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US and Israel launch a major attack on Iran and Trump urges Iranians to ‘take over your government’
The Associated
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The U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, and President Donald Trump called on the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” by rising up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979. Some of the first...
Additional thoughts on State of the Union address/rally | Cronin and Loevy
Tom Cronin Bob Loevy
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The U.S. Constitution’s Article II states that “He (the president) shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient...
Colorado Politics Calendar Mar. 2-9
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 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,...
First reapportionment commission meeting held after passage of Amendment 9 | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 days ago
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: 1981 marked the first year, following the passage of Amendment 9 years earlier, that the newly formed reapportionment commission would meet. According to the amendment, the commission had to hold its first meeting no later...
A cynical import Colorado doesn’t need | SONDERMANN
Thelma Grimes
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Updated 3 days ago
“But mommy, he started it.” Every parent, definitely those with more than one kid, has heard this instinctively defensive reaction to the point of exhaustion. It is the ultimate deflection or shifting of the blame. A similar rationale, often about...
Cute puppy overload and an audition of a different kind: Capitol M | Week of Feb. 28, 2026
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
The lighter side of the Capitol, and most days, you ought to be really grateful for it. There’s a rumor (jk) floating around that an amendment is coming for the bill to legalize prostitution. The amendment would ban condoms made...
Competing overtime bills for agriculture workers split Colorado Democrats
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 23 hours ago
Competing bills setting the overtime threshold for farmworkers have split legislators at the Colorado state Capitol, with one group saying a law passed in 2021 has harmed, rather than helped, farming operations and workers alike, while the other side insists...
Garfield County sheriff illegally collaborated with ICE, cease and desist letter claims
Michael Braithwaite
michael.braithwaite@gazette.com
Updated 15 hours ago
A cease and desist letter filed Wednesday alleged that the Garfield County sheriff intentionally violated state law by collaborating with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The letter, filed by the law firm Towards Justice, claimed that Garfield County...
Male wolf dies after capture attempt, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials confirm
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 hours ago
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife said the wolf, identified as #2305 — meaning it was one of the original 10 animals that came from Oregon — died on Jan. 28 in Routt County. The wolf was the male of the...
Gov. Jared Polis moves to end ICE subpoena fight over Colorado workers’ personal data
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 hours ago
The effort by Gov. Jared Polis to comply with an administrative subpoena from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for information held by several state agencies is over. Polis, in a motion filed Feb. 20, asked for a permanent injunction and...
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TRAIL MIX | Colorado's 1974 ballot serves as a distant mirror to this year's election
The two major parties enter Colorado’s 2022 midterm election year in starkly different positions. The Democrats hold every statewide office on the ballot this year – from governor and U.S. senator to attorney general, secretary of state and state treasurer – and every one of those incumbents is seeking reelection. Republicans, on the other hand, […]
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 […]