WATCH: This city is the 1st in metro Denver to raise the age to buy tobacco
Four other Colorado cities have raised the age to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 — and now a tiny metro-Denver community has done it.
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You get what you pay for in your state reps | Hal Bidlack
Hal Bidlack
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Updated 4 hours ago
My regular readers will know of my affection for the Out West Roundup, a Colorado Politics feature that lets us keep up to date with the goings on out here in the western U.S., and draws attention to stories that...
A warrant should mean something — expedite carrying them out | OPINION
Colorado Politics
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By Aaron Ping My name is Aaron Ping. I am a father from Washington state, and I am writing because my 16-year-old son, Avery, cannot. Avery died on Dec. 19, 2024. The drugs that killed him were ordered through Snapchat....
Lower Basin must adapt to Colorado River hydrology | OPINION
Colorado Politics
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By Nick Peters A February deadline for determining future operating guidelines for the West’s two largest reservoirs came and went with no agreement on the table and clear lines drawn in the sand. A seven-state resolution to how Lake Mead and Lake Powell will...
Colorado open records reform bill dies in Senate committee
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 11 hours ago
Efforts to overhaul Colorado’s open records law have stalled again. Senate Bill 107, which would have extended response times for public records requests and added accountability measures for late responses, failed to advance out of its first committee and will...
Colorado Supreme Court blocks ballot initiative defining ‘fees’
Michael Karlik
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Updated 11 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court blocked a proposed ballot initiative on Monday that would have required voter approval for new fees above a certain threshold, while also enshrining a definition of “fee” into the state constitution for the first time. Chief...
Colorado joins multi-state call to keep ICE away from polling locations
Jacob Mauk
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Updated 8 hours ago
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced Monday that the state has formally requested written confirmation from the Department of Homeland Security that ICE agents will not be stationed at polling locations during the 2026 election cycle, according to a...
Colorado prostitution decriminalization bill shelved after sponsor says it lacks votes
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 10 hours ago
A bill that would have decriminalized prostitution in Colorado will not move forward this year after its sponsor said it lacks the votes to pass its first committee. Sen. Nick Hinrichsen, a Pueblo Democrat, said he will ask to postpone...
GOP senators push back against Schumer’s ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ description of SAVE Act
Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner
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Updated 12 hours ago
Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Mike Lee (R-UT) pushed back on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) framing of the SAVE America Act as “Jim Crow 2.0” on Sunday. President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he will not sign any...
Rubio warns US will no longer tolerate ‘hostage diplomacy,’ claims Iranian military is ‘being eviscerated’
Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner
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Updated 13 hours ago
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is warning hostile state actors, Iran in particular, that the United States will no longer engage in “hostage diplomacy.” Rubio made the remarks ahead of a flag-raising ceremony at the State Department to mark U.S....
Colorado House Democrats again pass Labor Peace Act repeal after Gov. Polis veto last year
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
The Colorado House voted 42–22 along party lines Monday to approve legislation repealing the second election required under the state’s Labor Peace Act, sending the measure to the Senate after a similar proposal was vetoed by Gov. Jared Polis in...