COPO SPECIAL REPORT: Colorado 2018 primary roundup
Voters have spoken in Colorado’s first primaries to include unaffiliateds. Here’s our report on what they said and what it means.
> PRIMARY 2018: 7 takeaways from Tuesday
> PRIMARY 2018: Colorado’s winners and losers
> PRIMARY 2018: Colorado votes by the numbers
> PRIMARY 2018: Polis, Stapleton to face off in November for Colo. governor
> PRIMARY 2018: Money mattered in statehouse races
> PRIMARY 2018: DeGette, Crow, Neguse win congressional primaries
> PRIMARY 2018: Doug Lamborn wins in 5th Congressional District primary
> PRIMARY 2018: Watson, Young advance in treasurer’s race
> ELECTION-NIGHT BLOG: Minute-by-minute Colorado election night results
> What the primary results in Colo. governor’s race mean for education
> Trailing by slim margin, Joe Salazar says AG race isn’t over until ‘every vote’ is counted
> Colo. Republicans hit the road on a unity tour
> Republican AGs roll out big for Brauchler
Self-Driving CDOT crash truck protects highway workers
Scott Weiser
scott.weiser@gazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Highway work zone crashes kill hundreds of people nationwide each year — two Colorado workers last year — but a new driverless, autonomous highway maintenance truck in Colorado aims to shield workers from deadly rear-end collisions by taking the hit...
Government shutdown could trigger furloughs in Colorado Springs, close Rocky Mountain National Park
Mary Shinn
mary-shinn@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
A looming government shutdown could leave tens of thousands of employees in Colorado Springs without a paycheck and close many government services. A funding bill requires 60 votes to be adopted in the Senate. Senate Republicans only have a three-seat net majority,...
What happens during a government shutdown and how will it affect Colorado?
Annabella Rosciglione
annabella-rosciglione@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
A looming government shutdown could leave hundreds of thousands of federal employees without a paycheck and close many government services. The impact of a shutdown would vary from state to state. Among its most visible impact in the state could include the...
House District 14 vacancy process deemed insufficient by Colorado Secretary of State, requires a redo
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has rejected the nominating paperwork for the vacancy in House District 14. On Sept. 22, a Republican vacancy committee met to choose a replacement for former Rep. Rose Pugliese of Colorado Springs. The issue,...
Denver explores possibilities of AI-powered cities of the future
Deborah Smith
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Set to a backdrop of catchy upbeat tunes, local government officials joined global tech and policy leaders in the Denver Art Museum’s Sturm Grand Pavilion in Denver on Monday afternoon for Denver’s second city-led AI Summit. Sporting a theme of...
Congressional leaders leave White House meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown
Mary Clare Jalonick
mary-clare-jalonick@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — A government shutdown fast approaching, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders left a White House meeting with President Donald Trump Monday afternoon showing no sign of compromising from their entrenched positions in order to avoid a lapse in...
Colorado justices, 5-2, conclude prior version of ‘3 strikes’ law satisfied Constitution
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 20 hours ago
The state’s highest court ruled on Monday that the version of Colorado’s “three strikes” law that was in effect before this year was constitutionally compliant, notwithstanding a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that prompted the legislature to change how defendants...
Denver school district reporting enrollment decline
Nico Brambila
nico.brambila@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Denver Public Schools officials reported Monday that the district has 1,200 fewer students this year that last — resuming a downward trend temporarily buoyed by new immigrant students the past two years. The official enrollment count is not until Wednesday....
Federal judge dismisses challenge to prison policy forbidding assistance with certain legal claims
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours ago
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a formerly incarcerated man’s challenge to Colorado’s prison policy that forbids the use of library resources for the pursuit of certain claims generally deemed frivolous. Robert Wayne Robinson sued the law librarian at the...
A voice trying to pull us back from the brink | Vince Bzdek
Vince Bzdek
vince.bzdek@gazette.com
Updated 23 hours ago
By Vince Bzdek Two weeks after Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah, it’s worth noting what didn’t happen, especially in Utah. “I want you to look at how Utahans reacted,” Republican Gov. Spencer Cox said after the suspect was caught....
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