One Take with Peter Marcus & Joey Bunch: Breaking down Colorado’s proposed budget
It may sound like a lot, but Colorado’s $26.8 billion budget isn’t much, our Peter Marcus and Joey Bunch explain in this week’s One Take.
Denver school board shifts public comment to before agenda is posted
Nico Brambila
nico.brambila@denvergazette.com
Updated 50 minutes ago
Marathon meetings with lengthy public testimony prompted the Denver school board to move community input to workshops held weeks before regular meetings — before even an agenda is published. Take the workshop meeting Thursday. The notice said, in part: “Public...
Colorado remains among a shrinking pool of states with glass ceilings at top of the ticket | TRAIL MIX
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning+co@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Will 2026 be the year Colorado voters shatter one of the state’s stubborn and seemingly incongruous glass ceilings? The Centennial State approaches next year’s sesquicentennial — preparing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of statehood — with an increasingly rare distinction...
Gov. Jared Polis says Trump’s tariffs policy is disrupting Colorado’s exports, jobs
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
A report released Thursday by Colorado’s governor said President Donald Trump’s tariffs policy is disrupting the state’s economy and courting a recessionary scenario. State economists have, in fact, been sounding the risk of a scenario for a year — preceding...
Appeals court clarifies evidence safeguards apply to child welfare caseworkers
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 17 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court clarified on Thursday that caseworkers testifying as experts in child neglect cases are subject to the same safeguards for reliability that other “specialized knowledge” testimony must satisfy. Under the rules of evidence, judges can deem a witness...
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet grills RFK Jr. on vaccine policy, calls for his removal from health post
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning+co@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 minutes ago
Following a tense exchange with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a Senate hearing on Thursday, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, reiterated his call for the Health and Human Services secretary’s ouster, charging that the Trump cabinet member’s tenure...
Colorado legislators deny move to delete ‘tax increase’ language in ballot title in statewide publication
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 hours ago
Colorado legislators on Thursday rejected an attempt to change the title of a ballot measure in a widely disseminated publication in order to avoid mentioning that it would result in a tax increase for households with incomes above $300,000 a...
‘I can help open doors’: Colorado Supreme Court justice, judges speak about obligation to mentor
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and the trial courts spoke to an audience of lawyers last week about the benefits of seeking a mentor in the legal profession and about their feelings of obligation to help...
Appeals court overturns orders by Arapahoe County magistrate who did not ‘recall this case’
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday overturned a series of orders from a divorce case where an Arapahoe County magistrate admitted he did not recall what was going on but proceeded to rule anyway. A three-judge Court of Appeals panel noted...
Here’s how this graduated income tax proposal would affect Colorado residents’ take-home pay
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
The measure that seeks to eliminate Colorado’s flat rate in favor of a graduated income tax contains a dozen brackets, with the highest levels set to accrue tens of thousands more in liabilities, while cutting them for individuals at the...
10th Circuit reinstates constitutional challenge to Colorado ‘doxing’ law
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 23 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court reinstated a man’s constitutional challenge on Wednesday to a law prohibiting the online dissemination of certain personal identifying information, including the details of police officers, if doing so poses an imminent safety threat. Andrew Thomas...
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It feels like Pueblo City Schools (D60) – in an effort to save several of its troubled schools – is throwing ideas against the wall to see what sticks. And in fairness, it’s the state that is making the district do that. At a school board meeting Tuesday, it was announced that the state is […]
This week at the Colorado Capitol: Budget, multimodal transportation and pet sitting
Here are the legislative committee hearings of note for the week ahead at the Colorado Capitol. Committee schedules are subject to change. The daily schedule is available on the legislature’s website. Monday House Finance, 1:30 p.m., Room LSB-A Senate Bill 27 to increase the penalty of texting while driving Tuesday House Appropriations, 8 a.m., Room LSB-A Senate Bill […]