Colorado Gov. Jared Polis extends state fire ban
Gov. Jared Polis extended a statewide fire ban and the use of Colorado National Guard to help firefighting operations in Colorado, according to a state news release Thursday.
The fire ban, which was instituted Aug. 18 will continue for another 30 days as wildfires burn around the state and severe drought conditions persist.
The fire ban limits fireworks, campfires, and other sources of open flames including welding and charcoal grills.
The extension comes as firefighters at the Cameron Peak fire, the fifth largest in state history, doubled containment lines from 4% to 8% as of Thursday.
A few other fires around the state, including the Pine Gulch fire and the Grizzly Creek fire, are more than 90% contained.
U.S. Senate OKs funding bill to avoid government shutdown
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Hemp provision became point of contention WASHINGTON • The U.S. Senate in an overnight vote Saturday approved a short-term measure to fund federal agencies into early December and avoid a government shutdown during the middle of campaign season. The late-summer...
The relevance of Watergate more than a half-century later | SONDERMANN
By Eric Sondermann
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Updated 3 days ago
It was the scandal for which all other scandals are now named. In June 1972, a small group of Cuban burglars with high-level connections broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. Those headquarters were located in the Watergate...
Wirth downplays Social Security disaster talk | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 2 days ago
Forty-five years ago this week: “As time goes on,” said Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Wirth, of the 2nd Congressional District, “we are finding that the safety net, which was proposed earlier this year, has some very large holes in it,”...
Colorado Politics Calendar Aug. 10-16
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 2 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,...
Democratic group aims Spanish-language TV ad at Gabe Evans in Colorado’s battleground 8th CD
Ernest Luning
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Updated 21 hours ago
A national group tied to House Democratic leadership launched a six-figure Spanish-language TV ad in Colorado this week targeting Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans and the GOP’s signature budget legislation. The 30-second spot is part of $15 million in new...
Colorado School of Mines lands major share in Trump’s $100M mining-education plan
Thelma Grimes
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Updated 23 hours ago
President Donald Trump on Friday named the Colorado School of Mines among roughly a dozen institutions that will share in a $100 million commitment “to train the next generation of American miners.” Paul Johnson, the university’s president, said he is...
Local party leaders, incoming judge among members of judicial performance commission that violated law
Michael Karlik
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Updated 2 hours ago
A local Democratic leader and 2024 presidential elector. A legislative aide and leader in the Young Republicans. An incoming county court judge freshly appointed by the governor. They are among the eight members of the northeastern Colorado judicial performance commission...
Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking records from Colorado Democratic group
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 23 hours ago
A lawsuit seeking to obtain records from Democratic lawmakers affiliated with a caucus has been thrown out by a Denver District Court judge. On July 17, Judge Ericka Englert dismissed the April lawsuit filed by progressive activist Derrick Blanton, who...
DOJ official decries ‘nonsense’ in Jeffco schools at fundraising gala
Matt Kyle
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Updated 7 hours ago
Amid a legal battle between Jeffco Public Schools and the federal government, a Department of Justice official spoke at a fundraising gala and decried “crazy stuff” and “nonsense” in the school district. The gala was for Jeffco Kids First, an...
Colorado Springs mother Deborah Nicholls’ murder conviction overturned
Nick Smith
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Updated 2 days ago
A Colorado Springs mother convicted in 2008 of murdering her three children in a house fire might get a new trial after a judge ruled that prosecutors withheld key evidence that could have impacted the jury’s verdict. Deborah Nicholls, whose...
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Claiming that a “distortion of American history is being taught to children in public school classrooms,” U.S. Rep. Ken Buck has proposed legislation to cut federal funding for schools that base their curricula on The New York Times’ 1619 Project. “The 1619 Project teaches children a historically inaccurate account of our nation’s history,” said Buck, […]
RTD opening new line between Thornton and Union Station
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