Sen. Owen Hill: Yoga master
State Sen. Owen Hill, R-Colorado Springs, demonstrates his yoga expertise with a particularly difficult position called “the crow”. Hill struck the pose after a hearing last Wednesday on Senate Bill 186, which would exempt yoga teachers from the authority of the Division of Private Occupational Education. Hill, who chairs the Senate Education Committee where the hearing took place, said he and his wife have been doing yoga for years and proceeded to demonstrate. Photo special to The Statesman By Sen. Andy Kerr
Calendar Dec. 8-14
Rachael Wright
rachael.wright@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances,...
GOP chair candidates circle Benson, statehouse candidate alleges SOS voter fraud | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright
rachael.wright@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Although Colorado Republican Party Chairman Bruce Benson had told one of his predecessors that he hadn’t yet made up his mind as to whether he’d run for a third term, party insiders had already begun...
Dear Abby: A better answer to your question | SONDERMANN
Eric Sondermann
eric-sondermann@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
It was the beginning of October. I had been invited to speak to a class on political journalism at Colorado College, my old alma mater. The class was taught by none other than Vince Bzdek, the editor-in-chief of this paper...
Federal judge declines to order Denver to let police critic apply for review board
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
A federal judge declined on Friday to order that Denver permit a longtime police critic to apply to join the board tasked with reviewing officers’ use of force. Regan Benson sought to become one of the two community members on...
Flags lowered, colors raised: Colorado leaders and friends celebrate Sen. Faith Winter’s life
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours ago
It was the colors that stood out as hundreds braved the cold on Friday to celebrate the life of Sen. Faith Winter, who died in a two-car crash on Nov. 26. Flags at the state Capitol flew at half-staff at...
Colorado Supreme Court to hear case on ballot measure disclosure requirements
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 17 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging whether the state can require ballot measure committees to disclose the names of their registered agents in election communications. The case stems from a complaint filed during the 2020...
Divided 10th Circuit orders pretrial release of defendant facing drug charges
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court overturned a judge’s order keeping a defendant in custody pending trial on Friday, ruling 2-1 that she was entitled to release under the law. Erika Esmeralda Garcia stands accused of two charges related to the...
Trump finally gets his peace prize as FIFA hands him inaugural award at World Cup draw
Christian Datoc and Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner
christian.datoc.and.mabinty.quarshie.washington.examiner@gazetteedit.wpenginepowered.com
Updated 18 hours ago
President Donald Trump has long said he is unbothered by being snubbed for a Nobel Peace Prize. However, that did not stop his friend and FIFA President Gianni Infantino from handing him an award and a medal on Friday, seemingly created just...
Outgoing CPW director Jeff Davis lands new role, same salary amid Colorado hiring freeze
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 hours ago
Jeff Davis, who resigned as director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife late last month, will continue to receive the same salary in his new role as a senior policy adviser to the Department of Natural Resources, according to the department....
In Colorado town built on coal, some families are moving on, even as Trump tries to boost industry
Brittany Peterson
brittany.peterson@associatedpress.com
Updated 22 hours ago
CRAIG, Colo. (AP) — The Cooper family knows how to work heavy machinery. The kids could run a hay baler by their early teens, and two of the three ran monster-sized drills at the coal mines along with their dad....
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BREAKING: Dems in uproar over last-minute appts
This post has been updated to include comments from Palacio. Some Democrats are crying foul after incumbent Colorado Democratic Party chair Rick Palacio announced plans late Thursday to appoint 46 men to the state central committee in order to achieve gender balance the day before it meets on Saturday to select party leadership for the […]
Update: Palacio wins 3rd term as chair
Rick Palacio won reelection to a third term as chair of the Colorado Democratic Party on Saturday at the biennial meeting of the party’s state central committee in downtown Denver, fending off challenges from campaign consultant David Sabados and former congressional candidate Vic Meyers. Palacio won on the first ballot with 53 percent of the […]