballots for the 2024 race, prompting confidence among legal experts that the nine justices will resolve the unprecedented dilemma.

The Colorado Supreme Court on Dec. 19 ruled that Trump is ineligible to serve as president under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which includes a clause that blocks anyone who has “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the government from holding elected office if the individual had previously taken an oath “to support the Constitution of the United States.”

Maine’s Democratic secretary of state made a similar decision on Wednesday night, a unilateral move absent any court review.

Colorado’s justices and Maine’s election official both put their rulings on hold, anticipating a final decision from the U.S. Supreme Court and Maine’s justices, respectively.

Meanwhile, both Michigan and Minnesota high courts have allowed Trump to remain on their primary ballots, and California’s secretary of state also decided that the former president could remain on the primary ballot.

Advocates and critics of the marijuana industry offered contrasting assessments of the drug 10 years after its legalization, with the former calling its decade-long existence a successful model for the rest of America, while the latter insist it has harmed Coloradans.

Voters legalized marijuana use in 2012. Today, the industry has more than 2,500 active cannabis business licenses, including 912 retail establishment licenses. In addition, some 36,000 active occupational licenses have been issued to workers in the industry.

“Colorado’s launch of a regulated adult-use cannabis market was a major inflection point in our nation’s relationship with marijuana. It set a compelling example not only for other states, but also for countries around the globe,” said Mason Tvert, who co-directed the legalization campaign.

Luke Niforatos of Smart Approaches to Marijuana characterized the drug’s legalization as a disaster for the state.

“We have seen an addiction-for-profit industry produce and promote stronger, more addictive drugs in order to maximize their bottom line,” he said. “From increases in traffic fatalities due to impaired drivers to more emergency department visits, Coloradans are being harmed by these drugs. Simply, the legalization of marijuana has not made Colorado a better state to live and raise a family in.”

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on New Year’s Eve claimed his administration reached the goal of getting 1,000 homeless people out of the city’s streets.

Johnston, who made curbing homelessness his priority upon taking office in July, vowed to house 1,000 people by Dec. 31. In pursuit of that goal, his administration and Denver officials spent tens of millions of dollars to acquire hotels, buy “tiny” shelters and set up “micro-communities,” where he plans to send homeless people to.

The campaign has been expensive.

Johnston said the campaign to move 1,000 homeless people indoors cost the city $45 million this year.

That translates to roughly $45,000 per homeless person. By comparison, the state spends roughly $9,500 on average per student.

Weld County Republican Peter Yu on Friday filed paperwork to run in next year’s GOP primary in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, joining a already crowded field of candidates vying to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Ken Buck.

Yu’s entry comes days after Republican U.S. Rep.Lauren Boebert announced she’ll run for another term in Congress in the 4th CD rather than seek reelection in the more competitive, Western Slope-based 3rd Congressional District, which she has represented for two terms.

In all, eight GOP candidates have so far declared candidacies in the heavily Republican 4th CD, which covers Douglas County and the state’s Eastern Plains, including portions of Larimer and Weld counties.

A finance and mortgage consultant and the child of immigrants, Yu was the 2018 Republican nominee in the neighboring 2nd Congressional District but lost to Democrat Joe Neguse. He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate last year.

“As a candidate who grew up in Loveland, and now lives in Weld County, I am excited to be the voice of my home city and the entire district that has been so good to my family and I all these years,” Yu told Colorado Politics in an email.

Republican Ron Hanks, a former state lawmaker and an ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump, announced late Friday that he’s seeking the GOP nomination in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District just days after its incumbent, Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, switched to run for another term in a different district.

Hanks faces a primary against Grand Junction attorney Jeff Hurd, a first-time candidate endorsed by numerous current and former elected Republicans. Hurd mounted a primary challenge earlier this year against Boebert, who narrowly won reelection to a second term last year in the closest congressional race in the country.

Democrat Adam Frisch, who trailed Boebert by just 546 votes last year, is seeking a rematch. The former Aspen City Council member had raised more than three times as much as the incumbent before Boebert declared this week that she’s jumping to the 4th Congressional District, which is represented by retiring Republican U.S. Rep. Ken Buck.

Calling the GOP-leaning, Western Slope-based 3rd CD “vital to the Republican majority in the U.S. House,” Hanks said in a written statement that he’s running to keep the seat in conservative hands, adding, “Not moderate, establishment, or RINO,” using a derisive acronym for Republicans in name only.