WATCH: COLORADO POLITICKING | Rounding out the state lawmakers with eyes on Washington
This week on Colorado Politicking, political correspondent Ernest Luning and chief legislative reporter Marianne Goodland join host Pat Poblete to discuss seven state lawmakers seeking to move their offices from Denver to Washington, D.C.
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Humane Colorado bids fond farewell to its CEO at Celebration of Compassionate Leadership | NONPROFIT REGISTER
Joanne Davidson Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 23 minutes ago
HUMANE COLORADO Denver News: Veterinarian Apryl Steele is not one to toot her own horn, so the general public might have no idea of the depth and scope of the role she has played in elevating the standard of care for companion animals and for expanding the socially...
Colorado gun policy receives ‘A-‘ from Giffords Law Center
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 23 minutes ago
Colorado earned an A minus anew on the Giffords Law Center’s annual Gun Law Scorecard – due in part to a law passed during the last legislative session that requires individuals to undergo training and obtain a permit to purchase...
Colorado vacancy panels face challenge: Replacing senator and representative from the same area
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
Two vacancy committees that will convene in the next month or so will have an interesting challenge: Picking a new state senator and state representative who will represent the same geographic area. The vacancy election for Senate District 25, represented...
Higher home values, abatements to push DPS tax bills up in 2025
Nico Brambila
nico.brambila@denvergazette.com
Updated 13 hours ago
Denver homeowners will pay more in school taxes next year even though Denver Public Schools (DPS) slightly lowered its overall tax rate. The increase is being driven by rising assessed home values, a full 52.142-mill levy and a dramatic increase...
Denver approves $30M shelter contract with Urban Alchemy
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 8 minutes ago
With a 9-4 vote, Denver City Council members approved a new $30 million, three-year contract with Urban Alchemy, a San Francisco-based nonprofit, to run The Aspen, a former DoubleTree Hotel that has been turned into a homeless shelter. More than...
Trump administration announces $12 billion soybean aid package
RACHAEL WRIGHT Special to The Gazette
rachael-wright-special-to-the-gazette@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced Monday that the administration was planning to disburse a $12 billion dollar aid package as part of the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program, to make targeted, one-time payments to crop...
Federal judge rejects Tina Peters’ request for release pending appeal
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours ago
A federal judge rejected the petition of former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters on Monday to be released from incarceration pending the resolution of her criminal appeal. Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak wrote in a Dec. 8 order...
Colorado justices lay down framework for analyzing defamation lawsuits involving ‘public interest’ issues
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court clarified on Monday how judges should evaluate whether lawsuits arising from a person’s speech — in particular, online consumer reviews — are connected to an “issue of public interest” and merit protection from legal liability. As...
Federal judge rejects DPS’ attempt to obtain 9News sourcing documents in First Amendment case
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
A federal judge rejected Denver Public Schools’ attempt on Monday to obtain documents from 9News related to its interview with a former principal who alleges his termination amounted to a constitutional violation. At the same time, the attorney for plaintiff...
Audit finds major gaps in Colorado’s oil and gas reporting, enforcement
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 hours ago
The agencies responsible for regulating Colorado’s oil and gas industry are underperforming when it comes to reporting and enforcement and they also failed to collect payments amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue, according to a state...
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Boebert primary challenger rips incumbent's reported remarks to Jewish Capitol visitors
State Sen. Don Coram, one of the Colorado Republicans challenging U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in a primary, condemned Boebert Thursday following a report that the freshman lawmaker asked a group of Jewish visitors to the U.S. Capitol whether they were there to conduct “reconnaissance.” According to Buzzfeed News, Boebert looked over the group from “head […]
Federal judge finds disability discrimination may have played role in Westminster cop's firing
Although the city of Westminster argues it terminated a 14-year police officer because he abused his authority in repeated encounters with law enforcement, a federal judge found the officer’s allegations of disability discrimination credible enough to let a jury decide the outcome of the case. Craig Communal, an officer from 2004 to 2018, claimed the […]