Straight outta #copolitics: Sit-in at the senator’s comes to an end
Outgoing Douglas County School Board to vote on last-minute 10-year charter school extensions
9News
9news@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 minutes ago
Lame duck elected leaders do not get held accountable for their actions. They have already been voted out or have reached the end of their term limits. Four conservative Douglas County school board members, voted out in last week’s election,...
Appeals judge raises questions about review of custody decisions
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
A member of Colorado’s second-highest court suggested last week that appellate judges should have more leeway to decide whether trial judges correctly terminate or decline to terminate parents’ legal rights over their children. At the same time, the three-judge Court...
Colorado’s Democratic senators slam deal to end shutdown, vow to fight for health care tax credits
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Colorado’s two Democratic U.S. senators voted against a bipartisan deal reached Sunday to end the longest federal government shutdown in history, blasting the package’s failure to extend some health insurance tax credits. The full Senate passed spending legislation late Monday...
Voters, democracy suffer from ugly mid-decade gerrymandering | OPINION
Kent Thiry
kent-thiry@gazette.com
Updated 2 hours ago
As Republicans’ mid-decade gerrymandering efforts push our increasingly fraught democracy through its latest stress test, it raises the very real question: do desperate times require desperate measures in response — as California voters decided by passing a gerrymandering ballot proposal...
When science illiteracy proves dangerous | BIDLACK
Hal Bidlack
hal-bidlack@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
It is not common for me to be able to tie together my now more than seven years of writing 750-plus columns for Colorado Politics and another large part of my life, my work in scientific skepticism. For many years,...
U.S. Senate passes bill to end shutdown
Wire Services
wire-services@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 12 hours ago
HOUSE VOTE EXPECTED AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate passed a major funding package on Monday night that is likely to bring to an end the longest partial government shutdown in history. On a 60-40 vote, the...
Denver council rejects 2026 budget, but mayor’s $1.66B spending plan will still govern operations
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 hour ago
The Denver City Council rejected Mayor Mike Johnston’s $1.66 billion spending plan, but the proposal, as amended, will still govern operations, as the charter requires the city to have a budget in place by Nov. 12. In a split 6-6...
County court judge suspended pending investigation, Supreme Court committee advances eviction rule | COURT CRAWL
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. A San Miguel County judge is on suspension pending a misconduct investigation, plus a Colorado Supreme Court committee advanced a rule change designed to benefit...
Colorado office serving people with disabilities faces budget crunch amid federal shutdown
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 39 minutes ago
A Colorado agency that helps people with disabilities with job training and career counseling is operating with just a quarter of its budget amid a federal funding freeze and significant cuts at the U.S. Department of Education, according to disability...
New Jeffco Public Schools elects talk transparency, budget
Sage Kelley
sage.kelley@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 hour ago
The Jeffco Public Schools Board of Education will look a bit different going into next year. During the Nov. 4 elections, Jefferson County residents voted in three new board members in the five-person board, all while voting out incumbent School...