Berry Wallace and Erica Finney of Illinois fight for the ball with Zyanna Walker of Colorado on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo: Johnnie Izquierdo/NCAA Photos via Getty Images
🏀 The CU women lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament to Illinois, 66-57. (ESPN)
🌎 CU Boulder is proposing to operate the National Center for Atmospheric Research with two partner universities if the National Science Foundation moves forward with a restructuring plan. (Daily Camera 🔑)
🥃 Colorado lawmakers rejected legislation to raise taxes or fees on beer, wine and spirits after mounting opposition from craft brewers and distillers about the negative impact at a tough time for the industries, Axios Denver reports.
🏡 A new Boulder organization, the Neighborhood Village Project, hopes to help turn neighborhoods into more welcoming, connected communities where people socialize regularly and rely on each other. (Boulder Reporting Lab)
🚆 The contestto name the Front Range Passenger Rail has been extended one week until March 30. So far, the leading name is Colorado Connector, or "CoCo," Axios Denver reports.
