RTD operators handed largest pay raise in company history
DENVER – Regional Transportation District operators are primed to receive their largest pay increase in the company’s 48-year history.
The Denver Post reported Tuesday that bus drivers and train engineers will receive an 8 percent increase in the first year of a new contract and 3 percent in following years of a three-year deal.
The new contract raises the starting hourly wage for operators from $17.59 to $19.40.
The new collective bargaining agreement covers 1,975 transportation district employees represented by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1001. Union-represented employees constitute about 69 percent of the agency’s employee base. They primarily include bus and rail operators and mechanics.
Rep. Ron Weinberg won’t seek reelection
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 2 hours ago
Republican Rep. Ron Weinberg of Loveland announced on Thursday evening that he will not seek another term in the Colorado House. “Serving this community has been one of the greatest honors of my life,” the two-term state representative said on...
Colorado title board OKs ballot measures to eliminate flat income tax in favor of graduated brackets
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 3 hours ago
Proponents hoping to change Colorado’s income tax structure from a flat rate to graduated tiers — thereby raising taxes for some brackets — walked away from a Wednesday meeting with eight ballot measures approved by the title board. The coalition...
House advances government funding bills as Johnson appeases GOP factions
Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner
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Updated 7 hours ago
The House is one step closer to passing the final slate of appropriations bills after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) successfully staved off rebellions from his center and right flanks, setting up the legislation for a final vote later this afternoon. ...
Trump’s foreign focus could turn off voters worried about the economy
W. James Antle III Washington Examiner
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Updated 7 hours ago
President Donald Trump’s attention to foreign affairs may be contributing to public perceptions that he isn’t focused enough on the U.S. economy. Polls have shown anemic support for Trump’s military operations, even though they have been reasonably successful and led...
Colorado lawmakers want officers to conduct ‘lethality assessments’ in response to domestic violence fatalities
Marissa Ventrelli
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Updated 7 hours ago
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is hoping to reduce to Colorado’s rising domestic violence fatalities through a bill that would require law enforcement agencies around the state to conduct “lethality assessments” on domestic violence victims. In early December of last...
Colorado Joint Budget Committee rejects DOC’s $2.4M request for more beds
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
The state’s Joint Budget Committee voted on Wednesday to deny the Department of Corrections’ $2.4 million request for additional prison beds, citing the department’s lack of a plan to address its ongoing overcrowding problems. In September, the committee approved the...
‘The people’s lawyer should show up,’ Democratic AG candidates say as Griswold misses forum
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 minutes ago
Watch the forum here. Three Democratic primary candidates running for Colorado attorney general used a forum Wednesday night to call out the absence of a fourth contender at an event hosted by the Denver Press Club. In their opening statements,...
Veterans share their priorities with governor candidate Sen. Michael Bennet
Alexander Edwards
alexander-edwards@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 11 hours ago
Veterans told Sen. Michael Bennet that they want more resources for county-level support services and suicide prevention during a discussion Tuesday at the Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center in Colorado Springs. Having served at the federal level for 16 years,...
Colorado attorney general invites public to report ICE ‘misconduct’
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has launched a new online mechanism that allows Colorado residents to report “misconduct” by federal immigration agents, his office announced on Wednesday. “Nobody is above the rule of law, including federal agents such as ICE...
Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper raises over $1.1 million in 4th quarter for reelection bid
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 30 minutes ago
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper’s reelection campaign raised over $1.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 and finished the year with more than $3.8 million in the bank, the Colorado Democrat’s campaign said Thursday. The fundraising haul brings Hickenlooper’s total...
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House panel rejects what some called an Amendment 2 repeat
DENVER – A bill many feared would take Colorado back to its 1992 reputation as the “hate state” failed in a state House of Representatives committee Tuesday night on a party-line vote. House Bill 1206 would have allowed those with “sincerely-held religious beliefs” to discriminate against LGBTQ individuals, according to witnesses who testified on the […]
House gives preliminary approval to 2018-19 budget
DENVER – Based on the packet of amendments to the Long Appropriations Bill, Colorado lawmakers are seeing dollar signs for the first time in years. On Wednesday night the Colorado House, on a voice vote, put its stamp on the 2018-19 budget – with a lot more changes than in years past. As Wednesday began, […]