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When a species is managed atop a pedestal, it isn’t management — it’s emotion | Rachel Gabel
Rachel Gabel
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Updated 2 days ago
With petitions being tossed around like glitter at prom, it’s time for reasonable voters to sharpen their pencils and speak up. The first, of course, is in response to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission’s blatant disregard for their director,...
Trump threatens Strait of Hormuz blockade after US-Iran ceasefire talks end without agreement
Samy Magdy
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Updated 16 hours ago
ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would “immediately” begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement or next diplomatic steps...
Let the state’s narrative-laundering season begin | Jon Caldara
Jon Caldara
jon-caldara@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
Politics is a game of narrative. Whoever controls the narrative wins. Sure, the truth is interesting. But truth doesn’t sell. It takes time to uncover, assuming people care enough to go digging for it. Narratives are easier. They’re simple, comforting...
Trump plans to move Forest Service headquarters to Utah, shutter research sites | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
The Associated Press
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Updated 4 days ago
UTAH Forest Service bound for Salt Lake City SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump’s administration will move the U.S. Forest Service headquarters out of the nation’s capital to Salt Lake City as part of an organizational overhaul that involves...
Home rule has protected Colorado cities for more than 125 years | Cronin & Loevy
Tom Cronin Bob Loevy
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Updated 2 days ago
Colorado is currently gripped by a political struggle. It’s one between the governor and state legislature in Denver on one side and populous “home rule” city governments, mainly on the Front Range — such as Colorado Springs. The state legislature...
Pastors Scott Bottoms, Victor Marx win spots in Colorado GOP’s gubernatorial primary at party assembly
Ernest Luning
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Updated 17 hours ago
Two pastors from Colorado Springs qualified Saturday for the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot at the Colorado GOP’s state assembly in Pueblo in a party meeting that dragged late into the night. State Rep. Scott Bottoms, who is known as one...
Colorado House finishes work on 2026-27 state budget, finally
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 2 days ago
The House on Saturday, after four days of work – it usually takes two – finished up their work and voted on the $46.8 billion 2026-27 state budget, as contained in House Bill 1410 and 64 accompanying measures designed to...
Home rule has protected Colorado cities for over 125 years | Cronin and Loevy
Tom Cronin Bob Loevy
tom-cronin-bob-loevy@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Colorado is currently gripped by a political struggle between the governor plus the legislature in Denver and populous home-rule city governments, mainly on the Front Range, such as Colorado Springs. In the past few years, the legislature has been passing bills that applied to city government policies, which...
An “-“ends tribute in a week full of “odds” | Capitol M | Week of April 11, 2026
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 days ago
The lighter side of the Capitol, usually… The decision to read the budget bill — the long bill, which spans 661 pages this year — put a damper on the House’s already less‑than‑festive mood. So Capitol M decided to catch...
A longshot, upset bid and a few quick takes | SONDERMANN
By Eric Sondermann
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Updated 4 days ago
It is hard to keep up these days. The flow of news often seems overwhelming. Let’s focus today on an unusual congressional race before moving on to a few quick, supplementary observations. Since its creation 54 years ago, Congressional District...