The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: Innovation amid an uncertain future
With the access and affordability of health care emerging as one of the leading issues of the upcoming midterm election, there’s no clear picture of what the future holds.
The Trump administration has been rolling back sections of Barack Obama’s signature health-care law, but Senate Republicans failed to pass a replacement program, leaving the Affordable Care Act as the law of the land, but without some key mechanisms to make it work as designed.
Denver named finalist for 2028 Democratic Convention site
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 45 minutes ago
The Mile High City is competing with Boston and Philadelphia The list of cities being considered to host the 2028 Democratic National Convention has narrowed even further, with Denver making the cut as one of the final three along with...
A youth movement is coming for the 2028 presidential election
Christian Datoc
christian-datoc@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
President Donald Trump’s first election in 2016 made him the oldest president ever elected at age 70. Joe Biden, at 78, took that record four years later. Four years after that, in 2024, Trump reclaimed his title at 78 years...
District 49 dissolves longtime provider of special services
Eric Young
eric.young@gazette.com
Updated 2 hours ago
A longtime education service provider that has been subject to recent public and government scrutiny is shutting down. School District 49’s Board of Education approved the dissolution of the Education ReEnvisioned Board of Cooperative Education Services (ERBOCES) during a special...
10th Circuit grants immunity to officers for fatal Manitou Springs shooting
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that responding officers from Manitou Springs and El Paso County cannot be held constitutionally liable for shooting and killing a man after a 20-minute standoff. Wilford Deweese allegedly pulled out a gun...
10th Circuit rejects invitation for full-court review of tax-avoidance case
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court declined to reconsider the standards for holding entities liable for their tax-avoidance schemes, with a majority of judges voting against full-court review on Monday. In April, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals...
GOP gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx pushes aggressive water-storage expansion at Colorado Water Congress
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Victor Marx, the Republican nominee for governor, took the spotlight Wednesday during the opening day of the Colorado Water Congress, laying out how he says the state should approach its water future. Marx told the standing-room-only audience in Steamboat Springs...
Colorado AG sues GEO Group over noncompliance with tuberculosis investigation
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 18 hours ago
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against GEO Group, which operates the Aurora ICE Processing Center, alleging the company failed to comply with a state tuberculosis investigation. Weiser’s lawsuit demands that GEO provide “critical information” needed...
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert stresses storage, forest health and Upper Basin rights at Colorado Water Congress
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert used her brief Wednesday appearance at Colorado Water Congress to tout her record on delivering water projects for the state and her district. Boebert, who is running for her second term representing Colorado’s 4th Congressional...
Trump has a 96% endorsement success rate. Here are the Republicans he’s backed who have lost
Mabinty Quarshie
mabinty-quarshie@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours ago
President Donald Trump’s 2026 primary endorsement success rate remains staggeringly high, but the president has seen a growing number of losses stack up in recent weeks. According to Ballotpedia, Trump has endorsed in 313 U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and state...
Colorado judge blasts state forensics lab in dismissing child sex case
Jenny Deam
jenny.deam@gazette.com
Updated 16 hours ago
In a potentially widely consequential action, a Weld County district judge dismissed a child sexual assault case, citing the ongoing scandal at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s forensic lab that “has left a dark mark on the history of Colorado...
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The Pueblo Chieftain: Time for D60 to make some tough decisions
File this one in the category of “better late than never.” A few days ago, the Pueblo City Schools (D60) board gave approval to a couple of policy documents that would guide the process for closing schools. Together, the policies outline the steps the school superintendent and board would take in determining if continued operations […]
Bennet wants Kavanaugh confirmation halted until FBI investigates new allegations
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Monday that the confirmation process for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should be paused until the FBI has investigated allegations of sexual misconduct that have emerged in the last week, including new claims made by a Boulder woman who says Kavanaugh exposed himself to her when they were college […]