TRAIL MIX | The best of Ernest Luning
Here’s a look back at reporter Ernest Luning’s Trail Mix columns for Colorado Politics from recent months.
Rep. Jeff Crank thinks Democrats are too focused on Trump, not enough on Colorado Springs
Vince Bzdek
vince.bzdek@gazette.com
Updated 31 minutes ago
By Vince Bzdek For Congressman Jeff Crank, who’s unopposed in the Republican primary for the 5th Congressional District but the main target of both candidates in the lively Democratic primary, the big question in the midterms is not who will...
Colorado Politics Calendar June 22-28
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
rachael.wright@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,...
Vice president attends Denver event to support energy freedom; more news from the past | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
rachael.wright@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: Vice President George H.W. Bush flew to Denver to address the annual meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Landmen, where he assured the audience that the Reagan administration’s strong belief was that the private...
Does character matter anymore? | SONDERMANN
By Eric Sondermann
by-eric-sondermann@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
The last few weeks have been illuminating in the manner of a headlamp pointing the way to some deep, dark, murky netherworld. Graham Platner, a hero to the populist set on the Democratic side, became his party’s Senate nominee in...
A special edition of Capitol M: In remembrance of the outrageous Lynn Bartels
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 17 hours ago
I had Lynn Bartels envy. For almost longer than I can remember. There, I said it. And it’s true. Lynn died Friday, age 69, after a short battle with glioblastoma. I was just heartsick when that news of her diagnosis...
Bernie Sanders endorses DeGette challenger Melat Kiros in Colorado’s 1st CD Democratic primary
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 hours ago
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday endorsed congressional candidate Melat Kiros, one of two Democrats challenging 15-term U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s June primary. Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with the Democrats, called the 29-year-old Kiros “exactly the...
Trump’s 10th Circuit nominee recuses from cases against federal government without explanation
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill a vacancy on the Denver-based federal appeals court recused himself without a clear explanation from nine cases against the executive branch while he was undergoing vetting by the White House this spring. U.S. District...
Trump’s low approval unchanged as Iran war perceptions continue to plague him
Rena Rowe, Washington Examiner
rena.rowe.washington.examiner@gazetteedit.wpenginepowered.com
Updated 18 hours ago
A new poll shows most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of Iran, with views on the issue closely mirroring his overall job approval rating. Just 37% of U.S. adults approve of the way Trump is handling his presidency,...
Colorado Iranians express disappointment with U.S.-Iran deal
Mark Samuelson Special to The Denver Gazette
mark.samuelson@denvergazette.com
Updated 18 hours ago
Iranians in Colorado worry agreement solidifies the Islamic regime’s power A group of Colorado Iranians expressed disappointment in the agreement reached between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran, arguing it preserves the government’s hold on power and any...
Adams County murder conviction reversed due to faulty jury instruction
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 23 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court overturned an Adams County defendant’s murder conviction last month because the instruction provided to the jury about a trespasser’s right to use self-defense did not accurately reflect Colorado law. A person is justified in using force to...
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The current Denver city auditor thinks future auditors should have the same qualifications he brought to the job — namely, being a licensed certified public accountant. Auditor Tim O’Brien wants the professional standard written clearly into law. He has created a committee to look into the issue. His office said O’Brien is only the second […]
Woman who gave birth alone in Denver jail cell files lawsuit
A woman who gave birth alone in her jail cell in Denver is suing the city after deputies and nurses allegedly ignored her pleas for help during about five hours of labor. Clips of silent surveillance video released by her lawyer show Diana Sanchez eventually lying down on a narrow bed, crying out in pain, before she […]