#Retweet: Here are the tweets of the week in Colorado politics
US intercepts fifth sanctioned tanker as it exerts control over Venezuelan oil distribution
Aamer Madhani
aamer.madhani@associatedpress.com
Updated 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the U.S. military said, as the Trump administration continues to target sanctioned tankers traveling to and from Venezuela. The pre-dawn action was carried out by...
Colorado candidates switch parties, races as midterm election year looms | TRAIL MIX
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
The final days of 2025 saw an unusually high number of Colorado candidates switch parties and races, reshaping at least a few primaries ahead of this year’s midterm elections. The state has seen its share of switchers over the years,...
Final Lap: Gov. Jared Polis outlines his 2026 agenda for Colorado as he nears the end of his term
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
A year from now, Gov. Jared Polis will wrap up eight years as the state’s chief executive officer, take off the governor’s mantle and go back to private life. The governor recently reflected on what remains to do in his...
Protect young people while respecting their data, privacy | OPINION
Bruce Brown
bruce-brown@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
After 40 years practicing law, first as a public defender in Los Angeles, then in private criminal defense, and serving eight years as the elected District Attorney for Colorado’s 5th Judicial District, I’ve developed a straightforward test for evaluating any...
Regime change, this time down Venezuela way | Kelly Sloan
Kelly Sloan
kelly-sloan@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
As luck and the calendar would have it, I penned my annual “state of the world” column two days before the grand fireworks in Caracas took place, and the column was subsequently published two days after. To prove I was...
Ski patrollers end strike against Telluride
RACHAEL WRIGHT Special to The Gazette
rachael-wright-special-to-the-gazette@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
After 13 days, the longest ski patrol strike in U.S. history has come to an end. On Dec. 27, the 72-member Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Association voted to go on strike after approaching Telluride Ski Resort (Telski) owner Chuck Horning...
Appeals judge urges restraint in labeling new offenses serious across board
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 20 hours ago
A member of the state’s second-highest court urged his colleagues on Thursday to pump the brakes before declaring new offenses “grave or serious” in every possible scenario. The Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment means sentences cannot be...
Federal judge opens new front in effort to increase magistrate judge handling of civil cases
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 20 hours ago
One of Colorado’s federal judges rang in the new year with a new effort to spread out the U.S. District Court’s civil caseload among its roster of magistrate judges. “NOTICE ENCOURAGING CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT,” Judge S. Kato Crews has written...
Vance announces new assistant attorney general position to focus on fraud
Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner
christian.datoc.washington.examiner@gazetteedit.wpenginepowered.com
Updated 23 hours ago
Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that President Donald Trump is creating a new attorney general position to lead government efforts to investigate and prosecute fraud cases. Vance joined White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at an unscheduled briefing Thursday...
House rejects effort to override presidential veto for Colorado Water Project
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a Colorado-led effort to override a Dec. 30 presidential veto of a measure that would have helped finance the Arkansas Valley conduit. The measure, known as H.R. 131 and sponsored by U.S....