Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: Operation Beachhead: Softening the landing for economic development in rural Colorado
The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with civil unrest in major metropolitan areas, is pushing entrepreneurs (large and small) and location-neutral workers to begin “kicking the tires” of small- and medium-sized communities across the nation to gauge whether they might be able to relocate to a …read full editorial here.
Application process opens to be appointed to Colorado Springs City Council seat
Brennen Kauffman
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Updated 11 minutes ago
Colorado Springs opened the application process Thursday morning to fill a vacant seat on the City Council. The seat representing District 2 opened on Tuesday after Councilmember Tom Bailey resigned rather than head to a special recall election. Residents in...
House Republicans split over SAVE America Act pressure campaign
David Sivak, Washington Examiner
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Updated 2 hours ago
House Republicans are torn over how difficult to make life for the Senate as a band of rebels pressures Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to pass a national voter ID bill. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has cautioned House conservatives that...
Republican Jeff Crank, Democrat Jessica Killin qualify by petition for Colorado’s 5th CD primary
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank and Jessica Killin, one of the Democrats challenging the first-term incumbent, have both qualified for the primary ballot in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District after turning in a sufficient number of petition signatures, state election officials...
High winds force closures of I-25 and I-70, overturned semi-trucks, flight delays, power outages
Dan Boniface
dan.boniface@denvergazette.com
Updated 13 minutes ago
High winds, warm temperatures and dry conditions have meteorologists sounding the alarm across much of Colorado on Thursday. Here’s what you need to know. Red Flag Warning issued The National Weather Service in Boulder has issued a Red Flag Warning...
The backstory behind the school-funding TABOR ballot initiative | Paula Noonan
Paula Noonan
paula-noonan@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 hours ago
Last session, the General Assembly took in a report on K-12 public school funding. The legislature ordered the report because an idea circulated Colorado was among the bottom five states in dollars allocated per student even though it is one...
Colorado’s election audits are built on math, not politics | IN RESPONSE
Colorado Politics
colorado-politics@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 hours ago
By Amanda Gonzalez You don’t build a secure election system overnight. You build it over years — layer by layer — reinforcing it with stronger safeguards, better technology and more transparency. In Colorado, one of those safeguards is a little-known...
This winter was Colorado’s warmest on record
Matt Kyle
matt.kyle@denvergazette.com
Updated 36 minutes ago
Colorado just had its warmest winter on record, while the Denver metro area had its second-warmest, according to meteorologists and National Weather Service data. Data show the average temperature between December and February was 33.6 degrees, nearly 2 degrees warmer...
Colorado auditor finds serious issues with labor agency’s unemployment insurance accounting
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Colorado’s state auditors found serious issues with the accounting practices of the unemployment insurance division of the Department of Labor and Employment, concluding the agency underestimated and overestimated figures to the tune of billions of dollars. The auditors labeled the...
Colorado’s newest federal judge speaks about techniques for advancing cases
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 hours ago
U.S. Magistrate Judge Cyrus Y. Chung described on Wednesday the various tactics he employs to resolve court cases, summing up his role with a laxative-based metaphor. “Someone told a group of us federal magistrate judges that magistrate judges are the...
Cherry Creek School District violated disability law, state report finds
Nicholas Fogleman
nicholas.fogleman@denvergazette.com
Updated 34 minutes ago
The Colorado Department of Education found that the Cherry Creek School District violated federal law when the district failed to provide sign-language interpreter services to 11 students at the start of the 2025-26 school year. A CDE investigation found that...