#Retweet: Here are the best tweets in Colorado politics to ring out ’17
Appeals court orders new menacing trial after faulty self-defense instruction
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
Colorado’s second-highest court ordered a new trial last week for an El Paso County defendant convicted of felony menacing, concluding an erroneous self-defense instruction may have influenced the verdict. Under Colorado law, self-defense is an affirmative defense, meaning the prosecution...
Investment and innovation expected across the defense community in town
Mary Shinn
mary-shinn@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Investment and innovation are on the horizon for the defense community in Colorado Springs over the coming year. In December, the Missile Defense Agency selected 2,100 companies to compete for work on Golden Dome through a contract known as SHIELD...
Colorado eyes shift in particulate oversight amid EV push
Scott Weiser
scott.weiser@gazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Colorado’s Air Pollution Control Division proposed shifting oversight of solid particulates as small as one-seventh the width of a human hair from federal to state-only authority on Dec. 19, citing more than 20 years of compliance with national standards. The...
Colorado Cowboy Gathering adds new performance venue | NONPROFIT REGISTER
Joanne Davidson Special to Colorado Politics
joanne-davidson-special-to-colorado-politics@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
COLORADO COWBOY GATHERING Golden News: For the first time in its 35-year history, the Colorado Cowboy Gathering will expand to one show in the Stadium Arena on the National Western Stock Show campus. The Jan. 25 event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and stars Dave Stamey and Kristyn...
Saudi Arabia strikes Mukalla port over ‘extremely dangerous’ actions by ally UAE
Brady Knox, Washington Examiner
brady.knox.washington.examiner@gazetteedit.wpenginepowered.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes targeting Emirati equipment unloading at the port of Mukalla in Yemen on Tuesday after accusing its ally of “extremely dangerous” actions, a major escalation in the war-torn nation. After weeks of high tensions following the Emirati-backed...
Trump’s latest funding cuts dampen bipartisan dealmaking in 2026
Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner
ramsey.touchberry.washington.examiner@gazetteedit.wpenginepowered.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Senate Republicans are optimistic about bipartisanship beyond healthcare next year, despite the looming midterm elections, but some of President Donald Trump’s latest actions could thwart the appetite for deal-making. The administration is dismantling a federal climate center and halting construction...
The 2026 battleground: Congress’s most vulnerable House and Senate seats
Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner
samantha-jo.roth.washington.examiner@gazetteedit.wpenginepowered.com
Updated 4 hours ago
With control of Congress expected to hinge on a narrow margin in 2026, a small group of House and Senate incumbents is already emerging as the most vulnerable lawmakers of the coming cycle. Both parties are already zeroing in on...
From mental health coverage to bison protection: New Colorado laws that take effect Jan. 1
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
A new year means new laws in Colorado, covering everything from health insurance and gun shows to “junk fees” and protections for wild bison. Here’s a list of laws passed during the 2025 legislative session that will go into effect...
Appeals court clarifies framework for parents’ First Amendment rights in child-naming disputes
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court overturned a Jefferson County judge’s order last week in a long-running dispute about whether two ex-spouses must call their child by his first name or middle name outside the home. In doing so, a three-judge Court of...
Organizers of petition to recall City Councilmember Tom Bailey turn in signatures
Brennen Kauffman
brennen-kauffman@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
A group of northern Colorado Springs residents turned in a stack of signed petition forms Monday afternoon in an attempt to recall City Councilmember Tom Bailey. Timothy Lewin, Paul Carson and Laura Wilkey were the main organizers who dropped off...
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Trump tells Congressional Dems: no DACA without a border wall
President Donald Trump Friday morning sent a message to Congressional Democrats: don’t even think about asking for federal authorization of DACA unless you’re also willing to pay for the border wall and a host of other immigration changes. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was initially authorized by a 2012 executive order from then-President […]
Colorado ski areas pay record $20M in White River forest
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) – Ski areas in Colorado’s White River National Forest paid more than $20 million in fees to the U.S. Forest Service last fiscal year, but none of that money is directly reinvested in maintaining the nation’s most-visited recreation forest. The reason: wildfire. The Aspen Times reports that the fees, paid by 11 […]