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Senate President Steve Fenberg told students Thursday that gun-control measures in the legislature will be signed into law, and soon.

After several hours behind closed doors and in an executive session Thursday afternoon, the Denver Public Schools Board of Education unanimously voted to approve the re-introduction of school resource officers back into schools district-wide through the end of the school year with a directive that Superintendent Dr. Alex Marrero also work to create a safety plan for the district.

A new database reveals the rates of firearm deaths in each state, and some of the highest levels are in the Mountain West.

Lawmakers expected the Office of Gun Violence Prevention to distribute at least $50,000 in grants to help communities curb gun deaths. But 18 months after the office was created and given a $3 million annual budget, records show it hasn鈥檛 distributed a single grant dollar.

A year and a half before the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting that left five dead, the alleged shooter was accused of threatening to kill grandparents if they stood in the way of plans to become 鈥渢he next mass killer.鈥�

The suspect accused of entering a Colorado Springs gay nightclub and killing five people and wounding 17 others was formally charged with 305 criminal counts including hate crimes and murder. The charges came as 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich appeared in court on Tuesday. Investigators say Aldrich entered Club Q, a sanctuary for the LGBTQ community in largely conservative Colorado Springs, just before midnight on Nov. 19 and began shooting during a drag queen鈥檚 birthday celebration. The attack came on on the eve of an annual day of remembrance for transgender people lost to violence. According to defense lawyers, Aldrich is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.

The suspect accused of entering Club Q, opening fire and killing five people and wounding 17 others was charged by prosecutors with 305 criminal counts including hate crimes and murder.

鈥淭here鈥檚 so much on the table, probably over 20 things we could do in Colorado to address gun violence, and it鈥檚 going to be sorting out what is going to be the most effective and realizable,鈥� said Eileen McCarron, the president of Colorado Ceasefire.

A new study says the U.S. gun death rate last year hit its highest mark in nearly three decades. And the rate among women has been growing faster than that of men. The paper was published Tuesday by JAMA Network Open. The researchers examined trends in firearm deaths since 1990. They say gun deaths began to steadily increase in 2005. But the rise accelerated recently, with a 20% jump from 2019 to 2021.

The shooting at a popular queer bar in Colorado Springs left five dead and at least 25 injured. It also follows a midterm election season marked by messaging and misinformation attacking the LGBTQ community.