The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: How about a BLM move under tree?
Coloradans have a lot of sugar plums dancing in their heads this holiday season.
Santa Claus metaphors are particularly apt when it comes to three blockbuster deals that could greatly alter the economic landscape of the state – and the Western Slope – for decades to come.
Why? Because there’s nothing Coloradans can really do to make them happen. They’re things to be decided by a corporation, a federal agency and Congress. It’s just a waiting game – much like a child going to bed on Christmas Eve wondering if there will be a bike under the tree the next day.
Gabe Evans challenger Manny Rutinel makes House Democrats’ ‘Red to Blue’ program in Colorado’s 8th CD
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 34 minutes ago
The House Democrats’ main campaign arm on Thursday added state Rep. Manny Rutinel to its “Red to Blue” program, saying the party’s freshly minted nominee in Colorado’s battleground 8th Congressional District is primed to flip the seat held by Republican...
Victor Marx defeats Barb Kirkmeyer as Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial primary crosses finish line
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 36 minutes ago
Republican Victor Marx won Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial nomination on Thursday after maintaining a razor-thin lead over state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer for more than a week as county clerks finished reporting final, unofficial vote totals. Marx, a missionary leader and first-time...
Rate reductions force Jefferson Center to close key recovery program as Colorado reimbursement rates change
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
A second Front Range community mental health center is eliminating services due to new reimbursement rates set by the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) that will go into effect on Oct. 1. The Jefferson Center for...
Colorado Supreme Court intervenes in 3 ongoing cases
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court recently intervened in the prosecution of a juvenile defendant and will decide whether he is entitled to have prosecutors demonstrate probable cause at a hearing after a grand jury already determined probable cause existed. The justices...
Republican congressman says he’s unsure if Mitch McConnell is alive: ‘Very discouraging’
Claire Carter
claire.carter@washingtonexaminer.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) on Thursday said he’s unsure if Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is alive following weeks of speculation since the lawmaker’s hospitalization following a medical emergency last month. McConnell was hospitalized in June for a medical event that...
Denver launches $100 million effort to support 10,000 new jobs
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 hour ago
The City of Denver is aiming to support 10,000 quality jobs citywide over the next three years, Mayor Mike Johnston announced on Thursday. The Denver Jobs Agenda is a new city-backed strategy that will invest $100 million to support in-demand job training...
Appeals court clarifies meaning of ‘at-risk’ victim based on breathing disability
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court clarified last month that victims qualify as “at-risk” under state law if they required mechanical assistance to breathe on the date of the offense against them. El Paso County prosecutors charged Jon Claude Crow with third-degree assault,...
Q&A: From grassroots underdog to national spotlight — Colorado democratic socialist Melat Kiros on her path to Congress
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 54 minutes ago
Melat Kiros, the 29-year-old Democratic Socialist who unseated a 15-term incumbent in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District primary on June 30, frames her victory as a mandate for structural political reform rather than a rejection of her predecessor, Diana DeGette. In...
Trump demands rehearing after Supreme Court’s ‘insane’ birthright citizenship ruling
Emily Hallas
emily-hallas@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 9 hours ago
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his legal team will “immediately” seek a rehearing before the Supreme Court on his efforts to overhaul birthright citizenship after a majority of justices ruled the White House’s executive order on the matter was...
Cherry Creek School District paid law firm $114K, including $40K for political consultant, over superintendent allegations
Nico Brambila
nico.brambila@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 day ago
The Cherry Creek School District paid $114,000 to hire outside counsel to provide the Board of Education with legal advice as it navigated the allegations that were swirling around the former superintendent. Fisher Phillips invoices obtained through a Colorado Open...
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ProgressNow Colorado hailing drivers on Cory Gardner’s vote on clean-air rules
Honk, if you hate Cory. That’s what the billboard along westbound Interstate 70 in Denver should say, and that would likely bring a smile to the face of Ian Silverii, leader of ProgressNow Colorado. The state’s largest liberal advocacy group is the latest to use outdoor advertising to call out Republican Sen. Cory Gardner’s May […]
How Colorado’s congressional delegation voted this week
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