EDITORIAL: Back Hickenlooper, science and common sense for an end run on climate obstructionists
While the toxic partisan atmosphere is seemingly as dangerous as the one humans have seriously altered enveloping the planet, the time for diplomatically mincing words as the world burns is over.
Gov. John Hickenlooper this week joined the growing army of government and business officials here and across the globe that are finally marching past climate-change deniers, obstructionists and assorted kooks in hopes of preventing planetary disaster.
We applaud Hickenlooper’s decision to rally the state to a common-sense plan to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by one-fourth. It may not be enough to stop of even slow impending climate-change calamities, but it’s a start.
Bennet, Hickenlooper to vote against Trump’s 10th Circuit nominee from Colorado
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 hours ago
Colorado’s two Democratic senators will not vote to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to a vacancy on the Denver-based federal appeals court. Trump has selected U.S. District Court Chief Judge Daniel D. Domenico, who he appointed as a federal trial...
Who’s spending in Colorado to get your vote?
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
Groups that raise unlimited amounts of money have spent about $20 million in May and June to try and influence Colorado voters’ choices in the upcoming June 30 primaries. By law, these groups cannot coordinate with the candidates they support....
U.S. government declines to oppose multiple challenges to immigration detention in Colorado
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 hours ago
Multiple federal judges in Colorado granted petitions from people challenging the lawfulness of their immigration detention this week after the government took the unusual step of declining to submit arguments in opposition. Colorado’s federal trial court is facing a flood of...
Tina Peters tells supporters to ‘stand up and fight back’ at Castle Rock event
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 9 hours ago
Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk recently released from prison, warned supporters that what happened to her could happen to them, too, if they did not “stand up and fight back” at an event at the Douglas County Fairgrounds....
Iran strikes cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz, endangering Trump’s peace
Christian Datoc
christian-datoc@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
Iran attacked a cargo ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, possibly upending President Donald Trump‘s diplomatic end to the war with Iran. A U.S. official confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “struck...
Senate GOP tries to mend fences with Trump after heated lunch
David Sivak
david-sivak@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
Senate Republicans are trying to turn the page on a heated lunch with President Donald Trump that brought weeks of tensions to a new high-water mark. In a symbolic gesture, Senate Republicans took another vote on the Iran war Wednesday...
Colorado justices discuss solution to confusion from prior criminal ruling
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court pondered the fallout on Tuesday from its nearly six-year-old decision interpreting the state’s impaired driving laws, with the justices now addressing how defendants affected by the legal change must seek postconviction relief. In contrast to other...
Colorado to participate in Great American State Fair in Washington
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
Visitors to Washington, D.C. for the country’s 250th anniversary will have the opportunity to learn about Colorado’s natural beauty and culture during the Great American State Fair, a World’s Fair-style event that opened Thursday at the National Mall. While all...
RTD to reconsider service priorities as cuts, budget deficit loom
Michael Braithwaite
michael.braithwaite@gazette.com
Updated 18 hours ago
Should the Regional Transportation District aim to maximize ridership or system coverage? That question sat at the heart of the RTD Board of Directors’ first Comprehensive Operations Analysis briefing on Thursday afternoon. With the Denver transit agency facing a budget...
Mobolade, Colorado Springs leaders say election date lawsuit is attack on local voters
Brennen Kauffman
brennen.kauffman@gazette.com
Updated 16 hours ago
Mayor Yemi Mobolade and other city leaders will fight to keep Colorado Springs elections in April in the face of a new lawsuit. Mobolade, the mayor’s Chief of Staff Wayne Williams and City Councilmember Roland Rainey addressed the lawsuit in...