Fort Collins Coloradoan editorial: Choose partnership, not partisanship
We all took the 2016 election and its outcome to heart.
And as a result, we are a polarized country. A polarized community, facing significant issues.
We want to do something. And our echo chambers are not productive.
We need partnership. We need understanding and empathy.
We don’t know where to start.
The answer is literally next door.
There is an easy, clear first step to change the polarization of our society.
While growth slows statewide, small-town populations in Colorado boom
Savannah Eller
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Updated 1 hour ago
A proposed housing project could more than double the population of Calhan, a town of just 760 on the Eastern Plains outside Colorado Springs. For some small towns on the Front Range, it’s a familiar situation. Colorado’s overall population growth...
3 protesters face charges following demonstration in east Colorado Springs
O'Dell Isaac
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Updated 51 minutes ago
Three people face charges after a protest outside a Colorado Springs fast food restaurant reportedly got out of hand Saturday evening, according to city police. Brandon Rincon, Jacob Lesterlund and Frances Archuleta are expected to be charged with trespassing and...
Colorado Springs area retail market remains strong though challenged amid inflation, global conflict
Breeanna Jent
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Updated 52 minutes ago
The retail market in the greater Colorado Springs area remains strong though challenged, with residents being choosier about where and how they spend amid rising retail costs driven by inflation, tariffs and global conflict, local industry experts said. Even as...
Wyoming judge blocks law that bans all but earliest abortions | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
The Associated Press
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Updated 5 days ago
WYOMING Judge blocks broad abortion ban A Wyoming judge has blocked a new state law that bans abortions beyond the earliest stages of pregnancy while a lawsuit challenging the provision moves ahead. It’s the first court ruling affecting the legal...
State official says Fort Carson employed ‘unjustified threat’ in negotiations over historic sites
Mary Shinn
mary-shinn@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 55 minutes ago
A Fort Carson training exercise set to start this weekend in southern Colorado at the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site has put the state office charged with historic preservation at odds the Army officials, following what the state called an “unjustified...
Trump order aims to help more people get retirement savings plans in time for new federal match
Collin Binkley
collin.binkley@associatedpress.com
Updated 2 days ago
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday calling for a new government website where people in the United States can find and compare private-sector retirement savings accounts, aiming to help millions of workers whose employers do not offer such...
Colorado Politics Calendar May 4-10
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 5 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,...
Gov. Lamm scolds own party over losing modernization battle against GOP | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 5 days ago
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The need for a governor to say “no” to his friends | SONDERMANN
By Eric Sondermann
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Updated 4 days ago
A wise man once remarked that the real test of a governor is his willingness to turn down and reject the pleadings of political friends and allies. That gentleman knew something of what he spoke. He occupied the corner-office executive...
Dismissal sought in Michael Clark’s second trial
Jenny Deam
jenny-deam@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
The murder conviction of Michael Clark should be dismissed due to a 32-year delay that led to crucial evidence being lost or destroyed, a bungled police investigation and “outrageous conduct” at the state crime lab, according to defense motion filed...