The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel editorial: Rurals take a beating
Why are three Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee afraid to let the people of Colorado decide whether they want a half-cent sales-tax hike to fund better roads?
It’s an infuriating development. House Bill 1242 had the votes to pass the full Senate. It was a bipartisan measure representing a hard-fought compromise between Republican Senate President Kevin Grantham and Democratic House Speaker Crisanta Duran that would have let voters have a voice in the debate about transportation funding.
But it didn’t have the votes to get out of committee Tuesday, despite hours of testimony from a diverse set of supporters, including Club 20’s director, Christian Reece, who noted that Mesa County and Boulder County were united on the issue.
Clash of the titans: Democratic race for governor pits two candidates similar in focus, but very different in style | Vince Bzdek
Vince Bzdek
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Updated 2 hours ago
By Vince Bzdek The race for governor is shaping up to be a clash of Democratic titans, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Attorney General Phil Weiser. They are two of Colorado’s highest profile politicians with deep track records who...
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
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Updated 6 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 1 day 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 1 day 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 23 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
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Updated 1 day 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 23 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....
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A boost for the 'heart and soul' of southern Colorado's Steel City
Resilient Pueblo has seen good times and bad as well as everything in between. Throughout it all, the city’s fortunes have hinged significantly on its fabled steel mill, the onetime Colorado Fuel & Iron company that today is known as Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel. What was good for the mill almost always has been good for the […]