The Colorado Springs Gazette editorial: Media, ‘the enemy’ of American people
President Donald Trump has once again gone too far. This time it is with his attack on major news media as “the enemy of the American people.” But that doesn’t mean the attack is 100 percent wrong.
Trump’s declaration, in a tweet, was inappropriate mostly because he is the president. The dignity of his office means such attacks should be beneath him. The power of that office makes such rhetoric menacing.
And it was a calculated, deliberate message, not something off the cuff.
Trump actually deleted the first draft, added a few more news outlets, fixed a typo and reposted it.
Read more at The Colorado Springs Gazette.
Appeals court overturns convictions after Douglas County judge let biased juror serve
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 39 minutes ago
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a defendant’s robbery-related convictions and 18-year prison sentence on Thursday because a Douglas County judge allowed a biased juror to serve. During Ahmarion Kaliel Shead’s trial in January 2023, one juror, identified as “J.H.,” indicated on...
From child actors to ‘kidfluencers’: Colorado lawmakers consider digital-age Coogan Act
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Jackie Coogan had been an actor since birth, or just about. His first acting gig was as a toddler in the 1917 silent film “Skinner’s Baby,” where he played the titular infant. At age 7, he starred alongside Charlie Chaplin...
Colorado Democratic Rep. Jason Crow’s reelection campaign hauls in over $750K in 4th quarter
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow raised more than $750,000 in the final three months of 2025, marking the Aurora Democrat’s largest quarterly haul since his first run for Congress in Colorado’s 6th District, when he unseated a Republican incumbent, according to...
Colorado hit a population milestone in 2025; numbers ‘don’t lie,’ but what do they say?
Stephanie Earls
stephanie-earls@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Colorado is: full Standing room only How ‘bout, More crowded than it was but less crowded than we thought? Local takeaways from the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent data drop are too complex for bumper sticker treatment, but here’s the...
We tested vapes in Colorado for signs of hemp. This is what we found.
Christopher Osher
chris.osher@gazette.com
Updated 7 hours ago
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Denver Gazette. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Leaders in the Colorado marijuana industry have complained in recent years that...
Tax bill shock: Colorado homeowners could see property taxes jump by as much as 40%
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours ago
Mike Fitz, 76, who lives in Centennial in a single-family home he has owned since 2001, paid $3,876.98 in property taxes to Arapahoe County two years ago. Fitz just learned after checking the website of the Arapahoe County Assessor’s Office...
Aurora files Petition for Rehearing in court ruling on crime punishment, seeking ‘clarity’
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
The city of Aurora filed a Petition for Rehearing with the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday, seeking clarity on a court decision in Aurora v. Simons. The court determined that municipal criminal penalties cannot exceed state sentencing caps for similar...
Federal judge blocks USDA ‘pilot project’ affecting Colorado food assistance
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours ago
A federal judge blocked the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday from proceeding further with a “pilot project” that would require five Colorado counties to rapidly recertify more than 100,000 households for food assistance. In a brief ruling from the...
Colorado’s Democratic delegation calls for Noem’s removal, ICE overhaul
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours ago
The Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation on Tuesday called for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or be impeached in the wake of the second fatal shooting by federal immigration agents in Minnesota this month amid...
Colorado’s lack of snow pack hurting outdoor industry; could spell drought conditions this summer
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 18 hours ago
A snowy weekend forecast in January was a relief to skiers, hydrologists, fire officials and ski resort staff in Colorado, as the state continues to see record high temperatures and record low snowfall. A USDA map showed the average statewide...