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A voice trying to pull us back from the brink | Vince Bzdek
Vince Bzdek
vince.bzdek@gazette.com
Updated 28 minutes ago
By Vince Bzdek Two weeks after Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah, it’s worth noting what didn’t happen, especially in Utah. “I want you to look at how Utahans reacted,” Republican Gov. Spencer Cox said after the suspect was caught....
Study: USDA relocation to Fort Collins to boost jobs, local economy
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s planned relocation of up to 2,600 employees to Fort Collins could bring over $1 billion in new business output and over 6,000 new jobs to the area by the end of next year, according to...
Colorado delegation seeks federal aid for wildfire-ravaged Rio Blanco County
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Colorado’s 10 U.S. senators and representatives sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Monday, asking him to declare a disaster following pair of wildfires that burned in the northwestern part of the state last month. Under the Stafford Act...
Nallapati tapped as Denver’s first Chief AI & Information Officer
Deborah Smith
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 32 minutes ago
Suma Nallapat, Denver’s chief information officer, is about to take on an expanded role for the city as its new Chief AI and Information Officer (CAIO) for the City and County of Denver. Mayor Mike Johnston made the announcement on...
Chief justice talks about threats, appeals judge seeks ruling on reasonable doubt | COURT CRAWL
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. Colorado’s chief justice spoke about the threats the state Supreme Court received in the wake of a high-profile decision two years ago, and one appellate...
The future of Colorado water: How the fight over Shoshone water rights affects the Front Range
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 minutes ago
A million acre-feet of water in the Colorado River — and the efforts by Western Slope water partners to keep it there — became the subject of a recent two-day hearing that could decide just who gets water and how...
Both sides claim win after chaotic Colorado GOP meeting to decide whether to cancel party’s 2026 primary
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Colorado Republicans voted Saturday to force the state party to cancel next year’s party primary and instead pick GOP nominees via party assemblies, but state party officers say the vote at a chaotic state central committee meeting in Aurora didn’t...
New Mexico is first state to promise free child care for all families | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
The Associated Press
the-associated-press@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 days ago
NEW MEXICO State promises free child care SANTA FE — New Mexico’s governor is promising universal free child care to families of all income levels. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced her plans in the second week of September, saying she...
DEA, FBI refuse to confirm or deny existence of warrants for Denver raids
Nico Brambila
nico.brambila@denvergazette.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Federal agents are refusing to release the warrants they used to breach doors at a southeast Denver apartment complex. Both the DEA and FBI issued what’s known as a “Glomar” denial — a response that allows agencies to neither confirm...
Kent Thiry, please pull your checkbook out again | SONDERMANN
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
Business and civic leader Kent Thiry is a complex figure. He built Denver-based DaVita to be a behemoth in the world of kidney care and dialysis. Along the way, he was known for some wild, over-the-top gatherings in the name...