The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: Stop the separation of parents and kids
Criticism of a Trump administration “zero-tolerance” policy that separates immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border appears to be cresting ahead of a Republican effort to push immigration legislation through the U.S. House of Representatives this week.
It’s a loathsome policy, with plenty of detractors, both Republican and Democrat. Even the conservative editorial page of the New York Post, owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., opined on Sunday: “It’s not just that this looks terrible in the eyes of the world. It is terrible.”
But President Donald Trump has consistently shaded the truth on this matter, insisting that he’s enforcing the law and that if Democrats don’t like it, they should play ball with Republicans to fix it.
National Western Junior Livestock Auction sets record
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
The 120th National Western Stock Show, which closes Sunday, saw a standing-room only crowd in the CoBank auction arena at the new Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Livestock Center. Bidders set a record Friday for the top eight livestock – steers, lambs, goats...
The biggest accelerant of our political tribalism | SONDERMANN
Eric Sondermann
eric-sondermann@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
In years past, my go-to word in describing our political condition was “polarization.” I used it endlessly and still do on occasion. But as time has moved on, and the divide has only grown in depth and toxicity, polarization no...
Capitol M: Return to Gold Dome High, 2026 edition, and a salute to old IU
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
Welcome back, campers! The 2026 legislative session is upon the good citizens of Colorado, and for a few, the first Monday of the session, Jan. 19, was pretty special. There are at least four folks in the Capitol who are...
Sundance kicks off in Utah with premieres, emotional tributes to Robert Redford | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
UTAH Redford hailed at Sundance kick-off PARK CITY — Robert Redford liked to say that everybody has a story. He’s not the only person who said it, but he is one of the few who did something to celebrate it,...
Governor’s lobbyists should be banned from the house floor, legislator argues | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright
rachael.wright@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: State Rep. Bob Stephenson, R-Colorado Springs, created an uproar in the chambers of the House of Representatives after he proposed a rule change that would ban the governor’s lobbyists from the House floor during the...
Republican candidates debate how to win the governor’s seat in Colorado — a position the GOP last secured in 2002
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Colorado has not elected a Republican governor since 2002. On Thursday night, four candidates offered competing visions for how the party can reverse its 20-plus years of failing to secure the seat. The discussion hosted by the Women of Weld...
Colorado’s charitable gaming board to study Denver Gazette’s findings
David Migoya
david.migoya@gazette.com
Updated 1 day ago
Colorado’s freshman board overseeing the state’s $110 million charitable gaming industry on Friday created a committee to tackle issues raised in a Denver Gazette investigation that exposed, among other issues, poor supervision and illegal operators. The Colorado Charitable Gaming Board,...
10th Circuit to address resentencing of probation violators in rare all-judges hearing
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court agreed on Thursday to hold a rare all-judges hearing to determine the proper procedure for resentencing a criminal defendant who has violated the terms of his probation. In the federal appellate courts, the vast majority...
Vape shops challenge Denver’s flavored tobacco ban in court
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 day ago
The smoke has yet to settle in the battle over the city’s flavored tobacco ban as local vape shop owners have sued the City and County of Denver, asking the court to declare the ordinance unconstitutional and stop its enforcement....
US officially leaves the World Health Organization
Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner
washington.examiner.staff.washington.examiner@gazetteedit.wpenginepowered.com
Updated 2 days ago
The United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organization on Thursday, slightly over a year after President Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw the U.S. from the WHO via an executive order on the first day of his...
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The Colorado Springs Gazette: Owen Hill runs desperate, deceptive congressional campaign
State Sen. Owen Hill wants us to believe the absurd. He insists U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn supports abortion. With Hill promoting this outrageous theme, don’t be surprised if he blasts President Donald Trump for coddling immigrants. No one seriously questions Lamborn’s anti-abortion, pro-life credentials. Before his election to Congress, he was best known for running […]
US Rep. Ed Perlmutter's nephew killed by train in Colorado
BOULDER – A man struck and killed by a freight train in northern Colorado has been identified as the nephew of U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter. The Boulder County coroner’s office identified the victim Monday night as 35-year-old Ian Perlmutter, of Louisville, and the lawmaker’s office confirmed the relation but declined to comment. The Boulder Daily […]