Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse elected to House Democrats' No. 5 leadership post, in charge of messaging

PLUS | Video shows Anderson Aldrich's mother resisting arrest hours after Club Q shooting, New marijuana licensing rules take effect Thursday and more. Springs PM Update Good evening, today is Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse elected to House Democrats' No. 5 leadership post, in charge of messaging]( U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse won election to lead the House Democrats' messaging arm, putting the Lafayette Democrat in the No. 5 spot on his party's leadership team in the chamber. [Read More]( [Pace of Colorado Springs-area home construction plunges again in November]( In November, the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department issued 129 permits for the construction of single-family homes in El Paso County — a 49.4% nosedive from the 255 permits issued in the same month last year, according to a report posted Thursday by the agency on its website. [Read More]( [At least 32 cars sideswiped by tour bus in Boulder]( Police said on Twitter that a large tour bus hit multiple cars along three blocks of Pleasant Street on Wednesday night. The cars were on the north side of the street from the 900 to the 1200 block. [Read More]( [Video shows Anderson Aldrich's mother resisting arrest hours after Club Q shooting]( A video obtained by Gazette news partner KKTV shows the arrest of the mother of the Club Q shooting suspect for her behavior just hours after the Nov. 19 shooting that left five people dead and more than a dozen others injured. [Read More]( [CU to hire Perlmutter's chief of staff at $325,000 per year]( As the governor is proposing the highest tuition increase in the last four years, the University of Colorado is about to create a new position paying $325,000 in base salary per year for the chief of staff for retiring U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter. [Read More]( [Increase to RTD ridership continued after August free fare month]( The Regional Transportation District's "fare free" August didn't cause major hiccups in operations, a rise in ridership continued into September, but RTD officials admitted they're not sure how to measure the program’s impact on air quality, according to a report analyzing the effort. [Read More]( [New marijuana licensing rules take effect Thursday]( Updates to Colorado’s marijuana regulations passed by the state legislature went into effect on Thursday, the Marijuana Enforcement Division announced. [Read More]( Get access to all our content! Support local journalism and [subscribe here]([.]( Already subscribed? [Log in.]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903