The Aurora Sentinel editorial: Trump’s climate-change denial, Colorado’s complacency risk state economy and more
Despite the hoopla over making state roads passable again with compromise state legislation and a new federal administration that promises to make America great again, serious trouble is brewing for Colorado.
Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law this week a hard-fought measure that gives a temporary reprieve to rural hospitals on the verge of failure. The measure also raises some cash for the state’s crappy roads and deteriorating bridges.
No need to celebrate, Colorado. The effort was too little, too late to begin with, and news coming from the Trump White House this week is even more foreboding for Colorado. President Donald Trump has backed out of the critical Paris global climate change accord.
Both problems loom large in Colorado.
Rep. Jeff Crank thinks Democrats are too focused on Trump, not enough on Colorado Springs | Vince Bzdek
Vince Bzdek
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Updated 10 hours ago
For U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank, who’s unopposed in the Republican primary for the 5th Congressional District but the main target of both candidates in the lively Democratic primary, the big question in the midterms is not who will stand up...
Colorado Politics Calendar June 22-28
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 4 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,...
Vice president attends Denver event to support energy freedom; more news from the past | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 4 days ago
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: Vice President George H.W. Bush flew to Denver to address the annual meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Landmen, where he assured the audience that the Reagan administration’s strong belief was that the private...
Does character matter anymore? | SONDERMANN
By Eric Sondermann
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Updated 4 days ago
The last few weeks have been illuminating in the manner of a headlamp pointing the way to some deep, dark, murky netherworld. Graham Platner, a hero to the populist set on the Democratic side, became his party’s Senate nominee in...
A special edition of Capitol M: In remembrance of the outrageous Lynn Bartels
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 1 day ago
I had Lynn Bartels envy. For almost longer than I can remember. There, I said it. And it’s true. Lynn died Friday, age 69, after a short battle with glioblastoma. I was just heartsick when that news of her diagnosis...
Bernie Sanders endorses DeGette challenger Melat Kiros in Colorado’s 1st CD Democratic primary
Ernest Luning
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Updated 1 day ago
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday endorsed congressional candidate Melat Kiros, one of two Democrats challenging 15-term U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s June primary. Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with the Democrats, called the 29-year-old Kiros “exactly the...
Trump’s 10th Circuit nominee recuses from cases against federal government without explanation
Michael Karlik
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Updated 2 days ago
President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill a vacancy on the Denver-based federal appeals court recused himself without a clear explanation from nine cases against the executive branch while he was undergoing vetting by the White House this spring. U.S. District...
Trump’s low approval unchanged as Iran war perceptions continue to plague him
Rena Rowe, Washington Examiner
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Updated 1 day ago
A new poll shows most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of Iran, with views on the issue closely mirroring his overall job approval rating. Just 37% of U.S. adults approve of the way Trump is handling his presidency,...
Colorado Iranians express disappointment with U.S.-Iran deal
Mark Samuelson Special to The Denver Gazette
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Updated 1 day ago
Iranians in Colorado worry agreement solidifies the Islamic regime’s power A group of Colorado Iranians expressed disappointment in the agreement reached between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran, arguing it preserves the government’s hold on power and any...
Adams County murder conviction reversed due to faulty jury instruction
Michael Karlik
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Updated 2 days ago
Colorado’s second-highest court overturned an Adams County defendant’s murder conviction last month because the instruction provided to the jury about a trespasser’s right to use self-defense did not accurately reflect Colorado law. A person is justified in using force to...