One take w/Peter and Joey: Lady Gaga, Tom Brady and the Super Bowl
Was Patriots’ victory over the Falcons not just another match-up of the AFC and NFC but in fact, as ColoradoPolitics.com’s Peter Marcus contends, the “most political Super Bowl ever”? Marcus insists, “It was clearly a mandate on the Donald Trump presidency.” Bunch is, well, bemused, by today’s installment of the weekly face-off; seems like he showed up mostly to practice a Hail Mary. You know what to do to watch the full interview.
Colorado governor proposes to keep Rocky Mountain National Park open amid potential government shutdown
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 minutes ago
With a federal government shutdown looming, Colorado’s governor is proposing to use local funds to keep open one of the state’s biggest attractions — Rocky Mountain National Park. In a statement to Colorado Politics on Tuesday, Gov. Jared Polis said,...
Colorado will help furloughed federal workers claim unemployment benefits
Mark Samuelson Special to The Denver Gazette
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Updated 19 minutes ago
As civilian federal workers in Colorado wait for word as to whether they will be furloughed by a federal government shutdown, the state’s Department of Labor and Employment is reaching out to aid workers in claiming unemployment benefits. The agency,...
Data protection for minors, HOAs, and 911 calls: New laws going into effect Oct. 1
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 44 minutes ago
A trio of new laws related to online data privacy for minors, foreclosures of homes in HOAs, and repeated calls to 911 dispatch centers take effect on Oct. 1. Here’s a summary of each law going into effect on October...
Government shutdown begins as nation faces new period of uncertainty
Associated Press
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Updated 12 hours ago
WASHINGTON • Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline. Roughly 750,000 federal workers are expected to be furloughed, some potentially fired by the Trump administration....
Colorado officials ramp up finger-pointing as federal government shutdown’s midnight deadline looms
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation on Tuesday blamed their counterparts across the aisle for failing to avert the federal government’s first full shutdown in almost seven years. Shortly before casting a vote against a Republican-led temporary spending bill to extend...
Denver elections worker who lost job after telling Jon Stewart about safety fears settles lawsuit
Associated Press
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Updated 18 hours ago
AP – A former Denver elections worker who says she lost her job after speaking to comedian Jon Stewart about her concerns for the safety of poll workers has settled a lawsuit alleging the city violated her First Amendment rights for $65,000, her lawyer...
‘A model example’: 10th Circuit OK’s Colorado’s non-discrimination requirement for universal pre-K
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that Colorado’s universal pre-kindergarten program does not violate the rights of religious preschool operators by requiring participating organizations to refrain from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, among...
Adams County distributes almost $6M in opioid settlement funds
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 17 hours ago
Adams County commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday distributing almost $6 million in opioid settlement funds to 19 organizations throughout the county. This is the third round of grant funding from the Colorado Opioid Framework, which was created in 2021 to...
Report ranks Colorado best in nation in early childhood policies
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 hours ago
A new report by a policy center based in Vanderbilt University has named Colorado the nation’s leader in early childhood resource availability for working parents. The average working parent with two children in Colorado has more than $56,000 in state...
Federal judge sides with Denver in Lisa Calderón’s retaliation lawsuit
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
A federal judge last week concluded a critic of then-Denver Mayor Michael Hancock had not shown that the termination of her city contract amounted to retaliation for her speech. Lisa Calderón was a mayoral candidate and, for a time, the...