Introducing the CoPo Bot: Your new way to follow political advertising around Denver
As Super Tuesday looms and candidates expand their efforts in the Centennial State, Colorado Politics is pleased to introduce our CoPo Twitter Bot.
The autonomous CoPo Bot will supply followers with information on political advertising purchases in the Denver area, which TV stations are required to file to the FCC.
You can follow our bipartisan bot on Twitter under the username @CoPo_Bot.
Proposed data center regulation in Colorado draws critics, backers
Scott Weiser
scott.weiser@gazette.com
Updated 33 minutes ago
A packed marathon hearing at the state Capitol in Colorado highlighted the sharp divide between two competing approaches to the effects of data centers, one of America’s fastest-growing technology sectors. Data centers are the physical facilities that host the servers,...
Conservation Colorado proposes measures aimed at oil and gas companies
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 minutes ago
The environmental group Conservation Colorado has introduced four ballot measures it says are in response to an initiative that aims to enshrine Colorado businesses’ and consumers’ right to purchase and sell natural gas in the state’s Constitution. Filed with the...
Evacuations partially lifted as officials give updates on 3 wildfires burning in southern Colorado
Nick Smith
nick-smith@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
As containment for a Custer County wildfire reaches 75%, county officials are saying Saturday is expected to be “much worse” fire weather. The wildfire prompted several evacuations near Westcliffe on Wednesday, covering a two-mile radius that included around 98 structures....
Colorado revenue forecast worsens, pushing 2026-27 budget shortfall to nearly $1.5B, economists say
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
The March revenue forecasts from economists in both the governor’s office and the Colorado legislature show that cuts to the 2026-27 budget are far from over. Economists with the Legislative Council downgraded the forecast for the 2026-27 budget year by...
Federal judge to consider sanctioning ex-Colorado judicial discipline director
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
A federal judge ordered Colorado’s former head of judicial discipline on Wednesday to explain why she should not sanction him for making inaccurate statements about the defendants in his lawsuit against the Colorado Supreme Court and related entities. U.S. District...
With jails overcrowding, Gov. Jared Polis asks for new prisons as state faces $1.5 billion shortfall
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
The Polis administration is asking for hundreds of millions of dollars to expand the state’s prison system, just as Colorado’s legislators are bracing for a worsening fiscal outlook. The request sets up a clash over priorities at a time when...
Costs explode for Colorado program covering pregnant women and children living in the U.S. illegally
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
A state program providing health care to pregnant women and children living in the country illegally is costing far more than lawmakers expected, with expenses nearly tripling in just a year and threatening to squeeze Colorado’s budget amid a nearly...
Costs explode for Colorado program covering pregnant women and children living in the U.S. illegally
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 23 hours ago
A state program providing health care to pregnant women and children living in the country illegally is costing far more than lawmakers expected, with expenses nearly tripling in just a year and threatening to squeeze Colorado’s budget amid a $1...
Universities sue to block dismantling of Boulder’s NCAR
Scott Weiser
scott.weiser@gazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
A consortium of universities filed a federal lawsuit Monday, alleging the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research is unlawful retaliation against Colorado. The group also argued that the move violates federal law. The University Corporation...
Colorado Title Board advances competing redistricting proposals, revised Pinnacol measure
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
With just two meetings left before an April 15 deadline, the state’s Title Board on Wednesday pushed through a slate of ballot measures, including a revised proposal to privatize Pinnacol Assurance and dueling plans to redraw Colorado’s congressional map. The...
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House, Senate Democrats trying to remedy high drug prices
A key piece of the Democrats’ agenda to lower drug prices got out of House Health and Insurance Committee Tuesday on a party-line vote. House Bill 1160 aims to probe the reasons behind price increases and to make sure rebates collected by industry middle men are redirected to consumers. Democrats cite a 73% increase in Colorado’s Medicaid […]
'We don't have a problem': Castle Rock not ready to create new rules for short-term rentals
Castle Rock is among the many Colorado municipalities grappling with the rise of short-term rental services like AirBNB and VRBO. So far, the town remains silent, outside of requiring a business license, on regulating short-term rentals, though some homeowner associations in Castle Rock neighborhoods have put in place restrictions effectively banning rental stays shorter than […]