COPO PODCAST | Joey Bunch, Marianne Goodland on transportation, recalls and Polis’ new shoes
Colorado Politics reporters Marianne Goodland and Joey Bunch talk about the big stories of the week at the statehouse, including the state’s transportation plan and early efforts to recall Gov. Jared Polis.
On a lighter note, they also discuss the governor’s shoes in this episode of the Colorado Politics Podcast.
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CO PO Calendar | Sept. 15-21
Colorado Politics
colorado-politics@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances,...
Evergreen shooting catapults a familiar debate back to the forefront
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
When a 16-year-old student began firing at his schoolmates at a popular Mountain town in Colorado and critically injured two students, it catapulted to the fore an emotionally-wrought and familiar debate at the state Capitol — how to stop a...
Denver board held behind-the-scenes talks on Marrero’s contract
Nico Brambila
nico.brambila@denvergazette.com
Updated 6 hours ago
The Denver school board may have run afoul of Colorado’s open meetings law by channeling discussions about Superintendent Alex Marrero’s contract extension through the district’s attorney and a secret, two-member committee, according to experts. Among those raising concerns is Steve...
10th Circuit hears Denver, officer’s request to overturn $14M jury verdict after 2020 protests
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Members of the Colorado-based federal appeals court considered on Wednesday whether a judge committed errors in the 2022 civil trial where jurors found Denver liable for $14 million for violating the constitutional rights of protesters. In the first lawsuit of...
‘Perseverance and quiet courage’: 10th Circuit honors Stephanie Seymour as longest-serving judge
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court honored its longest-serving member on Tuesday by unveiling a portrait of Senior Judge Stephanie K. Seymour that will hang in the courthouse. “It has been an honor of a lifetime to have gotten this job...
Some hard truths for Democrats amidst the despair | SONDERMANN
Eric Sondermann
eric-sondermann@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Across the country, Democrats remain deep in despair, accompanied by more than a bit of lingering disbelief that they lost to Donald Trump a second time. This is all compounded by the powerlessness of seeing the Senate and House also...
Evergreen High School had a police officer — she was on medical leave during Wednesday’s shooting
Sage Kelley
sage.kelley@denvergazette.com
Updated 23 hours ago
When a 16-year-old student began shooting and kept reloading his gun at Evergreen High School around noon on Wednesday, the police officer assigned to the campus was not on duty. That full-time school resource officer (SRO) was on medical leave....
10th Circuit weighs courts’ authority to block Colorado legislative decorum rules
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court questioned on Wednesday whether the rules of decorum governing public comments at Colorado legislative committee hearings are beyond the reach of the judiciary, thanks to the concept of legislative immunity. During oral arguments to the...
Colorado Democrat Yadira Caraveo drops bid to win back 8th Congressional District seat
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Former U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo announced on Friday that she was ending her campaign to reclaim the Colorado congressional seat the Thornton Democrat lost last year in one of the closest U.S. House races in the country. Caraveo, a pediatrician...
Utah’s governor, in impassioned remarks, urges Americans to find ‘off-ramp’ from political violence
Michelle L. Price
michelle.l..price@associatedpress.com
Updated 1 day ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, long an advocate for civility, made an impassioned plea on Friday for Americans and young people in particular to use the horror of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s public assassination as an inflection point...
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Former Rep. Polly Lawrence to direct policy for international law firm
Former state Rep. Polly Lawrence will be putting her statehouse experience to good use as she joins the law firm of Dentons as its senior policy director. Dentons bills itself as the world’s largest law firm, with about 10,000 lawyers in 151 offices in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, China […]
Denver City Council approves transportation referendum, 5-year parks plan
Denver voters will decide in November whether the city should create a new Department of Transportation and Infrastructure – a move aimed at addressing some of the chronic complaints about traffic congestion. The City Council on Monday approved placing a charter change referendum on the Nov. 5 ballot. If approved by the voters, the new […]