COPO’S BEST OF THE WEEK | Denver Council chips away at mayor’s power; Colorado’s House delegation splits on party lines as Dems push impeachment rules package
Here’s our recap of our best stories of the last seven days from the Colorado Politics staff.
> Denver Council committee continues its push to chip away at mayor’s power
> Prop CC picks up endorsements from Colorado Democratic governors
> Gun sales tick upward in Colorado
> Denver transit riders left waiting in the cold when RTD’s real-time schedule site went dark
> Independent ethics commission to release investigative report on Hickenlooper complaint
> NTSB report points to well operators and town of Firestone for 2017 explosion
> Colorado’s John Hickenlooper staffs up 2020 U.S. Senate campaign
> Colorado’s House delegation splits on party lines as Democrats push impeachment rules package
> Former AG Coffman endorses statute of limitations change following clergy abuse report
> Michael Bennet on Medicare for All: ‘sick and tired of politicians’
> Colorado Gov. Jared Polis proposes increase of 2.7% in 2020-21 state budget
Colorado Politics Calendar Apr. 6-12
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,...
Democrats rebounding without learning necessary lessons | SONDERMANN
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
“When we fight, we win!” That, reportedly, was the chant heard over and over again at the Colorado Democratic Assembly a week ago. It suggests that pugilism has been the piece missing from the Democratic toolkit. Perhaps it was just...
An April Fool’s Day to remember | Capitol M | Week of April 4, 2026
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
The lighter side of the Capitol, and if light were weight, the Capitol would have lifted off better than the Artemis II rocket on April Fool’s Day. There was a plethora of Fools at the Capitol for April Fool’s Day...
Federal judge sides with Mesa County school district in ex-student’s First Amendment claims
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 11 hours ago
A federal judge concluded last week that Mesa County Valley School District 51 and three of its administrators did not violate the First Amendment rights of a former student when they imposed minor discipline in response to disruptive behavior. In...
Colorado Supreme Court intervenes in 4 ongoing cases
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court recently moved to intervene in four ongoing cases, including two criminal prosecutions, a civil lawsuit, and a child welfare proceeding. At least four of the court’s seven members must agree to hear a case outside of...
Colorado ski resorts announce early closures amid historic snowpack lows, high temperatures
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 15 hours ago
Vail Resorts is the latest area to announce season closure Wednesday As Colorado’s historically low snowpack year comes to a close and spring conditions take over the mountains, the state’s major ski resorts are announcing closing dates — some of...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear set to headline Colorado Democrats’ annual fundraising dinner
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, one of the Democrats’ top 2028 presidential prospects, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Colorado Democratic Party’s annual fundraising dinner in June in Denver, the party said Friday. Serving his second term as...
Gov. Polis names new leaders for Colorado health agencies in wake of Medicaid turmoil
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 17 hours ago
Gov. Jared Polis, on Thursday, announced he was appointing Gretchen Hammer to serve as acting executive director of the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, and deputy executive director Stephanie Beasley to become the next commissioner of the...
Federal judge releases man immediately as consequence for immigration judge disobeying orders
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
A federal judge ordered a man’s immediate release from immigration detention on Thursday after finding an immigration judge disregarded his prior orders requiring a bond hearing. For the past year, Colorado’s federal district court has faced a flood of “habeas corpus”...
Colorado sues Trump administration, calling new election order ‘unconstitutional’
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 hours ago
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined a multistate coalition suing President Donald Trump over a new executive order on elections, arguing the directive unlawfully intrudes on states’ authority to run their own voting systems and threatens access to mail...
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