Durango Herald: Endorsements | Put new state fee initiatives to voters
Supporters and opponents of Proposition 117, which will require voters to approve any new state enterprise that is expected to be supported by more than $100 million in revenue from fees over five…read full editorial here.
Denver Democrat Diana DeGette trails challenger Melat Kiros at assembly as both qualify for primary
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 hours ago
U.S. Rep Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat, qualified for Colorado’s June primary by the skin of her teeth Friday at the party’s district assembly, where the 15-term incumbent received fewer than half as many delegate votes as her challenger, 28-year-old...
Colorado Politics Calendar Mar. 30-Apr. 5
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
rachael.wright@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day 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,...
Colorado coal use seen as in decline in 1980s | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
rachael.wright@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: “Contrary to popular belief, it appears that growth in Colorado’s coal industry during the 1980s will be surprisingly sluggish,” said the findings in the Colorado Energy Research Institute’s “Focus Series.” The institute’s conclusions on the...
Kwame Spearman warrants plenty of criticism, not cancellation | SONDERMANN
By Eric Sondermann
by-eric-sondermann@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
All of us are flawed humans, some more so than others. This is the tale of Kwame Spearman who burst onto Denver’s business and political scene a handful of years back. His ride has taken a downhill trajectory. Within the...
Federal judge upholds constitutionality of Colorado campaign contribution limits
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
A federal judge upheld Colorado’s individual campaign contribution limits as constitutional on Thursday, finding that three Republican plaintiffs failed to prove the campaign finance framework violates their First Amendment rights. U.S. District Court Senior Judge John L. Kane recognized that...
Appeals court rejects theory that existing tax revenue undermines need for new fees
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Colorado’s second-highest court rejected a plaintiff’s claim on Thursday that the tax revenue generated by an existing activity should prevent local governments from imposing new fees aimed at regulating the activity. The question stemmed from Colorado’s unique constraints on taxation...
Colorado ski resorts announce early closures amid historic snowpack lows, high temperatures
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 1 day ago
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 which are weeks before historic closing dates. Most of Colorado’s ski...
Marco Rubio’s star power rises at CPAC 2026
Mabinty Quarshie and Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner
mabinty.quarshie.and.samantha-jo.roth.washington.examiner@gazetteedit.wpenginepowered.com
Updated 1 day ago
GRAPEVINE, Texas — Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s popularity is growing and could possibly boost him to one of the top two spots in the 2028 GOP presidential race, if attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference are to be believed. ...
Seligman, Bridges, Gonzales lead downballot races heading into Colorado Democrats’ state assembly
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
As Colorado Democrats prepare to designate candidates to the June primary ballot at the party’s state assembly in Pueblo on Saturday, three candidates appear poised to win top-line designation in downballot statewide races, according to data compiled by the state...
Planned Parenthood, groups launch campaign against transgender ballot measures in Colorado
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 24 hours ago
Planned Parenthood and other groups have launched a coalition to oppose two ballot measures that would ban transgender surgeries among children and require student athletes to only join sports teams that correspond to their biological sex. The two measures will...