#RETWEET: Who had the best tweets in Colorado politics this week?
Colorado Democrat Jason Crow calls on House leadership to ban trading on prediction markets
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow on Monday joined a bipartisan call asking House Speaker Mike Johnson to adopt new rules banning the chamber’s lawmakers, their families and staff from participating in prediction markets, in a move the Aurora Democrat said can...
Colorado’s health care cuts are painful — what comes next could be worse | PODIUM
Colorado Politics
colorado-politics@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
By Ross Brooks and Beverly Razon Last December, a broad coalition of consumer advocates, safety net providers, hospitals, health plans and physicians statewide published a warning: our state was facing a health care crisis, and fragmented policymaking would make it...
Gov. Polis, please veto House Bill 1210 | FEEDBACK
Colorado Politics
colorado-politics@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
As Gov. Jared Polis reviews House Bill 1210, I hope he will think about families like mine. For people trying to balance work, parenting and rising costs, discounts from delivery apps are an important part of how I take care...
Federal judges hear arguments over Colorado school district’s gender identity rooming policy
Nicholas Fogleman
nicholas.fogleman@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 hours ago
A panel of judges at the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging JeffCo Public School’s policy of assigning students to overnight accommodations on school trips based on gender identity. The lawsuit, filed in...
Colorado lawmakers pass ballot measure asking voters to trade TABOR refunds to increase school spending
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 17 hours ago
A Democratic‑backed proposal to raise Colorado’s TABOR cap and direct more money to K‑12 schools is headed to the ballot, setting up a major debate over taxpayer refunds and long‑term education funding. If voters approve it, the average Coloradan would...
10th Circuit analyzes sentencing process for probation violators in rare all-judges’ hearing
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
All 12 full-time judges on the Denver-based federal appeals court gathered for a rare oral argument on Monday to consider whether one of the court’s precedent-setting opinions created a process for sentencing probation violators that is out of step with...
Aurora is ‘strong and getting stronger,’ mayor says in State of City speech
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Aurora is “strong and getting stronger,” the city’s mayor said on Tuesday, citing successes in a new homeless navigation campus. Mayor Mike Coffman said he leaves work every Friday and goes straight to the Regional Navigation Campus, where he then...
Colorado legislators abandon proposal targeting natural gas initiative
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Colorado lawmakers pulled back plans to counter a proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right of consumers to use natural gas. The bill’s backers said the legislation would not have significantly affected the initiative’s impact, even as debate intensifies among environmental...
Colorado justices skeptical of defendant’s challenge to flawed jury instruction
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared willing to uphold a defendant’s vehicular eluding conviction on Tuesday, suggesting that an incorrectly worded jury instruction was not an obvious and harmful error in light of the defense’s choice not to dispute...
Colorado lawmakers kill both major data center bills
Scott Weiser
scott.weiser@gazette.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Colorado lawmakers killed competing bills aimed at regulating large data centers, meaning regulation of the facilities is left in the hands of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission for now. The action leaves the state without new statewide rules even as...