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Is Trump a builder or just a latter-day headhunter? | SONDERMANN
By Eric Sondermann
by-eric-sondermann@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
It was well under 100 hours after President Donald Trump’s overly long, overly theatrical State of the Union speech that he unleashed American bombers across Iran. As I write, it is now less than 100 hours since those bombers started...
Democrats eye new taxes on alcohol, marijuana to fund Colorado mental health spending
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Facing a more than $1 billion budget shortfall, Colorado lawmakers are searching for ways to fund mental health services in a state that consistently ranks among the worst in the nation for mental health outcomes. Several proposals this session aim...
Colorado Politics Calendar Mar. 9-13
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
rachael.wright@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances,...
LDS activist excommunicated from the church speaks out on women’s rights across Colorado | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
rachael.wright@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: “Women must demand — now and if necessary at the peril of our lives — that we be granted civil rights in the same way rich white men in this country were granted them: constitutional...
DOJ publishes more Epstein documents mentioning Trump after initial omission
Rena Rowe, Washington Examiner
rena.rowe.washington.examiner@gazetteedit.wpenginepowered.com
Updated 14 hours ago
The Justice Department released additional Epstein files on Thursday, including uncorroborated accusations from a woman claiming she was sexually assaulted by President Donald Trump. Last week, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform...
Federal judge dismisses developer’s challenge to Denver affordable housing ordinances
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 9 hours ago
A federal judge dismissed a homebuilder’s constitutional challenge on Tuesday to a pair of Denver ordinances that impose obligations on developers related to the affordable housing demands created by new construction. Two related companies, redT Homes and redT Capital Partners,...
Another TABOR fight: Democrats plan to redirect refunds to Colorado residents
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Colorado voters could decide this fall whether billions of dollars that would otherwise be returned as refunds under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights should instead go to public schools under a ballot measure unveiled Thursday by Democrats. Supporters say the...
Analysis: Colorado legislators introduce 18 energy bills amid debate over emissions goals
Scott Weiser
scott.weiser@gazette.com
Updated 14 hours ago
Colorado legislators have introduced 18 energy-related bills so far in the 2026 session, with Democrats sponsoring 14 and Republicans four, highlighting the sharp partisan split over how aggressively the state should pursue its greenhouse gas reduction goals while protecting affordability...
Colorado House committee advances bills regulating AI in therapy, insurance decisions
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
Colorado lawmakers are moving to place guardrails on the growing use of artificial intelligence in mental health care and insurance decisions. The House Health and Human Services Committee on Thursday approved two bills that would limit how therapists and insurers...
Colorado Democrats, Republicans fight over ballot fiscal information
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 12 hours ago
Republicans and Democrats clashed anew over legislation that would require identifying which programs would see a funding reduction if a ballot measure passed, with the former saying it’s yet another way for the government to control the campaign narrative and...