WATCH: Colorado Politicking, week of April 16, 2021 | The latest on the state budget, public option
Where are Colorado legislators at in passing the state budget? How does Gov. Jared Polis’ upcoming election season come into play? And what does any of this have to do with WuTang Clan and the Notorious B.I.G.?
Colorado Politics’ legislative reporters Pat Poblete and Marianne Goodland and senior writer Joey Bunch are back to answer those questions in another episode of “Colorado Politicking,” a weekly conversation on the latest in the state legislature.
Watch the conversation below:
And here’s where you can find background on the stories:
House Health & Insurance Committee hears public option bill but negotiations means bill still not ready for prime time
House passes budget over GOP objections
Colorado House gives preliminary approval to 2021-22 state budget
‘Be prepared to march in the streets’ | Miller Hudson
Miller Hudson
miller-hudson@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
It was early in 1974 when I first met Tim Wirth as he announced his candidacy for Congress, challenging Republican incumbent Don Brotzman. Although I had only resided in Colorado two years, I was drafted to serve as a Democratic...
A Colorado history lesson for Victor Marx | Dick Wadhams
Dick Wadhams
dick-wadhams@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Victor Marx, who narrowly won the Republican nomination for governor by one half 1% after boasting of a massive 44-point lead, is just as misguided on Colorado political history. During the primary, Marx made a clumsy attempt to denigrate his...
Weiser’s leadership crucial for rural win-win | Rachel Gabel
Rachel Gabel
rachel-gabel@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
Attorney General Phil Weiser is going to win the gubernatorial election. That said, Colorado agriculture and rural communities have a 30-year track record of finding the win-win be it for species or industries or habitat. Former Governor Roy Romer possessed...
‘CoCo’ would take taxpayers for a ride | John Caldara
Jon Caldara
jon-caldara@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
Colorado wants taxpayers to spend another $4.73 billion on passenger rail. Don’t worry. They have a plan. Which is a little like your brother-in-law announcing he’s launching another exciting restaurant venture after his last three restaurants ended in bankruptcy. Please....
Colorado Politics Calendar July 27-Aug. 2
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
rachael.wright@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 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,...
Armstrong staffer considers congressional bid, DeGette angers rural communities with wilderness act | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
rachael.wright@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 days ago
Forty-five years ago this week: If the lines were drawn just right, Republican Sen. Bill Armstrong stood the chance of losing his office manager, Ruth Fountain. Fountain admitted she was seriously thinking about running for Colorado’s new congressional seat in...
Colorado districts prepare for school year amid mental health cuts. But will less cellphone distractions help?
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
The signs of a new school year are everywhere — buses in the shop, teachers unpacking boxes, families ticking through supply lists — but behind the familiar rituals, Colorado districts are preparing for a year defined less by routine than...
The through line from Donald Trump to Victor Marx | SONDERMANN
By Eric Sondermann
by-eric-sondermann@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 days ago
Over 10 years ago, before Donald Trump could ever defeat Hillary Rodham Clinton, he had to first engineer a hostile takeover of the Republican Party. Prior to his descent of that golden escalator, the previous seven Republican presidential nominees had...
10th Circuit dismisses woman’s lawsuit following 10-year attempt to undo restraining order
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court rejected a woman’s challenge on Friday to a restraining order imposed on her more than a decade ago, finding that she cannot credibly claim she will be prosecuted for violating the restraining order through her...
10th Circuit dismisses woman’s lawsuit following 10-year attempt to undo restraining order
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court rejected a woman’s challenge on Friday to a restraining order imposed on her more than a decade ago, finding that she cannot credibly claim she will be prosecuted for violating the restraining order through her...